CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 001 (P265434)

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
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1'. [e2 kur2 e2-ga2 mu-da-an-ku4]
2'. ugu-ga2-asz ba-ab#-dun#
3'. iri#-ga2# sag#-gin7 ku3# la#-ba-ni-DU
4'. siki sag mu#-sir2# ba-la2
5'. gu5-li du10-sa zu-a kal#-[la-mu]
6'. lu2 dili gu7-u3-gin7# igi tur# mu-gi7-esz
7'. ama ugu-mu u4-sakar ubur-a-bi#?
8'. du10-ge-esz ga-mu gu7-mu
9'. ka-mu-ta ba-an-kar
10'. a#-a-mu sza3# ur2-bi-e-ta
reverse
1. [mu]-un-gur3#-ru#-a
2. ki#-ta ba-an-gar
3. nin arhusz-a-mu e2!-bi ba-kal
4. igi nu-mu-un-szi-re-en
5. gesz hul gurun nu-il2-la-gin7
6. lu2 na-ma-szi-hul2-le-en
7. {gesz}gibil-{gesz}gibil-me-en
8. {gesz}isimu2{sar} [nu]-tuku#-me-en
9. [ur5]-re# nam#-ba#-tum3
10. [lugal-mu en3-mu he2-tar]-re#
11. [ki-ur3-mu-sze3] [...]
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