Literary 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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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) e2#-u6-e
2. 1(asz@c) szitim-me eridu{ki}-ga
3. 1(asz@c)# du11-ga-ni
4. 1(asz@c) gurusz-zi
5. [1(asz@c) {d}]nin#-tu [iri-ga]-e-<na>
6. 1(asz@c) du#-du pirig-tur-gin7#
7. [...] x [...]
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) szitim-me e2-gar8# i3-du3 min#
2. 1(asz@c) lagasz la esz5-am6
3. 1(asz@c) i7 nun-ne2
4. 1(asz@c) um-ma nin-<ne2> me szu NAM#-ti
5. 1(asz@c) {d}nin-tu zabala5{ki}-ka
6. 1(asz@c)# LU# ME# za# [...]
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) LU ME za bil4 mun
2. 1(asz@c) LU ME za e2-nun-<ne2>
3. 1(asz@c) LU ME za DUG UM GIM-ma
4. 1(asz@c) LU ME za za-ge-li
5. 1(asz@c) LU ME za-ke4 i7-da-na
6. 1(asz@c) LU ME za [...]
column 4
1. 1(asz@c) LU ME za GUR8 diri-ga
2. 1(asz@c) LU ME za-ke4 an-da-be2 an-da-du11-du11
3. 1(asz@c) LU ME za e2 sir2-ra nam-tar iri-a
4. 1(asz@c) szitim-me U2 {gesz}pesz3 gun3-a
5. 1(asz@c) szitim-me an-ne2# TUL2 gibil4#
reverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) en x x
2. 1(asz@c) |TUKxHAL| GA# UD
3. 1(asz@c) gesznux(NU11) gal an-na
4. 1(asz@c) sza3-TAR an-ur2-sze3-ke4
5. 1(asz@c) sza3-TAR inim-zi-ke4
6. 1(asz@c) UD babbar# bur3-ra-ta
column 2
1. [...] x [...] x
2. 1(asz@c) da-da-mu
3. 1(asz@c) lu2 zi-de3
4. 1(asz@c) en-ne2 temen-na
5. 1(asz@c) en-ne2 e2-nun
6. 1(asz@c) da#-da ur2 TUG2
7. 1(asz@c) sze3-DU
column 3
1. [...]
2. 1(asz@c) ur#?-sag gal#? an-na
3. 1(asz@c) en-ne2 niginx(NINA)-na
4. 1(asz@c) LU ME za BUR NU11 ku3 DI UM
5. 1(asz@c) en-en-ne en-na-ne-ne#
column 4
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. 1(asz@c)# nita-e kalam-ma
4. 1(asz@c) en kur-ta e3#-a
5. 1(asz@c) gudu4 |HIxDISZ|
rest of column blank
column 5
1'. x SZE3#? KA#?
2'. [x] 1(asz@c)# eme# ki
3'. {d}szul-|MUSZxPA|
4'. {d#}szul#-|MUSZxPA|-GAN2-zi-de3
5'. i3#? x