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. _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ zu-ha-a#
2. _ki_ la-ma-sa3-ni _lukur {d}utu_
3. _dumu-munus_ isz-me-e2-a
4. {disz}[{d}]suen#-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}utu-illat-su2
5. [_a-sza3_]-am# a-na er-re-szu-tim
6. [a-na _gu2]-un#_ u2-sze-s,i2
7. [_u4] buru14-sze3 gu2-un a-sza3_-im
8. _2(bur3) sze gur_ i-na _{gesz}ban2 {d}utu_
9. i-na {gesz}me-sze-qum
reverse
1. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi-im{ki#}
2. _i3-ag2-e_
single ruling
3. _igi_ a-bu-um-wa-qar _egir_ [...]
4. _igi_ {d}iszkur-na-s,i-ir [...]
5. _igi dumu_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2
6. _igi_ i-din-e2-a _dub-sar_
single ruling
7. _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(disz)-kam_
8. _mu bad3_ i3-si-in{ki} _ki-bi-sze3 bi2#-in-gi4-a_