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Alex Forbes / Akkadian Letters
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- Translated by Piotr Michelowksi
- Aligned by Alex Forbes
A letter from Ishkun-Dagan to Puzur-Eshtar, published and translated by Piotr Michelowski (Michalowski, Piotr. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1993. Pg. 27.).
Akkadian
English
en-ma iš-ku-un-d-da-gan a-na puzur4-d-eštar d-INANNA ù ìl-a-ba d-ašgi ( AS . SIR . GI4 ) ù d-nin-hur-sag na- ' à-ãs LUGAL ù na- ' à-ãs NIN lu tu-mu-at a-dì e-né-a la tá-mu-ru NINDA KAŠ la ta-la- ' à-mu ù [ a ] -dì la tág-ru-sa-am in giš-GU . ZA la tu-sa-ba
Thus
(
says
)
Ishkun-Dagan
to
Puzur-Eshtar
:
You
must
take
the
oath
by
Inanna
and
Ilaba
(
the
gods
of
Agade
)
,
by
Ashgi
and
Ninhursaga
(
the
gods
of
Adab
)
,
(
and
)
by
the
life
of
the
king
and
the
life
of
the
queen
,
that
until
you
meet
me
,
you
will
take
neither
bread
nor
beer
,
and
that
until
you
have
come
to
me
,
you
will
not
(
even
)
sit
down
in
a
chair
!