TMH NF 1-2, 247a (P134558)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Image © Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 {d}szul-pa-e3
2. szuku lu2-{d}utu
3. ur-me-me i3-dab5
4. szu-igi-du-bi-sze3
5. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze lu2-{d}utu-ke4
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti ezem-an-na
3. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 mu us2-sa-a-ba
4. uru4-de3
5. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
6. igi LAGAB-a
7. igi du10-ur2-sze3
left
1. mu lu2-{d}utu-sze3
2. kiszib3 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ga ib2-ra
envelope
obverse
1. 4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 {d}szul-pa-e3
2. szuku lu2-{d}utu#
3. ur-me-me i3#-[dab5]
  blank space
  seal impression
4. szu-igi-du-bi-[sze3]
5. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze lu2-{d}utu# szu ba#-[ti]
6. iti ezem-an-na
reverse
1. mu [us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e] bad3# [mar-tu mu-du3] mu [us2-sa-a-ba]
2. uru4-de3#
  blank space
  seal impression
3. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
4. igi LAGAB-a-sze3
5. igi du10-ur2-sze3
6. mu lu2-{d}utu-sze3
7. kiszib3 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ga ib2-ra
seal 1
1. {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka#?
2. dumu lu2-uru11#{ki#}
3. aga3#-us2# ensi2#