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
1. en# ni2 gur3-ru an-ki kalam-ma pa e3-a
2. nam-lugal#-sze3# a-a-zu tu-da
3. sag-ge6-[ga] ni2#-[zu] mi-ni-in-ri
4. {d}a-nun#-[na dingir] gal-gal-e-ne
5. ni2 me#-[lam2]-zu#-ta dili [szi]-im#-da-bad-de6-ne
6. {d}nergal# en ni2 gur3#-ru an-ki kalam-ma pa e3-a
7. nam-lugal-sze3 [a]-a-zu tu-da
8. sag-ge6-ga ni2-zu mi-ni-in-ri
9. {d}a-nun-na dingir gal-gal-e-ne
10. ni2 me-lam2#-[zu]-ta dil szi-[im-da]-bad-de6-ne
11. ur-sag [...]-a-zu [in]-tu-u4-de3-en-na-ta
12. ki sag-[ki]-a ug3 gu3 si-a
13. a-a-zu [{d}]en#-lil2#-le# [...]-esz# mu-ri2-rig7#
14. nam# tar#-tar#-de3# [...]-ra#-ni-ge#-[en]
15. [ur]-sag {d}nergal# [...]
16. {d}nergal ur#-[...]
17. ki sag-ki-a [...]
18. kur-gal [...]
19. nam tar#-[...]
20. ur-[...]
21. en# nig2-me-[...]
22. ur-sag GISZGAL-[...]
23. nig2-nam-zu# [...]
24. u2-a [...]
25. {d}nergal# [...]
26. [...]
27. [...]
28. [...] {gesz}[...]
29. [...] lagasz{ki}-ke4 [...]
30. [{d}]nergal# ki lagasz[...]
31. sa-gid2-[...]
32. en {d}en-lil2 kalam-ma kur-ra x [...]
33. {d}si-sa2 gaba-[...]
34. {d}isztaran ki u4 szu di si# [...]
35. en gu4 du7 si-musz3 za-gin3 duru5 an x [...]
36. ur-sag-mu ni2 me-lam2-[...]
37. {d}en-lil2-le sag#-ge6-ga-na sza-[...]
38. dingir-re-e-ne nam i-ri-[in-tar-re-esz]
39. {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne nam-lugal# [...]
40. du#-zu-ne u4 [...]
41. [...]-bi-da [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [en] gu4# du7 si#-[...]
2'. [ur]-sag-mu# [...]
3'. {d}en-lil2-le sag# [...]
4'. dingir-re-e-ne [...]
5'. [{d}]a#-nun#-na#-ke4-ne [...]
6'. du#-zu#-ne# [...]
7'. an-ki-bi-da [...]
8'. za-pa-ag2-zu# {d}a#-[...]
9'. en inim-zu# du10-ga [...]
10'. ur-sag-mu# sag-ki husz# [...]
11'. [ab] hu-[luh]-ha ku-kur zi-ga#-[gin7]
12'. [...] mu-e-du8 uru2# [...]
13'. [{d}]nergal# dingir kalam#-[...]
14'. [...]-na [...]
15'. [...]-ba6 nin ug3-da# [...]
16'. [iri]-ku3#-[...]
17'. [...] su3#-ra2 KI-LUGAL-DU [...]
18'. [{d}]nergal en# inim#-[...]
19'. ur#-sag-mu sag-ki husz [...]
20'. ab hu-luh-ha# ku#-kur# zi#-[...]
21'. ur sag zar mu-e-du8 uru2 mu-e#-[...]
22'. {d}nergal dingir kalam-ma-ke4 x [...]
23'. nin# dumu an#-na uru-ni ki-ag2#-e#
24'. {d#}ba#-ba6# nin ug3-da kusz2#-u3-de3
25'. iri-ku3-ke4 <iri> nam-nin-a-ka-na#
26'. bara2 u4 su3-ra2 KI-LUGAL-GUB gub-bu-za pa szi-im-ma-ni-[e3]
27'. sa#-gar#-ra-am3
28'. szul-gi nam-ti-e ki-ag2-e
29'. u2-a lagasz!(SZIR-BUR){ki}-ke4 {d#}mes-lam-ta-e3-a me-tesz2 he2-i-[i]
double ruling
30'. a-da-ab {d}nergal-ka-kam
double ruling
31'. en-e nam iri#-na tar-re-de3
32'. e gu4-de3# gu4#-de3
33'. ur-sag pirig# husz