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 me ku3-ga u5?-[a ...]
en: ... riding/superimposed by(?) the pure me ...
2. x {d}nin-gal me-te nam#?-[...]
en: ... Ningal, appropriate one of ...
3. dumu nun-na gesztu2 diri me#? [...]
en: Princely child of surpassing intelligence ...
4. sumun2 sag12-ga si mah du7!-du7#? [...]
en: Beautiful wild cow goring with its majestic horns ...
5. mu mah SZESZ#? kal za3-e3#? [...]
en: The supreme name of ..., foremost one(?), ...
6. nin nin-e-ne munus sa6-ga za3-[...]
en: Lady of ladies, good woman, ...
7. ama#? {d}nin#-gal# ur?-mah x [...]
en: Mother Ningal, lion(?) ...
8. dingir zi me gal-la sag-bi il2-la#? [...]
en: True deity with head held high amongst the great me ...
9. MUSZ3 sag-ku3-gal2 igi duh-bi x x [...]
en: Proud face(?) whose sight ...
10. numun ku3-ga a zi nam-eresz#-a x [...]
en: Pure seed, true seed of ladyship, ...
11. sag? x x zi-de3-esz sza3 dub?-ba AN#? [...]
en: ... faithfully ... the content of tablet(s)(!?) ...