Literary letter and letter-prayer tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1a. [{d}utu lugal-mu-ur2 di-ku5] mah# an ki-a
1b. _[...] s,i#-i-ru sza2 AN-e u KI-ti3_
2a. [sag-en3-tar kalam-ma] ka#-asz mu-un-bar-bar-ra
2b. _[...] pa#-ri-is pu-ru-us-se-e_
3a. [dingir zi lu2 ti-le-de3 ki-ag2] a-ra-zu gesz-tuku
3b. _[x i]-ram-mu-sze-mu-u2 tas,-li-ta_
4a. [arhusz su3 sza3 gur-ru] nu-un-zu-a
4b. _[x] la#? mu-du-u2_
5a. [nig2-si-sa2 ki-ag2 nig2-zi bar-tam-ma?]-ra#? u3-mu-un-ne-du11
5b. _[... kit]-ti qi2-bi-ma_
6a. [su6-mu2 dumu {d}nin-gal su6 {na4}za-gin3] ba#?-la2-e
6b. _[... uq]-ni#-i zaq-nu_
7a. [tak4-la2 {gesz}si-gar an ki kukku2] zalag-sze3 gar
7b. _[... x] uk-la ana na-ma-ru#_
8a. [en sag-kal asza-a-ni pa e3-a nam-mah-a-ni] za3 nu-di-[a?]
8b. _[...]-szu2 la isz-sza2-an#?-[na-nu]_
9a. [ur-sag dumu {d}nin-gal-e tu-da me sag]-x ur4#?-[ur4]
9b. _[...]_
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