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
1. [...] x sag#? il2#? ni2 gur3-ru dumu ki ag2 an gal na-<nam>
en: Proud ..., bearing an aura, she is indeed(?) the beloved child of great An
2. [...]-IN#?-<SI>-na {d}urasz-e tu-da sza3-ta nam-gal-sze3
en: Ninisina, given birth to by Uraš, from the womb towards greatness(?)
3. [...] gi4#?-gi4 gal-di a#-a# gu2#-na agrig zi e2#?-ub-a
en: Exalted advisor of her birth father, true steward of the ... temple
4. [...]-da szu du7 bara2#? ku3#?-ge4 he2-du7
en: Fitting ..., may it be appropriate for the pure(?) throne(?)
5. [nig2]-nam#-ma-ni pa e3
en: Everything about her is manifest
6. {d}nin-arhusz? ga-sza#?-an TA x x IGI SAR-SAR
en: Nin-arḫuš, lady ...
7. nam-kur6 diri ka-ge2# dab#?-ba-za
en: Your surpassing size, surpassing description
8. a-ra mah-bi? sza#?-en#-x-x-e
en: May its supreme way/divine decree be praised(!?)
9. a-a# gu2-zu en-na#? ku3#-ga# x
en: Your birth father, holy An(?) ...
10. me-ta#? me duru5{+ri} za-ra ma-ra-ra-x-[...]
en: Cosmic powers ... apart from the other cosmic powers, he ... for you
11. lipisz szu#?-nigin2 BU? DUB? zi-zi-le-dam#? lu2#? nu#-da#?-ta#? am3 x
en: To ... the entire intestines(?), to ... from the lying man(?)
reverse
1. [...] x zi#-zi# sza3-ta# [...]
en: To rouse and wrap/heap up(?) a man, you brought ... away from the heart/womb/innards/stomach(?)
2. {d}lamma{+ma}-zu#? lu2 til-le lu2#? ug5#?-[...] za-ra# mu-ra-an-BU
en: Your physician's art ... the living man and dead man for you
3. nin tu9-du11-ga-ni nu-ku5-a zi di zi x nu-szum2#?
en: Lady whose incantation formula cannot be changed/cut (i.e., interrupted?)(?), ...
4. gi-ge2-ge5#?-ig szu lu2 DI he2-DI-e sa2# nu-IG-sze-e
en: If boils(!?) ... on the body(?) of a man(?)...
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