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Letter from Ur-saga to a king fearing the loss of his father's household -- a composite transliteration
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2 - ù-na-a-dug4
3 -
4 -
5 - en nir-jál (d)inana-ju10-úr ù-na-dè-tah
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 - ur-sag9-ga arad-zu na-ab-bé-a
10 - lugal-ju10 bar-já li-bí-in-tar dumu úrím(kí)-ma-me-en
11 - tukum-bi lugal-já an-na-kam lugal-ju10 ù-na-an-dùg
12 - é ad-da-já nam-ba-ab-tùm
13 - ki-ùr é ad-da-já ki-ùr ab-ba-já nam-mu-da-an-kar-re
14 - lugal-ju10 hé-en-zu
1-2 - Speak to my lord, the bull wild bull bison (?) with sparkling eyes, who wears a lapis-lazuli beard:
3-5 - Repeat to my golden statue born on a favourable day, to my water buffalo reared in a holy fold, chosen in the heart of holy Inana of holy Inana, of Suen , to my lord, the trusted one of Inana:
6-9 - You are fashioned like the son of An. As with the words of a god, what you say is irrevocable all the foreign lands cannot answer (?) your words . Your words, like rain pouring from the skies, are uncountable are uncheckable are uncontrollable (?) : this is what Ur-saga, your servant, says:
10-14 - My lord has taken care of me has not taken care of me ; I am a citizen of Urim. If my lord agrees If it pleases my lord , let no one waste my father's household, let no one take away the home of my father's estate my old man's home ! May my lord know this!
dug4 verb to say
en noun lord
nír-jál adj authoritative
inana noun Inana
tah verb to add
ur-sag9-ga noun Ur-saga
arad noun slave
dug4 verb to say
lugal noun king
bar noun outside
tar verb to cut
dumu noun child
úrím noun Urim
tukum-bi conj if
lugal noun king
an-na noun approval
lugal noun king
dùg verb to be good
é noun house(hold)
ad-da noun father
noun person
de6 verb to carry
kì-ùr noun foundation
é noun house(hold)
ad-da noun father
kì-ùr noun foundation
ab-ba noun father
noun person
kar verb to flee
lugal noun king
zu verb to know