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. _5(disz) {gesz}zu2-geszimmar_ he-pu
2. sza _1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3-ta-am3_
3. _1(u) 5(disz) gi sa nigin2 hi-a_
4. _2(u)# gi# sa hi-a_
5. ($ blank space $) _3(u) 5(disz) gi sa hi-a_
6. sza gi-mil-lum
reverse
1. _ki#_ gi-mil-lum
2. {disz}a-wi!-li-ia _dumu#_ {d}suen-a-ha-i-din-nam
3. _szu ba-an-ti_
4. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam {gesz}geszimmar hi-a_
5. u3 _gi sa hi-a_ u2-ta-ar
6. _iti# gan-gan-e3 u4 2(u) 9(disz)-kam_
7. _mu gibil 2(disz)-kam-ma_
seal 1
(uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3_ a-wi-li-a