Letter tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France
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© Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}utu-ha-zi-ir
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma ha-am#-mu-ra-pi2-ma
4. tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am i-na a-ma-ri-im
5. i-na _sza3-tam-mesz_ sza qa2-ti-ka
6. 1(u) 2(disz) _sza3-tam-mesz ugula_ {d}utu-di-ku5 _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am#
7. 1(u) 2(disz) _ugula_ {d}utu-ma-gir! _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}suen
8. _sza3 sza3-tam-mesz nig2-szu_ {d}en-lil2-da-he2-ti
9. 1(u) 1(disz) _ugula_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ puzur4-{d}utu
10. 1(u) _ugula_ {d}suen-ma-gir! _dumu_ ma-szum
11. _sza3 sza3-tam-mesz nig2-szu_ e2-a-ra-bi
12. 4(u) 5(disz) _sza3-tam-mesz_
13. sza 4(disz) asz-la-a-tim
14. ma-ah-ri-ka e-zi-im-ma
reverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) _sza3-tam-mesz ugula_ {d}suen-ma-gir! _dumu_ u-bar-{d}suen
2. 1(u) _ugula_ {d}suen-ip-pa-al-sa3-am
3. 1(u) 1(disz) _ugula_ s,il2-li2-esz18-dar _dumu_ ti-iz-qa2-rum
4. 1(u) _ugula_ {d}suen-ma-gir! _dumu#_ {d}suen-na-wi-ir
5. 1(u) _ugula_ a-wi-il-{d}i-szum
6. 1(u) _ugula_ {d}utu-ga-mil
7. _sza3 sza3-tam-mesz nig2-szu_ {d}en-lil2-da-<he2>-ti
8. 8(disz) _ugula_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}suen-ma-gir!
9. 1(u) 1(disz) _ugula_ a-pil2-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ i3-li2-tap-pe2-e
10. 1(u) _ugula_ a-pil2-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ ap-pa-an-dingir
11. 1(u) _ugula_ pa-al-hu-ia _dumu_ ig-mil-{d}suen
12. _sza3 sza3-tam-mesz nig2-szu_ e2-a-ra-bi
13. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) _sza3-tam-mesz_ sza 1(u) asz-la-a-tim
14. a-na ma-ah-ri-ia t,u2-ur-dam
15. ar-hi-isz li-is-ni-qu2-nim