4R 35, 8 (P395698)

Official or display tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. mu# ri-im-{d}a-nu-um lugal-e
 en: The year in which King Rim-Anum,
2. ma#-da ia#-mu-ut-ba-a-lum{ki}
 en: the (forces of) the land of Emutbalum,
3. ugnim# esz3-nun-na{ki} i3-si-in
 en: the armies of Eshnunna, Isin
4. [ka]-zal#-lu e-ne-bi-da-gin7
 en: and Kazallu, as if all together (with him),
5. [unu{ki}]-sze3# me3-a in-szi-su8-re-esz-am3
 en: presented themselves at Uruk for war.
6. [unu?{ki?}] nig2-ul-ta sahar-ra la-ba-dub?-a-ba
 en: Uruk(?), since time immemorial, had never experienced (such) a dust storm (raised by a foreign army),
7. [...]-us2?-am3
 en: ...
8. [... nam-a2]-gal#-a-ni-ta gar3-dar-a-bi i3-ni-in-gar-ra
 en: ...(?) by his power he inflicted defeat upon them;
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