Literary tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Image
© Martin Schøyen and the Schøyen Collection
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. {d#}nergalx(|KISZ.UNUG|)
en: For Nergal
2. a husz gi4-a
en: who turned back the raging waters,
3. mes#-lam-ta-e3-a
en: Meslamta'ea
4. mes e2-nun-ra
en: the vigorous youth of the Enun,
5. {d}|GA.KISZ.UNUG|
en: Gašrum(?)
Steinkeller suggests: {ga}gaszrum or {ga}gaszir
6. sag za:gin3-ra
en: he with a lapis lazuli head—
7. szesz-pa3-da
en: Šešpada
8. nar-gal
en: the chief musician,
column 2
1. dumu
en: son
2. lugal-ki-gal-la
en: of Lugalkigala
3. nar-gal-ke4
en: the chief musician,
4. e2-UL
en: the UL temple
5. in-na-du3
en: he built for him,
6. nig2-UL
en: and (so) a fitting thing
7. pa bi2-e3#
en: he made come forth replendently.
8. nam#-ti-la-ni
en: For his life ...
blank space
(rest unfinished)