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Letter from Sîn-illat to Iddin-Dagan about confronting the Martu

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 3 - Literary letters and letter-prayers · 11 sections

1. 1

   lugal-ĝa2 u3-na-dug4

   Speak to my lord: this is what Sîn-illat the general, your servant, says:

2. 2

   {m}{d}suen-illat ra-bi-si2-ka3-tum-ma

3. 3

   arad-zu na-ab-be2-a

4. 4

   ka-ku-la-tum⌈?⌉ gaba-ri gid2-da-ĝu10-ne

   When I moved opposite Kakkulātum, the Martu rose up from their ambush with their weapons (?). When I ……, I captured 70 (?) …… and brought them into Kakkulātum.

5. 5

   ?-tu {ĝiš}⌈?⌉-ta šubtum6-ta im-zig3

6. 6

   ĝe26-e X […]-ga-ĝu10-ne […] X ? i3-dab5

7. 7

   ka-ku-la-tum⌈{ki}⌉-še3 ba-ni-in-kur9

8. 8

   tukum-bi lugal-ĝu10 ugnim-ma tuš-u3-bi ab-be2

   If my lord arranges for the troops to encamp, let him have them take their tied-up leather sacks. If my lord arranges for the troops not to encamp, then let them stay put then let them go . May my lord know This is urgent !

9. 9

   {kuš}a-ĝa2-la2 keše2-da-bi šu ḫe2-mi-ib-da13-da13

10. 10

    tukum-bi lugal-ĝu10 ugnim-ma nu-tuš-u3-bi ab-be2

11. 11

    ḫe2-em-ma-sug2-ge-eš ḫe2-em-ma-sub2-be2-eš lugal-ĝu10 ḫe2-en-zu a-ma-[ru]-kam

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