Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Beydar), dated to the Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. lu2-gesz-DU
2. ba-la2#
3. [x] 4(u@c) 5(asz@c)
4. tab#-la-a-[lim x]
rest broken
column 2
1. ar-szi-a-[hu] 3(u@c) 6(asz@c)
2. ba#-[la2]
3. [x x] 3(u@c)#? [x]
rest broken
column 3
1. ba-ri2 udu-nita# [x ba?]-la2#?
2. [HAL]-ti 2(u@c) la2 2(disz@t)
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. [...]
6. [x] nita# [x] 1(u@c) la2 1(disz@t)
7. dam# 1(u@c) la2 2(disz@t)?
8. lu2-gesz-DU 1(u@c) 2(asz@c)
9. ba-la2
column 4
1. ar-szi#-a-hu nita# 1(u@c) 1(asz@c)
2. dam# 1(u@c) la2 2(disz@t)
3. [lu2-gesz]-DU# 1(asz@c)
4. ba-la2
5. ar-rum2-nita 2(u@c)#? la2 2(disz@t)
6. dam 1(u@c)
7. lu2-gesz-DU 3(asz@c)
reverse
column 1
1. ba-la2
2. kur-i3-lum-nita 3(u@c)
3. dam 4(asz@c)
4. asz-ma{ki} 6(asz@c)#
5. su#-LUM#{ki} 1(u@c)#? [x]
6. a-hu#-du{ki} 7(asz@c)
7. SIKIL{ki} 4(asz@c)
column 2
1. a-ba4-la-da{ki} 2(asz@c)
2. tu-a-mu{ki} 3(asz@c)#?
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column 3
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column 4
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