Literary letter and letter-prayer 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
tablet obverse 1. lugal-gu10 igi gun3 sum4 za-gin3# [la2-mu-ur2] en: After you to my king, the speckled-faced/eyed one who wears a lapis beard, 2. u3-na-a-du11# en: speak: 3. alan ku3-si2 u4 du10-ga tu-[...] en: To the golden statue born on a propitious day 4. ab2-za-za UZU#? ku3-ga bulug3-ga2# en: Pure zebu reared by the holy breast(?) 5. en nir gal2 {d}inanna-gu10-ur2# en: My lord who is trusted by Inanna 6. za-e dim2-ma-zu dumu an-na# [...] en: You, your intellect is that of a child of An 7. du11-ga-zu dingir-ra-kam# hur#? nu-gi4#-[...] en: Your command is divine, it is never again to be reversed 8. inim-zu im an-ta szeg3-ga2-gin7#? szid nu-tuku-tuku-de3 en: Your word(s), like rain precipitating from the sky, (its) number is not to be ascertained 9. {disz}ur-sa6-ga ARAD-zu na-ab#?-x-[...] en: It is Ursaga, your servant, who speaks (thusly) 10. lugal-gu10 bar-ga2#! en3 <li>-bi2-in-tar dumu uri2{ki}-ma-me-en en: My king has (not) inquired after me, (even though) I am a citizen of Urim 11. tukumbi lugal-ga2 an!-na-du10 en: If it is amenable to(!) my king 12. e2-ad-da-ga2 lu2 nam-ba-an-tum3#? en: No one should carry off my patrimonial inheritance 13. ki-ur3 e2-ad-da-ga2 lu2 nam-mu-da-an!-kar-re en: No one should deprive me of the foundation of my patrimonial inheritance reverse 1. lugal-gu10 he2-en-zu# en: My king should know of this! double ruling blank space