Letter tablet & envelope 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 puzur4-[...]
2. qi2-bi-ma um-ma#
3. a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2#-[...]
4. a-na te2-er-[...]
5. u3 a-di2 _ku3-babbar_ [...]
6. a-szur u3 il5#
7. mi3-ma _ku3-babbar_ x [...]
8. la2 u2-sze2-la2 za#
9. u2-s,i2-a-ma#
10. u2-sze-ba-la2-[...]
11. mi3-ma zi-[...]
12. la2 u2-sza-[...]
reverse
1. i-na [...]
2. isz-tu3 [...]
3. ta-asz-pu-[ra-am um-ma]
4. a-ta-ma [...]
5. ta-sze2-e x [...]
(erasure a-bi-ka3 [)
6. a-na _ku3-babbar_ ma x [...]
7. li-t,u3-lu-ni-ku-um#?
8. i-bi-sa3-e a-ta la2 ta#?-[mar]
9. ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ 2(u) _ma-na_ [...]
10. a-mu-ru ut-ra-am
11. i-na li-bi-ti2 a-szur
12. i-na bu za? szi-im lu za am?
13. a-ma-kam szu-ma li-bi4-ka3
14. te2-er-ta-ka
left
1. li-li-kam-ma 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_
2. _e2 dam-gar3_ la2-al-qe2-ma
3. a-na a-lim{ki} la2 wa ru x u2?