Letter tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. [a-na {d}]marduk#-na-s,i-ir
2. _kar#_ zimbir{ki} u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ zimbir{ki}
3. [qi2]-bi2-ma
4. [um]-ma# a-bi-e-szu-uh-ma
5. [{disz}]{d}suen-mu-sza-lim _gala-mah_ an-nu-ni-tum
6. [ki]-a-am u2-lam-mi-da-an-ni
7. [um]-ma# szu-ma
8. [{disz}nu]-ur2#-{d}kab-ta _sanga_ an-nu-ni-tum
9. [_lu2_] zimbir{ki}-[am]-na#-nu-um
10. [_a]-sza3 ensi2-mesz_ sza an-nu-ni-tum#
11. [i]-te-ne-er#-ri-isz#
12. [u3] a-na a-wi-le-e ir-[x x (x) (x)]
13. [x] ta#-na-ad-di#-[in x x x (x) (x)]
14. [x x x (x)] _a-sza3_ x [x x x (x) (x)]
15. [x x x x (x)] x ik-ki-ir# [x (x) (x)]
16. [x x x x (x) (x)] ni x [x (x) (x)]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [x x (x)] ir x [x x x x (x) (x)]
2'. [i-te]-ne-er#-ri-szu
3'. [x x (x)] sza {d}utu _e2 di-ku5-kalam-ma#_
4'. [x x (x)] {d}ne3-eri11-gal
5'. [sza {d}suen]-mu#-sza-lim _gala-mah_ an-nu-ni-tum#
6'. [u2-ka]-al#-la-mu-ku-nu-ti
7'. [a-na] babila2#{ki} tu2-ur#-da#-nim#-ma
8'. [wa-ar]-ka-tum li-ip-pa-ri-is
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