Business / Contracts tablet & envelope 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
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© Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. _1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur_
2. _masz2 gi-na dah-e-dam_
3. _ki_ ku-um-ma-tum
4. {disz}pi2-iq-qu2-la-tum
5. _szu ba-an-ti_
6. _u4 buru14-sze3_
7. _sze u3 masz2-bi_
8. _i3-ag2-e_
reverse
1. _igi_ {d}sumug(|URUDAxU|)
2. _igi_ {d}ku3-mul-mul
3. _igi_ mu-ha-du-um
blank space
4. _iti szu-numun-a_
5. _mu bad3 gal kar-{d}utu{ki}_
envelope
obverse
1. _1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur#_
2. _masz2 gi-na dah-e#-[dam]_
3. _ki_ ku-um-ma-tum
4. {disz}pi2-iq-qu2-la-tum#
5. _dam_ a-pil-i3-i2-szu#
6. _szu# [ba-an]-ti#_
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. _igi_ {d}ku3-[mul-mul]
2'. _igi_ mu-ha-[du-um]
blank space
3'. _iti szu-numun u4 [n-kam]_
4'. _mu bad3 gal kar-{d}utu{ki}
traces of seal impression