Letter tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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© Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}utu-ha-zi-ir
2. [qi2]-bi2-ma
3. [um]-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma
4. a-na i-nu-uh2-sa-mar
5. u3 {d}utu-mu-sza-lim asz-tap-ra-am
6. a-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im i-il-la-ku#-ma
7. _sahar hi-a_ sza i-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im in-na-sa3#-hu# i-im-ma-ru-nim
8. tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am i-na a-ma-ri-im
9. a-na s,e-er {disz}i-nu-uh2-sa-mar u3 {d}utu-[mu-sza]-lim
10. a-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im a-li-ik-ma
11. ki-ma a-na re-esz _a-sza3#_-im ta-as-sa3-an-qu2
12. szi-bu-ut a-lim _dumu-mesz_ u2-ga-ri-im
13. li-iz-zi-zu
14. _sahar hi-a_ sza i-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im
15. a-na na-sa-hi-im i-re-ed-du-u2
16. i-na _{gesz}tukul_ sza _dingir_ bi#-[ir]-ra#
reverse
1. _sahar hi-a_ sza ta-am-ma-ra#
2. a-na _a-gar3_ sza i-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im
3. me-e i-sza-at-tu-u2
4. 1(bur3) _GAN2-e_ ki-a-am
5. _sahar hi-a_ ik-szu-dam
6. em-da-a-ma
7. t,e4-em _sahar hi-a_ sza i-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im
8. in-na-as-sa3#-hu#
9. u3 _sahar hi-a_ sza i-na _a-gar3_ te#-em-mi#-da
10. pa-nam szu-ur-szi-a-nim-ma
11. szu-up-ra-nim#
12. t,e4-em-ku-nu li-ih-mu-t,am