Letter tablet excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. a-na pu-szu-ke-en6
2. qi2-bi4-ma um-ma kur-ub-esz18-dar-ma
3. 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_
4. a-bu-ni a-na sza-lim-a-szur3
5. _dumu_ i-su2-ri-ik
6. a-di2-im 6(disz) ku-ta-ni
7. _sag10 diri_
8. a-ku-ku-um
9. ka3-s,a-ar
10. qa2-ar-wi-a
reverse
1. u2-bi4-il5-szum
2. a-bi4 a-ta / szu-ma
3. sza a-wi-lim / ha-ra-szu
4. li-li-kam / szu-ma
5. sa3-he-er / ma-la2
6. ta-le-e-u2
7. isz-ti2 a-wi-lim
8. na-am-ge5-er