Letter tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. a-na e2-a-na-s,ir
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um#-ma ar-bi-tu-ra#-am#-ma
4. a-na-ku-u2 ki-a-am
5. i-na a-hi-i-ka
6. qa2!-al-la-ku-ma
7. a-na um-mi-<<me>>-a-ni-ka#
8. we-ri-a-am ta-di#-im#-ma
9. ia-szi-im le-me-a-ti
10. na-da-na-am
11. a-na-ku-u2 {disz}i-bi!-{d}en-lil2
12. a-qi2#-ip
reverse
1. _ku3-babbar_ u3 ne2-me-el-szu
2. a-na {disz}nig2-gur11-{d}nanna
3. i-di-in
4. we-er im x a-na ra-ma-ni-ia
5. ku-nu-uk-ka-am
6. u2-sze20-zi-ib-ka
7. am-mi-ni we-ri-a-am
8. la ta-di-in
9. szum-ma la ta-di-in
10. ni-pa-ti-ka
11. usz-te-re-eb
12. we-ri-a-am du-mu-qa2-am
13. an-ni-a-am u3 an-ni-a-am
14. i-di-in#-ma
15. a-wi-la-am t,u3-ur#-[dam]