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
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1. e2 gal2 tak4-a
en: An open house.
2. e2 sag gi4-a
en: A locked house.
3. igi bi2-in-du
en: He saw it,
du homophonic for du8
4. u3 en-na sag ba-an-gi4
en: but even then it was closed.
5. ki-bur2-bi u2-hub2#
en: Its answer: A deaf person.
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