Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...]-zu mu-lu#-[...]
3'. ku3# [...] sahar# kur-ra-ka nam#-[...]
4'. za-[...] za zadim-ka nam-ba-da-an#-[...]
5'. {gesz}taszkarin-zu# nagar#-ra-ka nam-ba-an-dar-dar-re
6'. ki-sikil {d}ga-sza-an-an-na kur-ra nam-ba-da-an-gam-e
7'. a-a {d}en-ki# {d}nin-szubur-ra-ke4 mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
8'. dumu-mu a-na# bi2-in-ak ga2-e mu-un-kusz2-u3
9'. {d}inanna-ke4# [...] bi2-in-ak ga2-e mu-un-kusz2-u3
10'. nin kur-kur-ra#-[...] a-na bi2-in-ak ga2-e mu-un-kusz2-u3
11'. nu-u8-gig# an#-na-ke4 a-na bi2-i-ak ga2-e mu-un-kusz2-u3
12'. umbin si-ni mu-sir2 ba-ra-an-de6 kur-gar-ra ba-an-dim2
13'. umbin si 2(disz)-kam-ma NA mu-sir2 ba-ra-an-de6 gala#-[...]-dim2#
14'. kur-gar-ra u2 nam-ti-la ba-an-x [...]
15'. gala-tur-ra a nam-ti-la ba-an-x [...]
16'. [...] {d}en-ki gala-tur kur-gar-ra gu3 mu-un#-[...]
17'. [...]-na#-an-x-en giri3 kur-sze3 nu2-ba-an#-x-[...]
18'. [...] nim# dal-dal-e-de3#-en-ze2-en#
19'. [...] lil2-gin7 gur-gur-re-de3-en-ze2-en
20'. [...]-e# nam-dumu-ne-ne-sze3
21'. [...]-gal-la-ke4 i-nu2 tu#-[...]-am3#
22'. [...]-ga-na gada nu-un-[...]
23'. [...] bur szagan-na nu-un-gid2
reverse
1. [...]-si-ni {uruda}lul-x-[...]
2. [...]-ni# ga-rasz{sar}-gin7 x [...]
3. [...]-x-a sza3-mu du11-[...]
4. [...]-x-me-en nin-me-a sza3#-zu# [...] x
5. [...]-a# bar-mu du11-ga#-[...]-ni
6. [...]-x-me a bar#-zu# du11#-ga-na-ab-ze2-en
7. [...]-x za-e-me-en-[...]
8. sza3 [...] x x [...]
9. [...] inim x x [...]
10. x [...] x [...]-eb-tar-re# [...]
11. zi? x [...]-x pa3-de3-[...]
12. e11# [...]-ab-ze2-en
13. a i7#-[...]-x-ba-e-ne szu nam#-[ba]-gid2-i-en-ze2-en
14. a-sza3 sze-ba mu#-un#-na-ba-e-ne szu nam-ba-gid2-i-en-ze2-en
15. uzu nig2-x-x x-ta la2#-a ba-me-en# du11-x-na-ab-ze2-en
16. 1(disz)-am3 u2 nam#-ti-la 1(disz)-am3 a nam-ti-la ugu-na# szub#-bu-de3-en-ze2-en
17. {d}inanna# ha-ba-gub