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 bar-ra ESZ x-zu dim2
2. e-zu dim2 pa5-zu dim2
3. dub-sar-e a#-na-bi-me-en
en: (Sum.) performing upon your ... house, performing upon your dike, performing upon your ditch, scribe, what is this (for what) you are(?) (Akk.) The ... of your house is ..., your dike is piled, your ditch is dug, for the art of the scribe ...?
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reverse
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1. e2 bar-ra ESZ UR4-zu dim2 e-zu dim2
2. pa5-zu dim2 dub-sar-e
3. a#-na-bi-me-en
4. TA-ZI-NI bi-ti-ka
5. x-x-BI-A2 i-ik-ka
6. sza#?-pi2#?-ik pa-la-ak-ka he-ri#?
7. [a]-na t,up-szar-ru-tim
8. [...]-x-u2-ka
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