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
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; reverse beginning broken blank space