Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2@c)# 2(u) 8(disz) 2(barig) la2 2(ban2) [sze gur]
2. ab-ba szabra
3. agar4# a-sza3 ensi2#
4. 4(u) la2 3(disz) sze gur#
5. da-da szesz-[...]
6. agar4 bara2-ru-a
7. 3(u) 3(barig) a-ba-bar-ra#-ni#-[...]
reverse
1. [...] gala {d}alim#?-mah#?
2. 2(u) 2(barig) lugal-sza3
3. 2(u) 2(barig) e2-ISZ#
4. agar4 da-tir#
5. szunigin n sze# gur#
6. ma2 du6# GIN2#-GIN2# x x
7. ur#-{d#}...-x