Transliteration

CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) composite (P448239)

Update made on 2019-08-29 at 18:18:22 by Englund, Robert K. for Englund, Robert K.
&P448239 = CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) composite
#atf: lang sux
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1. szagina-e-ne
#tr.en: (To the) generals
>>QQ000585 001
2. u3-na-a-du11
#tr.en: speak
>>QQ000585 002
3. {disz}du-du nu-banda3-gu4
#tr.en: what Dudu, the overseer of oxen,
>>QQ000585 003
4. na-ab-be2-a
#tr.en: says:
>>QQ000585 004
5. gu2 i7 buranun
#tr.en: “As to the bank of the Euphrates
>>QQ000585 005
6. i7 tum-ma-al-sze3
#tr.en: toward the Tummal canal—
>>QQ000585 006
7. durux(U3) kab2-ku5-mah-e
#tr.en: the bridge Kabkumaḫe
>>QQ000585 007
8. ba-ni-ib-dun-dun?
#tr.en: has been washed away.
>>QQ000585 008
9. a zi-da
#tr.en: The true water
>>QQ000585 009
10.  1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 im-ma-zi
#tr.en: has risen 1 1/2 cubits.
>>QQ000585 010
11.  tukum-bi
#tr.en: If
>>QQ000585 011
12.  utu x nu-ub-ta-e3-a
#tr.en: the sun has not come out,
>>QQ000585 012
13.  [x x]-ni-gub-be2-e
#tr.en: ... will be stationed.
>>QQ000585 013
14. [...]-be2-en
#tr.en: ...
>>QQ000585 014
15. x [x] x-da-BAD
#tr.en: ...
>>QQ000585 015
16. ub-la 1(iku) GAN2-a mu-na-DU
#tr.en: ...
>>QQ000585 016
17.  sza3 1(bur3) GAN2 1(gesz2) 3(u) gur i3-gub?
#tr.en: in 1 bur3 field, 90 gur stand(?).
>>QQ000585 017
18. 3(u) guru7 he#?-ni-dub-e
#tr.en: 30 silos may pour out,
>>QQ000585 018
19.  a? la-ba-ab-de2-e
#tr.en: but not water(?).”
>>QQ000585 019

Cite this Inscription

CDLI contributors. 2025. “Text of CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) Composite, Revision 2329702.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. July 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702.
CDLI contributors. (2025, July 30). Text of CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) composite, revision 2329702. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702
CDLI contributors (2025) Text of CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) composite, revision 2329702, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702 (Accessed: July 30, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702},
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Cite this Inscription

CDLI contributors. 2025. “Text of CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) Composite, Revision 2329702.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. July 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702.
CDLI contributors. (2025, July 30). Text of CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) composite, revision 2329702. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702
CDLI contributors (2025) Text of CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) composite, revision 2329702, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702 (Accessed: July 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-30]},
	author = {{CDLI contributors}},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 30},
	title = {Text of {CDLI} {Literary} 000585 ({Letter} to {Generals}) composite, revision 2329702},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702},
}

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TI  - Text of CDLI Literary 000585 (Letter to Generals) composite, revision 
2329702
UR  - https://cdli.earth/inscriptions/2329702
ER  - 
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