Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Transliteration
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1'. [...] lugal#-e szuruppak#[{ki} ...]
en: ... king Shuruppak ...,
2'. [...] lugal-e mu 1(szar'u) in#-[ak]
en: ..., the king, 36,000 years reigned,
3'. [... lugal]-e#? mu 1(szar'u) 2(szar2) in-[ak]
en: ..., the king, 43,200 years reigned,
4'. [... lugal-e]-ne mu 2(szar'u@v) 2(szar2) in-ak#
en: these two kings of Shuruppak 79,200 years reigned;
SZAR2×2U
5'. [...] lugal#-e-ne mu-bi-e-ne mu 1(szargal@v) 4(szar'u@v) in#-[ak]
en: [these ...] kings 360,000 years reigned;
SZAR2×GESZ2, SZAR2×4U
6'. [...] hul-bi gig [...]
en: ... with hatred ...
7'. [... inim?]-e#? se3-se3-ke-e-de3 sza3-ga [... kusz2?]
en: ... took counsel(?) in order to put into words(?)
8'. [...] esz-bar mi-ni-ib#?-[...]
en: ...a decision ...
9'. [...] a-na-am3 me-a? [...]
en: ... all of the ...
10'. [... esz?]-bar gi-gi-ne# [...]
en: ... making correct(?) decisions(?) ...
11'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
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