Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. x x
2'. x x
3'. |URUxLAGAB|
4'. |EZENxASZ|
5'. |LAGABxZA|
6'. [...]-iri
7'. x x
8'. [...]-mun#
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...]-ki#
2'. USZ# x LAM-SAG |KAK&KAK|
3'. gi-gur7
4'. gi-rin
5'. hal-gi
6'. gi-hal AN lix(SZA)-na
7'. suhusz gun3-gun3 ki
8'. kar2#-en ki
9'. su#?-en ki
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. tusz-ki-gar
2'. TU gesz? ZA tir#
3'. AN {d}nin-tin-ug5-ga
4'. SAL ANSZE?
5'. |GA2xSAL|-[...]
6'. UD-NUN-[...]
7'. sul-iri#
rest broken
column 4
beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...]-si#
3'. [...]-mun
4'. szuszx(|SZE.NAM2|)
5'. [...]-|SZE.NAM2|
6'. garaszx(KASKAL)
7'. ga'eszx(KASKAL)#-ki
8'. x-ki
9'. uszx(LAK672a)# ki
10'. GI# x NE
rest broken
column 5
beginning broken
1'. [...]-ildu3
2'. zu-en
3'. x zu-en#
4'. HI EZEN e2
5'. ebih
6'. szuba-lal2
7'. |GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
8'. u3-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
9'. u3#-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|-gal-SZID#
10'. AB-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
11'. tir#
12'. x x
13'. da-[...]
rest broken
column 6
beginning broken
1'. lam-ki
2'. SZE3# gu4-si ki#
3'. gu2?-si ki
4'. ak x x [...]
5'. GAR en#?-[...]
6'. SZIM#-[...]
7'. nam2#-[...]
rest broken
column 7
beginning broken
1'. tur# x
2'. abgal-ki
3'. abrig2-ki
4'. [...]-men?-ki
rest broken
reverse
broken