Literary tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...]-ne-ne# lil2#?-la2#!? nam-mu-ni-ib-da13-da13
en: Do not(?) abandon ... in the empty breeze
3'. [e]-ne-eg3-zu-sze3 nu-sze-ga ga2-e nu-ti-la nu-me-en
en: I am not(!?) one does not obey your word, one who does not sustain ...
4'. u3#-mu-un-gu10 x x e-ne kal-la-gu10
en: My lord ... he (is?)/how he (is?) my precious one
reverse
1. [... {d}]en#-ki#?-za-ke4-esz [...]-NE#?-esz
en: ... Enki(?), because of you ...
2. [...]-di-in [...]-KA
en: ...
3. [...]-en [...]-me#?-en
en: ...
4. [...]-an#-x
en: ...
5'. [...] DU [...]
en: ...