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Letter from Aba-tah-lugalga to his brothers -- a composite transliteration
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1 - cec-ju10-ne ù-na-dug4
2 - (d)a-ba4-tah-lugal-já-ke4 na-ab-bé-a
3 - al-sù-ud kaskal i-im-re7-dè-en
4 - ù lugal gen6-na lugal-me jìrì ba-an-ús
5 - kaskal-kaskal-e kaskal ba-an-tah
6 - ama-me
7 - dag-gi4-me ud na-an-cú-uc-a lul-ac
8 - 1(DIC) sìlà mun 1(DIC) sìlà gazi
8A - X UC cu-ta e-
9 - 1(DIC) cag4-ga-dù
10 - du hu-mu-e-X
11 - kaskal-me al-sù-ud
12 - a-ma-ru-kam
1-2 - Say to my brothers what Aba-tah-lugalga says:
3-12 - We are to go on journeys that are long and now the just king, our king, draws near (?). Journey is to be added to journey after journey. I shall not be able to look after our mother. Take great care that the sun does not set over our neighbourhood before you have one litre of salt, one litre of mustard (?) , from the hand, and one garment for travellers. Our journeys will be long. It is urgent.
cec noun brother
dug4 verb to say
á-bá4-táh-lúgál-já noun Aba-tah-lugalga
dug4 verb to say
sud verb to be distant
kaskal noun (high)way
jen verb to go
ù conj and
lugal noun king
gen6 verb to be firm
lugal noun king
jìrì noun foot
ús verb to be adjacent
kaskal noun (high)way
kaskal noun (high)way
tah verb to add
ama noun mother
dag-gi4 noun city quarter
ud noun day(light)
verb to cover
lul verb to be false
1 numeral 1
sìlà noun capacity measure (container)
mun noun salt
1 numeral 1
sìlà noun capacity measure (container)
gazi noun mustard?
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UCUC
cu noun hand
verb
1 numeral 1
càg4-gà-dù noun type of garment
noun person
jen verb to go
X verb X
kaskal noun (high)way
sud verb to be distant
a-ma-ru noun flood