A compact formula for the stress tensor inside a self-gravitating, triaxialellipsoid in an arbitrary rotation state is given. It contains no singularityin the incompressible medium limit. The stress tensor and the quality factormodel are used to derive a solution for the energy dissipation resulting in thedamping (short axis mode) or excitation (long axis) of wobbling. In the limitof an ellipsoid of revolution, we compare our solution with earlier ones andshow that, with appropriate corrections, the differences in damping timesestimates are much smaller than it has been claimed. This version implements corrections of misprints found in the MNRAS publishedtext.
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