UET 6, 0088 + 0538 (P346173)

Literary tablet written in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) and 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 x [...] x x
2'. [...] x dim2#-me ki?-szu#?-pesz#? igi zu-zu
 en: ... fashioning ... surveying the shrines(?)
3'. [...]-x ni2-te-na dingir en3 tar#-tar# nu-tuku
 en: ... his own ..., who does not possess a caretaking god
4'. [...] x mah dab nir-gal2 {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne#
 en: ..., supreme and surpassing(?), authoritative one of the Anuna
5'. [...] x he2-gal2 szum2-mu bara2-bara2-ge2-ne-ke4
 en: ..., the one who gives abundance of (i.e., to?) the rulers
6'. [...] x nam-he2 ki-a gar-[...]
 en: ... placing(?) abundance on earth
7'. [...] x bar sikil-ta gal-le-esz u3#?-[...]-ti
 en: ... when ... greatly from/by means of the pure ...
8'. [...] x-na gu3 bi2-in-de2 sza3 x [...]-x-in-ak
 en: ... spoke ..., ... the heart
9'. [...] ubur#? an su13-da-ke4 ur2 x [...]
 en: ... the breast/teat(?) of distant heaven(?), the base ...
10'. [...] x dagal-la-ta? KA-ga-na nig2-nam#? [...]
 en: ... when he(?) ... from/by means of(?) a broad ..., everything ...
11'. [...] x-a x [...]
 en: ...
12'. [...] x-NE#? [...]
 en: ...
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. [...] x dingir-re-e-ne#-[...]
 en: ... of(?) the gods ...
3'. [...] hur-sag-sze3 he2-en-na#-[...]
 en: ... may ... towards the mountain range
4'. [...] sza3#-bi#? he2-hul2 hu-mu-ra-ke4-e-ne
 en: ... may its(?) heart rejoice, may they ...
5'. [...]-zu hur-sag sikil-la he2-a
 en: ... may your ... be a pure mountain range
6'. [...] x-ba ni2 ha-ma-ab-dub2-bu-ne
 en: May ... relax in its ...
7'. [...] x iri nam-lugal-la u3-mu#-ni-in-dim2
 en: When/after/because ... fashions ..., in/of the city of kingship
8'. [...] gal-le-esz# [...]-re-en
 en: ... you will ... greatly
9'. [...] x [...]-ne
 en: ...
10'. [...] x me-dim2 [...]-ne
 en: ... limbs ...
11'. [...] x-ra gu2? x mu#-ra-x-x-ne
 en: ...
12'. [...] nam-lugal he2-x-x
 en: ... kingship ...
13'. [...] du11-ga-bi-sze3 gesz ha-ba-[...]
 en: ... may ... listen to its command(?)
14'. [...] lu2 usz2-a til2-i-da KA# [...]
 en: ... in order to revive the dead man ...
15'. [...] x-ba he2-a lu2 UD x-bi? [...]
 en: May/if ..., who/a person ...
16'. [...] abzu-a kin2 szu dim2-ma x [...]
 en: ... in/of the Abzu, work and craftsmanship/creation(?) ...
17'. [...] {d}utu#? u4-da x [...]
 en: ... Utu ... in the daytime(?)
18'. [...] tesz2-a x? ba-ni-in-[...]
 en: ... together ...
19'. [...] x ha-ba-x lu2 {na4?}[...]
 en: ...
20'. [...] na-nam-me-esz lu2 [...]
 en: They are indeed(?) ...
21'. [...] AN ke4 nam [...]
 en: ...