Letter from Aradgu to Culgi about irrigation work -- a composite transliteration

1 - lugal-ju10-ra ù-na-a-dug4

2 - arad-ju10 arad-zu na-ab-bé-a

3 - lugal-ju10 níj na-me-cè á-ce mu-e-da-a-áj

4 - a-ab-ba kur dilmun(ki)-na-ta

5 - a mun4 gaba kur mar-tu(ki)-ta a mun4 gaba kur mar-tu(ki)-cè

6 - da gaba si-mu-ur-ru-um ma-da X(ki)-cè ma-da su-bir4(ki)-ta

7 - iri(ki) dili-dili-bi ma-da-ma-da-bi ugnim-bé-ne

8 - íd a-cag4 a-gàr-bi ù ég pa5-bi

9 - igi X IN X (X) DU en cag4 X X

10 - iri(ki)-iri(ki) jic tuku lugal-ju10

11 - ki X X X BI X X (X) úr X X X (X)

12 - bàd-bi en-nu-ùj kalag-ga bí-gub

13 - ugnim-bi gú jic bí-jar-jar

14 - X sig X X X X NE X X

15 - a-gàr a jar-ra-bi a-ta im-ta-è

16 - X ég zal-la-bi X bí-ak

17 - X X a-cag4-bi jic-gi X-ra

18 - X-ke4 saj sàg-ge X-bi

1-2 - Say to my lord: thus says Aradgu, your servant:

3-6 - 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 :

7-11 - Their various cities and all their environs their troops , their canals, fields, arable tracts and their embankments and ditches, ... All the cities are listening to my lord. ...

12-14 - I have established strong guards for their fortresses, and I have made all their troops submit. ...

15-22 - 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 . ... ...

lugal	noun	king
dug4	verb	to say
arad-ju10	noun	Aradgu
arad	noun	slave
dug4	verb	to say
lugal	noun	king
níj	noun	thing
na-me	pronoun	any
á-cé	adv	now
áj	verb	to measure
a-ab-ba	noun	sea(water)
kur	noun	(mountain) land
dilmun	noun	Dilmun
a	noun	water
mun	noun	salt
gaba	noun	chest
kur	noun	(mountain) land
mar-tu	noun	Martu
a	noun	water
mun	noun	salt
gaba	noun	chest
kur	noun	(mountain) land
mar-tu	noun	Martu
da	noun	side
gaba	noun	chest
si-mu-ur-ru-um	noun	Simurrum
ma-da	noun	land
X	noun	unclear
ma-da	noun	land
su-bir4	noun	Subir
iri	noun	town
dili	adj	single
ma-da	noun	land
ugnim	noun	troops
íd	noun	watercourse
a-cag4	noun	field
à-gàr	noun	meadow
ù	conj	and
ég	noun	embankment
pa5	noun	canal
igi	noun	eye
X		X
IN		INe
X		X
Xbr		Xbr
DU		DU
en	noun	lord
cag4	noun	heart
X		X
X		X
iri	noun	town
jic	noun	tree
tuku	verb	to have
lugal	noun	king
ki	noun	place
X		X
X		X
X		X
BI		BI
X		X
X		X
Xbr		Xbr
úr	noun	root
X		X
X		X
X		X
Xbr		Xbr
bàd	noun	wall
èn-nù-ùj	noun	guard
kalag	verb	to be strong
gub	verb	to stand
ugnim	noun	troops
gú	noun	neck
jic	noun	tree
jar	verb	to place
X		X
sig	verb	to be low
X		X
X		X
X		X
X		X
NE		NE
X		X
X		X
à-gàr	noun	meadow
a	noun	water
jar	verb	to place
a	noun	water
è	verb	to go out or in
X		X
ég	noun	embankment
zal	verb	to pass
X		X
ak	verb	to do
X		X
X		X
a-cag4	noun	field
jic-gi	noun	reedbed
X		X

X		X
saj	noun	head
sàg	verb	to beat
X		X