CDLI Literary 000778, ex. 045 (P346681)

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

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1'. {gesz}al#-e u3#? ix(|A.SUG|)-da#? [...]
 en: The hoe is the kingal official on/in the u land(?) of the river
2'. dagx(KA2) ki agrun-na-ka {gesz}[...]
 en: At the chamber/door(?) of the site(?) of the agrun chamber, the hoe is the vizier
3'. hul-gal2 u4-nu2-a dumu {gesz#}[...]
 en: Evildoers are children of the hoe during the waning moon(?)
4'. u4 sa2# du11-ga-ta-a an-sze3#? [...]
 en: By means of/in(?) the regular day(?) they are born towards(!?) heaven(?)
5'. an-sze3# al-ti#-ri2#-ki#?{muszen#} muszen# dingir#-[...]
 en: Towards heaven the altirigu bird is the bird of a god
6'. [...] gesz#-gi-a ur#-[...] uszumgal-am3#
 en: Towards the earth it is the hoe, in the reedbed it is a dog, in the thicket it is an ušumgal creature
7'. [...]-lu#?-am3
 en: At the site of battle it is a durallu ax
8'. [...]-lu-hab2-am3
 en: At the site of the fortification, it is an alluhab net(?)
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