Administrative 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
1. 4(disz) _ma-na [ku3-babbar_]
2. ni-is-ha-su [_diri_]
3. sza-du-a-su2 [sza-bu]
4. ku-nu-ki-a a-s,e-er
5. sza ki-ma i-a-ti2
6. a-na# hu#-bu-li-a
7. sza _e2_ li-mi3-im
8. sza-qa2-lim
reverse
1. ku-ra-ra u2-bi4-il5
2. _igi_ ir-ma-a-szur3
3. _igi_ i-[ku]-pi2-a-szur3
4. 1/2(disz) _ma-na# ku3-babbar_
5. ni-is-[ha-su2 _diri_]
6. a-na [...]
7. 1/2(disz) _ma-na# [ku3-babbar_ ni-is-ha-su2]
8. _diri_ a-zu# [...]
9. szu-ut-ma
left
1. u2-bi4-il5