Literary tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x mah#? [...]
en: ...
2'. [...]
en: ...
3'. [...] x x [...]
en: ...
4'. x x [...] mu#-ra#-ab#-[...]
en: ...
5'. GIR2-GIR2 a [...]
en: ...
6'. x {d}nin#?-[EZEN ...] x x x [...]
en: ... Ningublaga(?) ...
7'. x [...] x x x [...]
en: ...
8'. erim2 hul-gal2 sa#-par4#-ra#-[za]
en: The evil enemy in your sabar net
9'. lu2-hul-gal2 {d}szul-gi#-re# la#-[...]
en: The evildoer that Shulgi did not ...
11'. {d}nin-EZEN? [a mu-zu]
en: Ningublaga, alas, your name
double ruling
12'. {d}nergal-ka sza3 ur-mah-a# [...]
en: Nergal, the heart of a lion(?) ..
13'. a2#? sa-par4-ra#? hul-du {d}szul-gi#-re# la-ba#-an#?-[...]
en: In (your) arm, the sabar net, is(?) the enemy that Shulgi has not caught
14'. {uruda}dur10-gag#? [...] lu2#? sag x mu-ni-ib2-[...]
en: Your? DUR10-GAG weapon(?) ...
15'. {gesz}tukul? [...] x-gin7 x-bi he2-TAG-x
en: And therefore your? weapon ... like ...
16'. {d}nergal# a mu-[zu]
en: Nergal, alas, your name
reverse
1. {d}nin-urta ur-sag sag {d}en-lil2-la2 nam-[...]
en: Ninurta, foremost(?) hero of Enlil, ...
2. kal-ga a2 gal tuku usu mah [...]
en: Mighty one, possessed of great strength, supreme strength ...
3. {d}nin-urta u4 te-esz du11-ga MUNUS [...]
en: Ninurta, loud(?) storm, ...
4. {d}nin-urta# a# [mu-zu]
en: Ninurta, alas, your name
double ruling
5. {d}nin#-ki-ur3#-ra nam-mah-zu e-ne#? [...]
en: NinKi'ura, your greatness ...
6. inim ku3-zu a-ma-<ru> sag2 x [...]
en: Your holy word(?) is a flood that cannot be dispersed ...
7. nam-mah a#?-ar2#!?-re-zu x [...]
en: Your greatness and praise(?) ...
8. {d}nin-ki-ur3-ra# x x [...]
en: NinKi'ura ...
9. KA-zu sag sal-la x [...]
en: Your deprecated(?) mouth/word ...
10. {d}nin-ki-ur3#-ra# [a mu-zu]
en: Nin-Kiura, alas, your name
double ruling
11. {d}nanna# [...]
en: Nanna, ...