Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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© Lloyd E. Cotsen cuneiform tablets collection, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
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Transliteration
tablet
(needs collation)
obverse
1. dumu e2-dub-ba-a u4 ul#?-[...]
2. e2-dub-ba-sze3? i3-du-de3#-[en]
3. e2-dub-ba a#-na#?-am3? i3-ak
4-5. dub-mu? a-szid ninda-ka-mu# i3-nag#
6. dub-mu i3#-du3# i3-sar# til3-ma
7. mu-gub-ba-mu ma-an-gub-bu-usz
8. kin-sig x-x im-szu-mu ma-an-gub-bu-usz?
9-10. u4 e2-dub-ba-a du8-e-de3 e2-sze3 i3-du-de3-en
11-12. e2-e i3-ku4-re-DU? ad-da-mu al-tusz
reverse
1. ad-da-mu im-szu#-mu# in-an#-[du11-ma]
2-3. dub-mu in-na-an#-szid# ad-da-mu mu-un-sa6#
4. igi ad-da-mu-sze3 i-gub-[bu-nam]
5. enmen2 tuku nag-mu#-ub#-[en-ze2]
6. szagar tuku ninda szum2-ma-ab#-en#-[ze2-en]
7. {gesz?}na2? gub!-ba-ab-en-ze2-en giri3-mu luh-ha-ab-en-[ze2-en] gab-ba-nu2
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