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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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}utu-ha-zi-ir
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma lu2-{d}nin-urta-ma
4. {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
5. asz-szum _a-sza3_-lim sza _iri{ki} szu-ku6-e-ne_
6. sza {disz}ib-ni-{d}suen u3 {d}suen-uru4
7. bi-it-qu2-ru3
8. {disz}ib-ni-{d}suen ki-a-am im-hu-ra-an-ni
9. um-ma szu-u2-ma
10. _a-sza3_-lam sza i-na bi-x x x [x] x
11. {disz}{d}utu-ha-zi-ir i-[ki-ma-an-ni-ma]
12. a-na {d}suen-uru4 it-ta#-[di-in]
13. u3 {d}suen-uru4 ki-a-am im#-[hu-ra-an-ni]
14. um-ma szu-u2-[ma]
15. {disz}{d}utu-ha-zi-ir _a-sza3_-[lam x x x]
16. {disz}ib-ni-{d}suen# [x x x x x]
17. x x [...]
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1'. te-e-[er]
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