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 beginning broken 1'. [...] ku4#-ku4-de3# [...] en: I(?) did not allow this army to enter the ancient upper part of the city 2'. [...] iri{ki} gibil-bi-am3#? [...] en: They are dwelling in the city that is new(er)(?) 3'. ugnim#-bi gu2# [...] en: ... 4'. szeg12# du3-u3-de3 du#-[...] en: ... 5'. u3# i7 ba-al-[...] en: This army, at the (far?) bank of the Amar-Suen canal, serves(?) by constructing brickwork, working/fortifying Dunnum(?), and excavating the canal 6'. tukumbi# lugal#-[...] en: ... 7'. [{gesz}]pana# {gesz}gag pana!? {gesz#}[...] en: ... 8'. [{gesz}]ma2# tur-tur szu-ku6#-[...] en: ... 9'. [...]-la2 kesz2#-[...] en: ... 10'. [...] x-ke4 [...] en: If my king has not brought out from ... Elam(ite troops), bows, arrow, small boats bound with sacks for the “fishermen,” weapons, ..., (all) the furnishings of battle. rest broken reverse broken