Literary tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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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Transliteration
tablet
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1'-3'. [nam-tag dugud] [ka] garasz2#-[x] lu2 ti-la mu-un-zu
4'-5'. a2-tuku sa-gaz nu-mu-un-szi-ak
6'-7'. kal-ga si-ga szaga-sze3 nu-mu-un-<ak>-e
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1'-3'. [nam]-tag# [dugud] ka# garasz2-[x] lu2# ti-la mu#-[un-zu]
4'-5'. a2-tuku sa#-[gaz] nu-mu-un-szi-ak#
6'-7'. kal-ga si#-[ga] szaga-sze3 nu-mu-un#-[ak?-e]
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1-2. [ub-da limmu2 ug3] ki#? [gar-ra]
3-4. [sze-ga] {d}en-lil2-[la2] {d}nin-lil2-le ki-[ag2]
5-6. szul zi igi gun3 bara2-ga tum2-ma#
7-8. men aga [zi] sag me-te-gal2#
9-10. sibir szu# du8# sag-ge6#-ga#
11-13. nun {d}li#-pi2#-it#-esz18#-dar# dumu {d}en-lil2-la2# sipa# igi#-gal2 tuku
14-16. ug3 lah5-lah5-e gissu# [du10]-ga ug3-e ni2# dub2#-bu
17-18. en alim-ma an-ne2 ki-ag2
19-20. geszkim-ti-zu {d}nin-lil2#-le#
21-22. {d}li-pi2-it-esz18#-dar# a2 nun hu-mu-te-gal2
23-24. ka lal3-gin7 du10 mu ka-ge du7
25-26. sza3-ge de6-a dam {d}inanna
27-28. {d}en-ki-ke4 gesztu2 dagal
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1. [...]
2-4. [...] saga11# [du11?] [lu2 zi]-zi#-i# mu-e#-[zu]
5-7. nam#-tag dugud# ka# garasz2#-kam#? lu2 ti-la#? mu-un-zu
8-9. a2-tuku sa-gaz nu-mu-un-szi-ak-e#
10-11. kal-ga si-ga# szaga-sze3 nu-mu-un-ak#-[e]
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