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
Image
© Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [a-na ...]
2'. a-na _tug2_ [...]
3'. sza-ak-na-[...] 4(disz) ma#-[na]
4'. _an-na_-ak qa2-ti2-szu / bar-ka3-nu#-[um]
5'. a-na a-na-li2 / ma-nu-ba-lum2-a-[szur]
6'. _dumu_ en-na-ma-nim / u2-bi-il5#
7'. i-na# [pa2-ni]-tim# asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu-[ti2]
8'. um#-[ma a-na-ku]-ma# / mi3-nam
9'. x [...] i-na s,e2-ri-a
10'. [...] qa2#-ti2 / a-na-li2
11'. [...] um#-ma a-tu3-nu-ma#
12'. [...] a-mur-dingir / a-na
(1 Z. traces, then broken)
left
1. [... s,a]-ab2#-ta-a-ma sza-asz2-qi#-[la2]
2. [...] x-szu / ma-la2 a-wi-lim [...]
3. [... ...] i-sza-lu x [...]
rest broken