JAOS 114, 451 (P305871)

Legal tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(iku@c) GAN2# ki-usz2
2. 2(u@c) uruda ma-na
3. sa10-bi
4. 1(asz@c) munus-u4-ba
5. 1(asz@c) lu2-{d}lamma
6. e-sze3-sa10
7. inim-bi sze3-til
8. 1(asz@c) di-utu
column 2
1. dumu lu2#-{d}[lamma?]
2. 1(asz@c) me-kuara
3. gidlam#? lu2-{d}lamma
4. 1(asz@c) ur#?-[...]
5. 1(asz@c) x-[...]
6. 1(asz@c) x-[x]-x-[(x)]
7. 1(asz@c) AK
8. 1(asz@c) u2-u2
9. 1(asz@c) ur-sag-utu
column 3
1. [...]
2. 1(asz@c)# x-mes!-ki-gal#
3. |SUR.GU|
4. lu2-ki-inim-ma
5. 5(iku@c) GAN2 ki-usz2
6. [n] uruda#? [ma]-na#
7. sa10#-bi
8. 1(asz@c) munus-u4-ba
9. 1(asz@c) ab-ba zadim{za}
10. e-sze3-sa10
column 4
1. [inim-bi] sze3-til#
2. 1(asz@c) amar-tum sipa
3. 1(asz@c) utu-mu#-kusz2
4. dam-[gar3?]
5. 1(asz@c) gan-{d}nin#-[x]
6. dam# [x (x)] x [...]
7. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. x [...]
2. 1(asz@c) ur#-[{d]}dumu-[zi?]
3. 1(asz@c) ur#-[(x)]-{d}sa6#?
4. dumu MUNUS [...]
5. 1(asz@c) {d}sze3-[...]
6. |SUR.GU|
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7. lu2#-[ki-inim-ma]
column 2
  blank space
1. u4-ba
2. uszurx(|LAL2xTUG2|)-du10
3. adabx(|UD.MUD.NUN|)
4. 8(disz@t) mu