CDLI Literary 000508, ex. 001 (P345379)

Literary tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Image © Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. {d}en-lil2 lugal an ki-[a] nig2-du11-ga-ni zi inim-ma-ni [...]
2. {d}ri-im-{d}suen sipa nu-usz#-[x x] ud gi4-a lugal-mu x [...]
3. nig2-gu7 zi ti-la nibru{ki} du3#? [x (x)] in-na-an-szum2-ma [(...)] szu3 he2-en-na-DU#?
4. {d}ezina2 lu2 sa6 nam-lu2-ulu3#? sag-e-esz he2-en-na-rig7
5. mu zi-bi ma-da-na#-ka#? sza3 hul2-la ud he2-en-na-ab#-zal-zal-e
6. {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-mu mu-da-an-gu4-gu4-de3#
7. {gesz}gu-za nam-lugal-bi he2-en-na-gi# bala-bi he2-en#-na-su3-ud#
8. gidri-ni sig igi-nim-ma he2-en-e-du11
9. lugal gu2-du3-a-bi he2#-en#-na-ab-[gam?-e?]
10. nig2-ba {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-mu# tur mah-e nibru#{ki} e2-kur# [...]
11. szu-si-bi-ta lal3 i3-nun-gin7 al-bi-bi-ze2-e ga2-e dumu lu2 1(disz)-gin7-nam lal3# i3-nun#-na
12. nig2-ba lugal-mu banszur#-mu-ta szu li#-bi2-ib-sub
13. dumu nu-siki-gin7 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ma#-an#-szum2-mu-usz
reverse
1. x x x [x x] x [dili]-mu al#-sa6?#
2. da#? dumu lu2-u3 [ga2-e]-me#-en
3. da dumu lu2-u3-ke4#-ne# [mu-da-la2-e-en-me]-en
4. igi bar mu-u8#-du11#? x he2-ri#-[ib-x ...]
5. dili-a {d}ri-im-{d}suen [lugal-mu?] lal3 i3-nun-gin7 [szu?] sub-sub#?
6. ka-mu# si#-bi2-ib e2 [ad]-da#-mu sze i3 siki hu#-mu#-ak#-e
7. 1(disz) {d}en-lil2-kur-gal-a-ni# mu#-zu#-[gin7] {d}ri-im-{d}suen-kur-gal-[a-zu] he2-a#?
8. nam-ti-zu# sza3# {d#}nin-urta# [x-e?] hul2#-hul2 he2-em-du11 {d}nin-nibru{ki} nin# iri#-ki-ga2-ke4
9. szilam sza3-la2-szu3-gin7-nam amar#-bi ba-nigin nam-ti-sze3# he2-ri#-ib2#-nigin
10. {d}nin-szubur dingir igi an-na#-ke4 ba-du11#-[...]
11. nig2#-sa6-ga sag-zu-sze3 he2-em#-[ba?]-a# nam#-ti-zu he2-eb-be2
12. igi-zu hul2 ba-a-du8 sza3 la-ba-an-gid2#?