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
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1'. [... nig2?]-bun2#?-na he2#?-[...]
2'. [...] i7-da x [...]
3'. [...] a nu-nag he2-[me-en]
4'. [...]-da-ke4 sub-sub-ba he2-me-en#
5'. [...]-na-ke4 ka gal2 tak4 he2-me-en#
6'. [...] u4 gid2-da im-ma-kar he2#-[me-en]
7'. [...] amar# sze21-gin7 a2-za si-ga [...]
8'. [...] lu2 udul10-a sipa tur udu lu-lu-[...]
9'. [...] zi-zu szu he2-em-ta#-kar# [...]
10'. [...] UR5-ra-ka-sze3-gin7 he2-em#-[...]
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1. 4(u) 5(disz)
2. 1(disz)? 5(u) x
line count for column, running totals?
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