Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Nerebtum (mod. Iščali), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. _1(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) gur sze_
2. hu-bu-ta-tum sza#
3. _ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
4. _dumu_ bur-{d}suen
5. {disz}ARAD2-{d}utu
6. _dumu_ s,il2-li2-{d}suen
7. _szu ba-an-ti_
8. [a]-na# masz-kan2-nim#
9. _sze_-a-am _i3-ag2-e_
10. [u3-sze-te]-eq-ma _masz2_ u2-s,a-[ab]
reverse
1. _igi#_ sza3!-ru-um#
2. _dumu#_ sin-sze-mi3
3. {disz}a-bu-um-dingir
4. _dumu_ sin-e-ri-ba
5. {disz}{d}utu-na-s,ir
6. _dumu_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am#
7. u3 ma-asz2-qu2 _dub-sar_
8. _mu erin2 <su>-bir4# ba-ra {gesz}tukul bar_
envelope
obverse
(fragments)
reverse
(fragments)
1'. _[mu erin2 su]-bir4 ba-ra {gesz}tukul# bar# iri_ ki-masz e2-gal-la#-[tim]
seal 1
1. a-bu-um-dingir
2. _dumu_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am
3. _ARAD2_ sza {d}iszkur
seal 2
1. a!-ru-u2
2. _dumu_ {d}suen-sze-mi
3. _ARAD2_ sza {d}mar-tu