Literary 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
tablet
obverse
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1-2'. e2#-ta# nu#-e3# e2-ta# e2-ta nam-ta-an#-[...]
3-4'. {d}nin-unug-x e2#-ta nu-e3 e2-ta# nam-ta-an-e3#
5-6'. silim-ma he2-me#-en# silim=ma he2-me-[x] {gesz}ma2 silim-ma he2#-[...]
7-8'. {gesz}ma2 {d}suen-na silim-ma he2#-[...] {gesz}ma2 silim-ma x-[...]
9-10'. {gesz}ma2-gur8-ra zi3 im-x-[...] duh im-ma-ab#
11-12'. [x]-ni {gi}gakkul-U4-[...] im#-ma-an-[...]
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1'. {d#}nanna# {d}suen-me-en# sza3# [...]-ib-gul-gul
2'. [...] gal2#-lu {d}kal-kal e2 gal2-lu
3'. [...]-tur#-re szu bi2-ib-zu-zu-un
4-5'. {d}asz-im2-babbar-me-en e2-{d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 i3-du8 e2 gal2-lu {d}kal-kal e2 gal2-lu
6'. u5-bi2-tur{muszen} dul2-ta ba-ra-an-tum2-mu
7-8'. {d}nanna {d}suen-me-en e2-{d}en-lil2-la2-sze3# i3#-du8# e2 gal2-lu {d}kal-kal e2 gal2-lu#
9'. a-za3-gun3-tur{muszen} gi4?-ta ba-ra-an-tum2-mu
10-11'. {d}asz-im2-babbar-me-en e2-{d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 [x]-du8# e2# gal2#-lu# {d}kal-kal e2# gal2#-lu#
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1'. [...]-x-na#-ab-ze2#-en#
2'. [...]-mu szi-im-si-in
3'. [...]-x-mu szi-im-si-in
4'. [x]-il2-[...]-am3
5'. [x-x]-lil2 he2-gal2#-[x x]-GABA# ba-gub-x
6'. {d#}en#-lil2 szum2-ma-da#-da?-ab# uri2{ki}-sze3 ga-gin
7'. i7-da a-esztub{ku6} szum2-ma-da-ab# uri2{ki}-sze3 ga-gin
8'. a-sza3-ga sze-gu-nu szum2-ma-da-ab# uri2{ki}-sze3 ga-gin#
9'. [...] x x x x-da-ab#
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