Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sar e2 du3-a 1(disz) sar kislah#
2. da e2 ARAD-{d}en-lil2-la2
3. u3 u4-du10-mu us2-sa
4. e2 u4-du10#-mu
5. ki u4-du10-mu
6. u3 nin#-kesz2 dam-a-ni-ta
7. {disz}lu2-{d}nin-urta
8. u3 lugal-ezem szesz-a-ni
9. dumu lu2-{d}nin-me gurusz-ne
10. in-szi-in-sa10-esz
11. sa10-am3# til-la-bi-sze3
12. 8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
13. in-na-an-la2-esz
14. u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-u3
15. inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a
16. mu# lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz
reverse
1. igi ur-{d}suen dumu ma-s,a-am-i3-li2
2. igi puzur4-{d}mar-tu
3. dumu {d}en-lil2-me-sza4 sze3
4. igi# lugal-ezem dumu lugal-a-
5. [igi] {d}nin-urta-en-nam dub#-sar#
blank space
6. iti#
7. mu# {d}bur-{d}suen lugal-e i-bi-{d}en-lil2 u3 im-gur-{d}da-mu bad3 gal-gal min-a-bi gu#? i7 buranun2-na-ka mu-du3_
gu3# for gu2 on photo
seal 1
1. u4-[du10-mu]
rest broken