Administrative tablet excavated in Ebla (mod. Tell Mardikh), dated to the Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Syria, Idlib, Syria
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(asz@c) _ma-na ku3:babbar_
2. 1(asz@c) _ma-na ku3-sig17_
3. _lugal_
4. 5(asz@c) _ma-na_ TAR-5(disz) GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
column 2
1. _abba2-abba2_
2. in _u4_
3. _izi-gar_
4. i-pisz2-zi-nu
5. isz12(LAM)-gi-da-ar
6. il-da-mu
7. _szu mu-tag4_
column 3
1. 2(asz@c) _ma-na ku3:babbar_
2. 1(asz@c) _tun3 gal_
3. 1(asz@c) _ma-na zabar_
4. 1(asz@c) _tun3_
5. TAR _zabar_
6. 1(asz@c) _dub-nagar_
7. |SZU2+SZA| GIN2-DILMUN _zabar_
column 4
1. 1(asz@c) SZUM
2. TAR _urudu_
3. _nig2-ba_
4. gul-la
5. _szesz_
6. en-na-{d}da-gan
7. |SZU2+SZA| GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
8. _maszkim_-su3
column 5
1. in _u4_
2. _izi-gar_
3. GESZ-DUG-DU
4. TAR _ku3:babbar_
5. ha-zu-mu
6. SZA-PI GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
7. i-ti-il
column 6
1. _szesz_
2. il-isz-'a3-dasz
3. 2(asz@c) _aktum{tug2}_
4. 2(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) GIN2-DILMUN _si4-si4_
5. _szu mu-tag4_
6. 1(u@c) GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
column 7
1. 3(asz@c) _ma-na a-gar5-gar5_
2. ig-ri2-su
3. _dumu-nita_
4. ma-nu-um
5. 2(asz@c) GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
6. i-ti
reverse
column 1
1. _maszkim_
2. _ga:rasz_
3. _szu mu-tag4_
4. _zah2_
5. 5(asz@c) _ma-na ku3:babbar_
6. 1(asz@c) _ma-na ku3-sig17_
column 2
1. _nig2-ba_
2. en-na-{d}da-gan
3. 5(asz@c) _ma-na ku3:babbar_
4. _nig2-ba_
5. _maszkim-maszkim_
6. su3
column 3
1. 3(asz@c) _kaskal_
2. 4(asz@c) GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
3. _szu bala ak_
4. 3(asz@c) _ma-na a-gar5-gar5_
5. ig-ri2-su
6. _dumu-nita_
7. ma-nu-um
column 4
1. _szu ba4-ti_
2. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
3. gu2-li-lum
4. ar-mi-um{ki}
5. 1(u@c) _ma-na ku3:babbar_
6. _szu bala ak_
7. 2(asz@c) _ma-na ku3-sig17_
column 5
1. _lugal_
2. ma-ri2{ki}
rest of column blank
column 6
1. AN-SZE3-GU2 3(u@c) 4(asz@c) _ma-na_ TAR-6 GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
2. 2(asz@c) _ma-na ku3-sig17_
3. asz2-du
column 7
1 line blank
1. en-na-{d}da-gan
2. _lugal_
3. 1(asz@c) _mu_