Lexical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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© National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. |NINDA2x1(U@c)|
2. |NINDA2x3(ASZ@c)|
3. |NINDA2x1(ASZ@c)|
4. |NINDA2x1(DISZ@c)|
5. 2(disz@c)
6. 2(disz@c)
7. 2(asz@c)
8. 3(asz@c)
9. 4(asz@c)
10. 5(asz@c)
11. 6(asz@c)
12. 7(asz@c)
13. 8(asz@c)
14. 9(asz@c)#
15. 1(u@c)
16. [...]
17. KUL#
18. 4(u@c)#
19. UD#-GAR#
20. |SZU2+SZE3|#-[...]
21. x
22. gir2#-x
column 2
1. [...]
2. GAR3
3. gar3-gar3
4. LAK50 sag
5. gar3 BU
6. babbar gar3
7. gal [x]
8. gal x
9. LU3#
10. LU3-[x]
11. LU3 [x]
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. |DIMxMASZ|#
2'. |DIMxSZE|#
n lines broken
3'. [...] gukkal#
4'. [...] u8#
5'. [...] u8#
column 4
beginning broken
1'. [x] gu4#?
2'. adkinx(SZESZ2) amar
3'. adkinx(SZESZ2)# am#
4'. [...]
column 5
beginning broken
1'. adkinx(SZESZ2)# ISZ# [x]
2'. adkinx(SZESZ2)# ISZ# sila4#?
column 6
broken
reverse
broken