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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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [en?]-gar#
2. [me?]-unken#
3. [sal]-NUNUZ-nanna#-zi#
4. sal#-NUNUZ-nu-zi#
5. sal-GAR-AB@g#
6. sal-HI-|URUxMIN|
7. en#-sal#-|URUxMIN|#
8. nu#-|URUxMIN|
9. nu#-BAD
10. tu
11. a-tu#
rest broken
column 2
1. x-x
2. PA-NUN
3. nu-banda3 abgal |KAxGAN2@t|
4. kingal-UD
5. DUN-|EZENxBAD|
6. LU-UD
7. sag#-dun3# {d}en-ki
8. |NUN:ME.TAG|
9. |NUN:ME.TAG|
10. x x [...]
11. [...]
rest broken
column 3
1. [LAGAR]-|SZE.NAGA|
2. LAGAR-GU
3. LAGAR-UD
4. LAGAR abgal
5. LAGAR-nu-banda3# abgal
6. LAGAR#-TUG2
7. LAGAR-A-EREN
8. LAGAR-EN-TUG2
9. LAK503a#-[{d}]inanna#
rest broken
column 4
1. [LAK503a]-x
2. LAK503a#-[...]
3. LAK503a-A-EREN#
4. LAK503a-NA#-ESZ2#
5. LAK503a-nigir
6. LAK503a-sanga:gal
7. LAK503a-unu3#
8. EN-SZIR:BUR-RU
9. [x?] x-ZU
rest broken
column 5
1. sanga-TA@g(LAK654a)
2. sanga-gu4
3. SZID-GAR-gal
4. SZID-GAR:gal-BI!?
5. u2-{d#}inanna
6. zabalam2(|ZA.MUSZ3.AB@g|)#
7. ZA!?-|MUSZ3xMUSZ3|
8. ub#-{d}inanna
9. [...]
rest broken
column 6
1. [ME]-{d}nisaba#
2. PAP-[PAP]-{d}nisaba#
3. sukkal-{d}nisaba
4. szidim#-gal-unu
5. i9-UD-AB@g
6. i9!
7. ME#?-DIN-HA-gal-ME
8. lahszu
9. HA#?-SZUBUR#-|DIMxSZE|
10. |UD.KUSZU2|#
11. [...]
rest broken
column 7
1. [...]
2. DAG#-|LAGABxHAL|#
3. LAK175-{d}[inanna]
4. LAK175-gal-tur3?
5. LAK175-LAK390
6. LAK175-nibru{ki}
7. me-en-PA-GAL-ki
8. me-en-PA-GAL-GAN2#!?-ki
9. me#-en#-PA-ki
10. [me]-en#-urim5(|SZESZ.AB|)#[{ki}]
rest broken
column 8
1. [...] x [...]
2. PAP#-PA-IB#
3. PAP-PA-IB#-SUD2
4. PAP-PA-IB
5. PAP#-PA-IB-LAK390
6. nu-banda3-EN-IB
7. sanga#-EN-IB
8. gal#-ga-EN-IB
9. PA-NAM2
10. en#-en
rest broken
column 9
1. [...]
2. [sze]-unu#
3. GAL#-LAK61-PA
4. PAP-|SAL.NUNUZ.ZI|#-{d}nanna!(NU-SZESZ)
5. PAP-sal#-HI-|URUxMIN|
6. GAL-ISZ#!?
7. ur-TAK4-LAK387!?
LAK387!? lacks internal vertical wedges
8. ezen-si-sag:dingir
9. ezen-GU4-si-sag:dingir
10. si-du-si-dingir
11. [...]
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column 10
1. [...]
2. RU#-MI#-SU
3. [(ME?)]-SZE!?-EN-NE-RU
4. NAGA-KAD4-gal
5. ME {d}I-NUN#
6. [x?] ME# {d}lamma
7. ME gi#:bil#
8. ME li9#:si4
9. ME {d}ad#:ku3
10. ME {d#}|UR2xUD|
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column 11
1. [...]
2. ME {d}|SUMASZ.ME|
3. ME {d}idigna(|TUMxPAP|)!?
4. ME {d}idigna(|TUMxPAP|)!?
5. ME {d}idigna(|TUMxPAP|)!?
6. ME {d}kesz3
7. ME# nin-{d}|GA2xMUSZ|#
8. ME {d}nin-sa2:a
9. ME# {d#}nin#-pirig#
10. ME# {d#}[...]
11. [...]
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column 12
1. [...]
2. ME# {d#}[...]
3. ME {d}GAN#-ZI#
4. ME {d}MU#-SZITA?-LAGAB#?
blank space
small partially broken case filled with decorative cross-hatching; serves as a dividing line between text and colophon.
5. a-gesztin#-abzu(|ZU.AB|)#
6. lugal#-giparx(KISAL)#?-[si?]
7. x [...]
rest broken