Letter from Aradĝu to Šulgi about irrigation work
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lugal-ĝu10-ra u3-na-a-dug4
Say to my lord: thus says Aradĝu, your servant:
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{m}arad-ĝu10 arad-zu na-ab-be2-a
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lugal-ĝu10 niĝ2 na-me-še3 a2-še mu-e-da-a-aĝ2
My lord, you have given me instructions about every matter, from the sea and the land of Dilmun, from the salt waters and the borders of the land of the Martu to the salt waters and the borders of the land of the Martu , to from the side (?) borders (?) of Simurrum and the territory of …… the territory of Subir :
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a-ab-ba kur dilmun{ki}-na-ta
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a mun4 gaba kur mar-tu{ki}-ta a mun4 gaba kur mar-tu{ki}-še3
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⌈?⌉ ⌈?⌉ si-mu-ur-ru-um [ma]-da X{ki}-še3 ma-da su-bir4{ki}-ta
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iri{ki} dili-dili-bi ma-da-ma-da-bi ugnim-be2-ne
Their various cities and all their environs their troops , their canals, fields, arable tracts and their embankments and ditches, (1 line unclear) All the cities are listening to my lord. (1 line unclear)
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id2 a-šag4 a-gar3-bi u3 eg2 pa5-bi
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igi X IN X (X) DU en ? X X
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iri{ki}-iri{ki} ĝiš tuku lugal-ĝu10
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ki X X X BI X X (X) ur2 X X X (X)
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?-bi en-nu-uĝ3 ?-ga bi2-gub
I have established strong guards for their fortresses, and I have made all their troops submit. (1 line unclear)
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ugnim-bi gu2 ĝiš bi2-ĝar-ĝar
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X ? X X X X NE X X
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a-gar3 a ĝar-ra-bi a-ta im-ta-e3
I have drained the arable tracts when they were flooded. I have …… when their embankments were leaky (?). I have …… their fields and reedbeds. …… bowing their heads ……. (4 lines fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
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X eg2 zal-la-bi X bi2-ak
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X X a-šag4-bi ĝiš-gi X-ra
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[…] X-? saĝ sag3-ge X-bi
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