Receipt 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. _1(disz) {gesz}mar uruda_
ts: išten marrum ša erîm
en: 1 bronze spade,
2. _2(disz) {gesz}mar-HI_
Foldi reads: -ha2, contra photo
ts: šinā marrū
en: 2 spades,
3. _2(disz) {gesz}u3-szub sig4 al-ur3-ra_
ts: šittā nalbanātum ša agurrim
en: 2 molds for (kiln-fired) bricks,
4. 2(disz) {gesz}me-sze-qum
ts: šinā mesēqū
en: 2 strickles,
5. _1(u) {gi}dupsik-hi-a_
ts: ešret tupšikkū
en: 10 hods
6. _nig2-szu_ ip-qa2-tum _dumu_ pa-hal-li-im
ts: ša qāti ša ipqatum mār paḫallim
en: are the possessions (lit. in the hands) of Ipqatum son of Paḫallum
7. {disz}{d}iszkur-ma-an-szum
ts: adad-manšum
en: (that) Adad-manšum
8. _dumu_ e-te-ia-tum
ts: mār eteyatum
en: son of Eteyatum
reverse
1. ma#-hi-ir
ts: maḫir
en: has received;
2. _e2-gal_ i-pa-al
ts: ekallam i(p)pal
en: he will settle the palace.
3. _iti sig4-a u4 5(disz)-kam_
ts: waraḫ simānim ūmam ḫamšat
en: The month of Simānum, the day 5
4. _mu bad3 kar-{d}utu_ u3 ra#-pi2-qum
ts: šanat dūr kār-šamaš u rapiqum
en: the year: “The walls of Kār-šamaš and Rapiqum”.
(1 or 2 uninscribed seals)