Letter tablet excavated in Mari (mod. Tell Hariri), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. a-na be-li2-ia
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma ba-ah-di-li-im
4. _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma
5. _u4 9(disz)-kam_ a-na re-esz szi-ip-ri-im ak-szu-ud
6. bi-it-qa-am a-mu-ur-ma
7. _8(disz) gi-hi-a_ ru-up-szum
8. u3 7(disz) am-ma-tim
9. szu-pu-ul me-e
reverse
1. sza bi-it-qi2-im sza-a-tu
2. _u4 1(u)-kam_ u3 _u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam_
3. szu-ra-am a-na-ak-ka-am
4. _u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam_ a-na se2-ke-ri-im
5. qa-tam a-sza-ak-ka-an
6. be-li2 la i-na-a'2-'i3-id