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Public announcement of the loss of a seal

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 5 - Other literature · 13 sections

1. 1

   kišib mu sar ur-DUN dam-gar3-ra u2-gu ba-an-de2

   A seal inscribed with the name of Ur-DUN, the merchant, was lost. In accordance with the word of the assembly, the herald has sounded the horn throughout all the streets: no one now has any claim against him.

2. 2

   inim pu-uḫ2-ru-um-ma-ta

3. 3

   niĝir-e sila-sila-a si gu3 ba-ni-in-ra

4. 4

   lu2 na-me niĝ2 na-me ugu-na li-bi2-in-tuku

5. 5

   {m}lu2-{d}suen-na lu2-gen6-na šagina

   Lu-Suena Lu-gena , the governor-general; Lugal-melem, the governor and temple administrator were their …… and …… their seals ; Zuzu, the scholar; Si-du, the scribe; Allub, the steward; Bansagen, the lament singer; Ullia, the mayor; and the herald are the witnesses.

6. 6

   {m}lugal-me-lem4 ensi2 saĝĝa

7. 6A

   KA-KA-ne-? ba-an-me-eš kišib-ba-ne-ne in-X-eš

8. 7

   {m}zu-zu um-mi-a

9. 8

   {m}si-du3 dub-sar

10. 9

    {m}al-lub ⌈aĝrig⌉

11. 10

    {m}ba-an-sag9-ge-en gala

12. 11

    {m}ul-li2-a ḫa-za-nu-um

13. 12

    niĝir lu2-ki-inim-ma-[me]

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