At that time the day was lord, the night was sovereign, and Utu was king. Now the name of the lord of Aratta's minister was minister Ansiga-ria . The name of the minister of Enmerkar , the lord of Kulaba , was Namena-tuma . He with the …… lord, he with the …… prince; he with the …… lord, he with the …… prince; he with the …… lord, he with the …… prince; he with the man born to be a god; he with a man manifest as a god, with the lord of Unug , the lord of Kulaba -- En-suḫgir-ana , the lord of Aratta , is to make a contest with him, saying first to the messenger concerning Unug :
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A sorcerer whose skill was that of a man of Ḫamazu , Ur-ĝiri-nuna , whose skill was that of a man of Ḫamazu , who came over to Aratta after Ḫamazu had been destroyed, practised (?) sorcery in the inner chamber at the E-ĝipar . He said to minister Ansiga-ria : "My lord, why is it that the great fathers of the city, the founders in earlier times (?), do not ……, do not give advice. I will make Unug dig canals. I will make Unug submit to the shrine of Aratta . After the word of Unug ……, I will make the territories from below to above, from the sea to the cedar mountain, from above to the mountain of the aromatic cedars, submit to my great army. Let Unug bring its own goods by boat, let it tie up boats as a transport flotilla towards the E-zagin of Aratta ." The minister Ansiga-ria rose up in his city, he …….
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A sorcerer whose skill was that of a man of Ḫamazu , Ur-ĝiri-nuna , whose skill was that of a man of Ḫamazu , who came over to Aratta after Ḫamazu had been destroyed, practised (?) sorcery in the inner chamber at the E-ĝipar . He said to minister Ansiga-ria : "My lord, why is it that the great fathers of the city, the founders in earlier times (?), do not ……, do not give advice. I will make Unug dig canals. I will make Unug submit to the shrine of Aratta . After the word of Unug ……, I will make the territories from below to above, from the sea to the cedar mountain, from above to the mountain of the aromatic cedars, submit to my great army. Let Unug bring its own goods by boat, let it tie up boats as a transport flotilla towards the E-zagin of Aratta ." The minister Ansiga-ria rose up in his city, he …….
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mac]-mac-e sukkal JA2 an-sig7-ga-ri-a na-mu-un-ne-dug4-ga
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