Letter 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. e2-a-ba-ni
en: Ea-bani
2. u3-na-a-du11
en: tell!
3. 1(disz) er3-ra-ga-szi-ir
en: “1 Erra-gašir,
4. dumu nibru{ki}-kam
en: son of Nippur,
reverse
1. ur-sa6-ga
en: (to) Ur-saga
2. ha-mu-na-szum2-mu
en: may may he give!”
envelope
obverse
blank space
seal impression
reverse
blank space
seal impression
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. dingir kalam-ma
3. lugal kal-ga
4. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
5. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. da-da
2. ensi2
3. nibru{ki}
4. dumu ur-{nab}nisaba2
5. ensi2
6. nibru{ki}-ka
7. ARAD2-zu