Legal tablet excavated in Lagash (mod. El-Hiba), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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Transliteration
fragment a
obverse
column 1
1. [n] 1(bur3@c)#? GAN2 du6-[sir2]-ra [x] x [x]-ta#
2. nig2-sa10-bi#
3. 1(gesz2@c) 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) gur saggal
4. munus-tur
5. dam# zi-ni-sze3
6. szesz-ki-na
7. me-an-ne2-si
8. ur-{d}nin-dar
9. lugal#? GAN2#-me
10. [...]
11. [...]
12. [...]-KU#?
13. ki-la2-bi 4(asz@c) ma-na
14. 2(asz@c) ma-na siki
15. 1(asz@c) sze gur saggal#
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) sila3 i3 nun
2. 1(asz@c) dug kas
3. 5(asz@c) nig2-lam2
4. 3(u@c)#? ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)-na#
5. 5(asz@c) ninda sal4
6. nig2-ba-sze3
7. munus-tur
8. szu ba-ti
9. 1(asz@c) ma-na# siki
10. 2(barig@c) sze
11. 5(asz@c) nig2-lam2#
12. 3(u@c) ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)#-na#
13. 5(asz@c)# [ninda sal4]
14. [...]
15. [...]
16. [...]
17. 2(barig@c)#? [sze]
18. 5(asz@c)#? [nig2-lam2]
19. 3(u@c) ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)-na
20. 5(asz@c) ninda sal4
21. me-an-ne2-si
22. szu ba-ti
reverse
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fragment b
obverse
1'. [kak]-bi [e2]-gar8#-ra be2#-du3
2'. [...] x [x x] x [x x]-ge#
3'. x [...]
rest broken
reverse
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