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. [...]-x
2. [...]-ka3
3. [u2-zu-...]-x-am
4. ub-la2-[...]-ka3
5. 1(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nam
6. be-lum2-ba-ni na-asz2-a-kum
7. a-hi a-ta {d}utu-szi a-ta
8. _ku3-babbar_
9. sza# _dumu_ ka3-ri-a
10. [sza-bi]-ma / t,up-pi3
reverse
1. du-u2-uk
2. 1(disz)? mu-za-ra-am
3. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _sila3_ du-ul-ba-tim
4. ku-nu-ki-a
5. be-lum2-ba-ni na-asz2-a-kum
6. _ku3-babbar_ sza a-na
7. be-a-lim ta-di2-na-ni
8. isz#-ti2 wa-ar-ki-tim
9. [x] 1(disz) ku-ta-nam#
left
1. [u2]-ba#-la2-kum
2. [u2] a-ta i-hi-id