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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Transliteration
tablet
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) gu4#? ge6 {d}en-lil2
2. NE# NIG2
3. 1(asz@c)# gu4#? babbar2 {d}en-lil2
reading of gu4? comes from ARET 05, 19 col. 9 line 5-6. X gu4 babbar ge6 {d}en-lil2
4. du11#-ga x-la
5. [x] i3-{d}utu x [x] x [...]
[x] NI UD AN x [x] x [...]
rest of column missing
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) ki {d}en-lil2 KU
2. ki ma2 gal-ke4
3. ganun 2(disz@t)
4. 1(asz@c) KU {d}en#-[lil2]
5. {d#}[...]
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) {d}PA-nam2
2. sukkal-mah en-lil2
3. nu-[...]
n lines missing
1'. [...]
2'. gu-AB [... {d}]en#-lil2# x [...]
column 4
1. KA# [...]
rest of column missing
reverse
n columns missing
column 1'
1. [...] x x x
2. {d}en-lil2
column 2'
n lines missing
1. [...] {d}en-lil2
column 3'
n lines missing
1. [...]
2. 1(asz@c)# x [x? x? {d}]en#-lil2# [...]
column 4'
n lines missing
1. [...] {d}en#-[lil2 ...]