Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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
1. [3(u)] gi-id-lu sza-ak-ku-[tum]
2. sza _szum2-husz{sar}_
3. sza {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _gudu4-abzu_
4. _ugu_ dumu-u4-2(u)-kam
5. _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni
6. i-szu-u2
7. _u4 buru14-sze3_
reverse
1. 3(u) gi-id-lu sza-ak-ku-[tum]
2. sza# _szum2-husz{sar}_
3. [a]-na# {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _gudu4-abzu_
4. i-na-ad-di-in
5. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}utu e-ri-ib# _e2#_
6. DISZ ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ {d}i7-[...]
7. _iti szu-numun-a u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam#_
8. _mu# am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e [...]-a_