CDLI Literary 000637, ex. 002 (P260899)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. ga-sza-an-gen gi-rin-e u6 ga-e-da-du11
2. ga#-[sza]-an#-[an]-na#-gen gi-rin hal-hal-la i-bi2-mu de3-ma#?-al#?
3. inim mu#-[un]-gar3?#-ra-bi su8-ba-bi
4. mu-ud-na#-mu# x# [x] x# [mi2 de3?]-ma#?-ab-du11
5. ga-sza-an-gen gi-rin-e da-nu2
6. ga-sza-an-an-na-gen gi-rin-e kasz4 da-mu-ni-du11-du11
7. [x x] mi?#-NE-sze3 de3-em3-ga2-su8-ge-esz
8. [x x] DA?# {d}ama-uszumgal-an-na x x
reverse
1. KA#?-mu#? x# lu2 sza3#?-ab#?-[ga2?]
2. na-am2-zu-sze3 e2-kur-re dur2# de3#-x# x#
3. e2-kur-re e2 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2-ke4 a-ra-zu-zu ga?-gub#?
4. an-ne2 ki#-mah-a-na ma-an-ze2-em3-men3
5. u3-mu-un kur# gal {d}mu-ul-lil2 gaba ga2 x# x# x#
6. bal-bal-e {d}inanna-kam