Literary 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
beginning broken
1'. [ur-sag {d}asz8-gi4-gin7]
2'. [rib-ba ama an]-ga#-du2
3'. [e2 du10 ki du10] du3
4'. [e2] kesz3 [ki du10] du3#
5'. [x x x x]
6'. [x x] ru
lacuna
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [x x x x]
2'. [zi ki]-en#-[ge]
3'. e2 x an
4'. an us2
5'. e2 [zi gal] an [us2]
6'. e2 [men] gal an# [us2]
7'. e2 [x x x] an us2#
8'. e2 musz3#
9'. an-[sza3 la2]
10'. te-me ab:zu
11'. [x x]
lacuna
column 3
beginning broken
1'. e2# [an]-sze3# alim
2'. ki-sze3 lulim
3'. e2 an-sze3 szeg9#-[bar]
4'. ki-sze3 tarah-masz
lacuna
column 4
beginning broken
1'. [kesz3-gin7 rib-ba]
2'. lu2 an-ga-tum2
3'. ur-sag {d}asz8-gi4-
4'. gin7# rib-ba
5'. ama an-ga-du2
lacuna
column 5
beginning broken
1'. ur-sag (x x x)
lacuna