Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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
column 1
1'. [...]-eren#-na#-ta#
2'. [...] mu-na-da-ri-am3
3'. [...]-la-an gi4-ta
4'. [...]-x mu-na-da-ri-am3
5'. [...]-ni#-in-ri
6'. [...]-x-da-hul2
7'. [...]-x-in-gar
8'. [...]-un#-da-hul2#
9'. [...]-x ba-ni-ib-be2#-e#
10'. [...] ba-ni-ib-be2
11'. [...]-x-na2
12'. [...]-x-du8
13'. [...]-x
14'. [...]-x
15'. [...]-x
16'. [...]-x
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column 2
1'. x x [...]
2'. gi-sun gi-ni-HU [...] {d}asz-im2-babbar-e-x [...]
3'. u8 1(gesz'u)-am3 sila4 im-mi-in-[...]
4'. udu-uax(DAG.KISIM5xHA)-bi sza3 szu ba-ba?-ni-in-ba#-[x]
5'. gu2-i7-turungal(UD.NUN)-la im-mi-in-ba {d}nanna {d}suen-e e2-{d}en-[...]
6'. ud5 1(u)-am3 masz2 im-mi-in-tu-[x]
7'. masz2 ud5-da sza3-ba szu ba-ni-in-ba-[x]
8'. gu2-i7-turungal(UD.NUN)-x-la im-mi-in x {d}asz-im2-babbar-e e2-{d}en-lil2-[x]
9'. ab2 1(gesz'u)-am3 amar im-mi-in-tu-[x]
10'. gu4-ab2-ba sza3-ba szu ba-ni-in-ba-ba
11'. gu2#-i7-turungal(UD.NUN)-x-la im-mi-in-ba {d}nanna {d}suen-e e2-{d}en#-[...]
12'. nidba-a sag-bi ennegi{ki}-a egir-bi# [...]
13'. e2-ta nu-e3 e2-ta nu-e3 e2-x [...]
14'. {d#}nin#-girix(GIRI3xGAN@45)-da e2-ta nu-e3 e2-ta# [...]
15'. [...] he2#-me-en silim-ma he2-me-en {gesz}ma2 silim#-[...]
16'. [...]-suen#-na silim-ma he2-me-en {gesz}ma2 silim#-[...]
17'. [...] x x [...]
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reverse
column 1
1'. [...]-nibru#{ki#} [...]-du
2-3'. [...] tum#-ma-al{ki}-a [...] x-bi szuruppak{ki}-ga
4-5'. [...]-e3 e2-ta nu-e3 e2#-ta nam-ta-an-e3
6-7'. [...]-sza6#-ga e2-ta nu-e3 e2-ta nam-ta-an-e3
8-9'. [...]-me#-en silim-ma he2-me-en [x-x] he2#-me-en silim-ma he2-me-en#
10'. [...]-x silim-ma he2-me-en {gesz}ma2 silim-ma he2-me#-en#
11'. [x-x]-gur8-ra zi3 im-ma-ab-gub-be2 duh im-ma-ab-sal#-e#
12'. [x]-ne2# {gi}gakkul-zabar-am3 im-ma-an-szu2-szu2
13-14'. [x]-x-zu i3-hi-nun-na-ka# x ga-am3-ma-ni-ib-ur3
15-16'. [...] i3#-nun lal3 gesztin x ga-ma-ni-ib-gu-ul-[x-x]
17-18'. [...]-x-zu suhur{ku6} x x [x]-ul# hu-mu-ni-ib-[x]
19'. [...] nu#-[...]
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