Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
Image
© Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. _2(u) 8(asz) 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur zu2-lum
2. _{gesz}banesz_ nam-har-ti
3. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
4. _mu-kux(DU)_ i3-li2-ba-ni-i
reverse
1. a-na _{gesz}ma2-i3-dub e2-gal_
2. _giri3_ a-wi-il-isz8-tar2 _szandana_
single ruling
blank space
3. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u)-kam_
4. mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal usu ir9-ra {d}en-lil2-la2 mu-un-na-an-szum2-ma-ta_
(seal impression on most surfaces)
seal 1
1. a-wi-il-isz8-tar2
2. _dumu_ a-bi-ia-tum
3. _ARAD_ AN {d}nergal
envelope
1. ka-ni-ik
2. _2(u) 8(asz) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur zu2-lum
3. _{gesz}banesz_ nam-har-ti
4. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
5. _mu-kux(DU)_ i3-li2-ba-ni-i
6. _giri3_ a-wi-il-isz8-tar2 _szandana_
reverse
broken
left
seal impression
seal 1
1. a-wi-il-[isz8-tar2]
2. _dumu_ a-bi-ia-tum
3. _ARAD_ AN {d}nergal#