Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
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1'. [...]-bahar2#?-si
2'. 2(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) du11-ga-ni
3'. 4(iku@c) en-edin!-ne2-si
4'. 1(bur3@c) la2 1(iku@c) ur-{d}en-lil2
5'. 1(esze3@c) lu-UN-da
6'. 1(esze3@c) 5(iku@c) en-edin!-si
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1'. [...]-UD
2'. 3(iku@c) a-zu-zu
3'. 3(iku@c) u3-mu-ni-zal
4'. 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ur-gurdub
5'. 2(iku@c) gu-ni-DU
6'. 1(iku@c) szesz-pa3-da
7'. 4(iku@c) nig2-du7-pa-e3
8'. 2(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ur-abzu
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1'. [x] 2(bur3@c)#? [...]
2'. 1(bur3@c) {d}inanna-ur-sag
3'. 5(iku@c) dur-LUL
4'. 2(iku@c) ur-sag-utu
5'. szu-nigin2
6'. 1(bur'u@c) 6(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) GAN2
7'. sze-be6
8'. [x] 1(gesz2@c)#? 1(u@c) 2(barig@c) [lid2-ga]
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1'. [e2] ri-za-NE{ki}
2'. engar-be6
3'. 2(iku@c) ur-{d}en-lil2
4'. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) ad#?-kup4-e
5'. 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) {d}en-lil2-la2-zi
6'. 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ur-[...]
7'. 3(iku@c) [...]
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1'. 4(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ad-da-lul
2'. 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) u6-e
3'. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) lugal-a2-gur-ra
4'. 4(iku@c) da-da
5'. 2(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) sag-us2
6'. [x] 1(iku@c)#? mi-LU2@t-a
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1'. 3(iku@c) en#-uszur3-re2
2'. 1(esze3@c) lugal-sa-bar
3'. [x] 3(iku@c)#? da-da
4'. [x] 2(iku@c)#? lugal-[ur]-sag
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