OIP 099, 039 (P010099)

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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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
column 1
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1'. lam-ki
2'. |GA2xMUSZ|#-[...]
3'. iri-eren#
4'. ezen-eren
5'. aszte2
6'. iri-tag#
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...]-kun#
3'. [...]-mu2#
4'. [...]
5'. [...]
6'. BAD-[...]
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. ISZ#-nun
3'. ISZ#-gal
4'. ISZ-sila3-gal
5'. ISZ-ISZ#
6'. szusz3-dun#
7'. [NI]-UR4-LAL
8'. [...]
9'. [...]
  rest broken
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. GA2-rin
3'. musz3
4'. szim
5'. an-ur2#
6'. ab2-unu3
7'. nun#-SZID
8'. nun-kiri8#:tab
9'. [...] x
10'. [...] x
11'. [...]-HA#
12'. [...] x
  rest broken
column 5
  beginning broken
1'. e2#?-dun#
2'. si-za-la2
3'. eme-mun
4'. szuszx(|SZE.NAM2|)#
5'. szuszx(|SZE.NAM2|)#-nun
6'. kaskal#
7'. ki#-kaskal#
8'. ki-[...]
9'. [...]-uszx(LAK672a)#
10'. a2-NE
11'. |LAL2.LAGAB|-masz
12'. masz-ba
13'. uru2
14'. [...]-sul#?
  rest broken
column 6
1'. en-zu
2'. en-LU-zu
3'. e2-du10-ux(|EZENxAN|)
4'. ebih
5'. MUSZ3-LAL2
6'. |GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
7'. [...]-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|#
8'. [...]-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|#
9'. ab-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
10'. tir
11'. ku7-tir
12'. da-EN#-te#?
13'. EZEN#
14'. ulul#
15'. [...]-ka#
16'. [...]-da#
17'. [...]-ug#?
column 7
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. ku7?-ug
3'. sanga2-nir
4'. LAK339?-a-tuku
5'. gi-unu#
6'. ki#-gin2@g#-TAR
7'. ki-lam
8'. ki-GU4-SZE3-si
9'. ki#-gu2-si
10'. [...]-ag
11'. ki-en#-sumun2#
12'. [ki]-|SZIMxX|
13'. ki-nam2-di
14'. ki-ib
15'. ki-ib-LAGAB
16'. ki-ma-zu
17'. ki#-li#-li
18'. ki-mes-SZID#
column 8
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. ki#-[...]
3'. ki#-AN-MUSZ3#-[...]
4'. ki-tir# [...]
5'. ki-tir# [...]
6'. ki-da-si#?
7'. ki-kul-aba4#
8'. ki-x-tur#
9'. ki-abgal#
10'. ki#-abrig2#
11'. ki-{d}men#
12'. ki-gesztin-x
13'. ki-en-za3#
  double ruling
  decorated with cross hatches
14'. ur-{d}lamma#
15'. hu-ti#-um#
16'. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. [um]-mi-a
3. lugal#-giparx(KISAL)#-si
4. il#-su3-ERIM#-x
5. [dub mu]-sar#
6. [...] x
7. [...] x
8. szesz-[...]
  rest broken
column 2
  blank space