Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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. isz-tu _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_
2. {disz}szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi _dumu_ ar-du
3. _gu4-sza3-gu4_ sza {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am _gal-ukken-na_
4. i-re-i _1(ban2) sze_ a-na i-di-szu be-li2-ia-tum
5. isz-ku-szum i-ha-al!-li-iq it-ta-al-la-ak-ma
6. i-na i-di-szu i-te-el2-li
7. a-di _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam gu4-sza3-gu4_
8. i-re-i u3 i-ta-li-ik
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reverse
1. _giri3_ be-li2-ia-tum
2. u3 {d}suen-sze-mi
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3. _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam_
4. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda}ki-lugal-gub i3-mah-a hur-sag didli-a i7-da i3-me-esz-a-bi_