Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
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1'. [...] sza3 hul2-la#-[...]
2'. [...] inim-mu-sze3 [...] im-szub li-[...]
3'. [nam]-dub-sar-ra sag-bi [...] za3-bi-sze3 i3-til
4'. nig2-na-me la-ba-an-gil-bi-na x szu-mu GA2 mu-e-szum2-ma
5'. nig2-ba-a2-kusz-a-diri mi-ni-in-gar nam-dugud mu-e-dah-e
6'. {d}nisaba nin-{d}lamma-ke4# x {d}lamma-zu he-am3
7'. gi-du3-a-zu sa6-ge hu-mu-ra-an-ga2#-ga2
8'. im-szu DU x x x x x x en-me#
reverse
1. szesz-zu-ne igi-gub# [...]
2. du10-sa-zu-ne sag-kal#-bi# [...]
3. an-ta-gal2 dumu# e2-dub-ba-a-ke4# x x
4. e2 lugal-la-ke4 dib-dib-bi sza3-diri-bi
5. lu2-tur ad-da ba-an-zu ga2-e us2-sa-ni-me-en
6. eme# i-ri-DU-a nam i-ri-tar-re
7. [...] ad-da-zu inim-bi-ta szu-zi ha-ra-ga2-ga2
8-9. [{d}]nisaba# nin-za nig2-dingir za-gin7 [...] siskur#-ra u3-gul# x x GA2 GA2
10. [...] nig2#-ad-da-za# [...] x x
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