Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Transliteration
UM 29-16-537+UM 29-16-538
tablet
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1. [...] NI X# [...]
2. [...] X# DU
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1'. [...] dilim2 [...]
2'. [...] pap-ra-ra#?
reverse
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4. [{gi}]zi-DU
5. [{gi}{gesz}]zu2#-kesz2-da
6. [{gi}]gesz gi4-gi4
7. {gi}kun zi-da
8. {gi}dur
9. {gi}[dur]-su
10. {gi}[dur] gal
11. {gi}dur sig
12. gi-hi-a
13. {gi}nig2-hi-[a]
14. {gi}du10
15. gi-zi?
16. gi NE@s-[...]
17. {gi}x#-[...]
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1. {dug}dur2# 3(disz)-bi
2. {dug}nig2-dur2-bur3
3. {dug}<nig2>-dur2-bur3-bur3
4. {dug}titab2(|LU3#.(PAP.PAP)#|)#
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9. {dug#}[sakar]
10. {dug}[za3-se3-la2]
11. {dug}[ban2]
12. {dug}[2(ban2)]
13. {dug}[3(ban2)]
14. {dug}ka-[dagal]
15. {dug}ZA-SU-LAGAB#
16. {dug}kun-ri
17. {dug}kun-du3
18. {dug}ti-lim-da
19. [{dug}]gir16(|GIR3xGAN2@t|)
20. [{dug}gir16]-ga
21. [{dug}gir16] szag4# sig
22. [{dug}za]-hu#-um
23. [{dug}]la#-ha-nu-um
24. {dug#}za-ad-ru-um#
25. [dug] a gesztin#-na
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1. {dug}bur-zi mud
2. {dug}bur-zi utu2
3. {dug}bur-zi nig2-na
4. [{dug}bur]-zi ninda i3#-de2-a
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6. [{dug}]epigx(|A.SIG|)(|A#.SIG#|)# gu4
7. {dug}epigx(|A.SIG|)(|A.SIG#|)# udu#
8. {dug#}epigx(|A.SIG|) szah2
9. {dug#}a#-ru nu-esz3
10. {dug#}[a]-ru!-tum
11. {dug#}[a]-pap AN
12. [{dug}a]-pap
13. [{dug}...]-bala#?
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16. {dug}lud(DUG)
17. {dug}lud(DUG)
18. {dug}urrub(KAL)#
19. {dug}urzub(KAL)
20. {dug}zurzub(KAL)
21. {dug}sila3 GAR
22. {dug}sila3 gaz
23. udun(|U.MU|)
24. udun sze-sa-a
25. udun bappir(|SZIM#.GAR#|)#
26. udun mah#
27. udun titab2(|LU3#.[(UR2xU2+ASZ)]|)#
28. udun bahar2(|DUG.[SILA3.BUR]|)#
29. udun# [i3-sur]
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