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
Image
© Penn Museum
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. _3(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
2. _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3 a-gar3_ pa-hu-s,um{ki}
3. nu-du-un-ne-e# {munus}sza-at-{d}a-a _dumu-munus_ [{d}suen-i]-din#-nam
4. sza i-na _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e_
5. _{uruda}alan-alan-a-ni szud3-de3 du-du-a_
6. me-re-esz ri#-im-{d}iszkur _ensi2_
7. _ki_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _agrig_
8. {disz}{munus}sza-at-{d}a-a _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-i-din-nam
reverse
1. _szu ba-an-ti_
2. i-na _gu2-un a-sza3_-sza sza _mu bala_
3. ih-ha-ar-ra#-[as,]
single ruling
4. _igi_ {d}utu-u3-[...]
5. _igi_ geme2-{d}utu [...]
single ruling
blank space
6. _iti ab-e3 [u4 n-kam]_
7. _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e {uruda}alan-alan-a-ni szud3#-de3# du#-du-a_
seal 1
(uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _{na4}kiszib3_ sza-at-{d}a-a
seal 2
(uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _{na4}kiszib3_ geme2-{d}utu