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
(from impression on inner surface of envelope)
beginning broken
1'. [...] szu-mi3 [...]
2'. [...] x za tum x [...]
3'. [...] ta-di2-szu-um
4'. [...] _uruda_ / mi3-ma la2 [...]
5'. [...] a?-na _igi_ a [...]
6'. [...] na ka3 ni [...]
7'. [...] x x [...]
rest broken
reverse
broken
envelope
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x x
2'. [...] li-li-kam#
3'. [...] sza sze2-pi3-a / x
4'. [...] szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ x [...]
5'. [...] u2-la2 _uruda sag10#_
6'. [...] i sza be x
7'. [...] qi2-bi4-a x
8'. [...] szu-up#
rest broken
reverse
broken