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 a-la2-hi-im
2. qi2-bi-ma um-[ma]
3. a-szur-re-si2-[ma]
4. 1(disz) _tug2#_-ta-nam [a-na]
5. a-mur-esz18-dar a-[di2-in]
6. mi3-szu sza x [...]
7. ha-la2-aq [...]
8. i-hi-id#-[ma ...]
9. ma?-la2 i-[...]
10. ki-ma a-[na-ku]
reverse
1. a-na te2-[er-ti-ka3 a-na-hi-id]
2. u2 a-ta [...]
3. sze-am ma#-[la2 ...]
4. te2-er-ti2 x [...]
5. a-sza-pa2-[ra-kum]
6. {d}en-lil2?-[...]
7. ma-la2 te2-er-ti [...]
8. ku-na-a / i-na [...]
9. ni-t,a2-ra-da-szu#
10. 1(disz) ku-ta-nam [...]
11. sza a-na szu x x
12. la2-qe2-ep
left
1. _dumu_ qa2-a-ti2-im u2-sze2-bi4-lu#
2. a?-sza a at x ma
3. i-ha-li-qa2-ni