CDLI Literary 000582, ex. 003 (P257219)

Literary letter and letter-prayer tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. {d}nin-tin-ug5-ga agrig# [zi e2-kur-ra]
2. a-zu kalam-ma-ra [u3-na-du11]
3. nin tu6 du11-ga-[ni ug3 szar2 ti-le]
4. mu7-mu7-ga2-[ni] ug3 sa6#-[ga]
5. nin# sza3-ne-sza4 [lu2 ti-ti] szud3-[de3 ki-ag2-ra]
6. [sza3] gur-ru [sza3-la2 SUD a]-ra-zu-e [gesz tuku-mu-ur2]
7. [u3]-na-[de3-tah]
8. [ti]-la ug5-ga en3 tar-bi za-e-me-en
9. [lu2]-ku5-lu2-ku5-ba du7-du7 gal-bi-me-en
10.a. [{disz}{d}]inanna-ka dumu-munus {d}en-lil2-a2-mah#
10.b. geme2#-zu na-ab-be2-a
reverse
1. [ki-nu2 szub-ba]-mu-da 3(disz)-kam-[ma]-ta
2. [u2]-u8-[a-u8-a] al-gen-na-mu
3. [a]-ra2#-bi nu-zu
4. [nin]-mu# e2 ma-an-du3-ma igi# la2-bi# ba#-DIB-en
5. [zu-a] kal#-la-mu [giri3] kur2 [mu-da-an-dab5]-be2
6. [lu2] en3 tar-re [la-ba-an-tuku]
7.a. im#-ma-si mu-da-[diri-ga-ta]
7.b. zi al-ir-[ir-re-en]
18. tukum-bi nin-ga2 [an-na-kam]
19. a2-sag3 su-ga2 gal2-la su#-[ga2 he2-eb-ta-an-zi]
20. ki-in-DU nam-ti#-[la-ka] giri3-mu he2-bi2-[ib-gub-be2]
21. u3 ge26-e geme2-ni he2#-[me-en]
22. e2-a-ni kisal-luh-bi he2#-[me-en] igi-ni-sze3 ga-gub#
23. u3-ba-sa6-ge nin-mu# lu2-ku5-du du7#-[du7]
24. mu-sze3-a ga-an-sa4#
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