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
(surface unclear)
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...]
3'. [...] x [...]
4'. [...]-bi [...]
en: The Ganzer gate, alone before the netherworld, its door was opened(?)
5'. [...] {d#}inanna gu3# mu#-[...]
en: He was shouting to holy Inanna
6'. [...] ku4#-[...]
en: Come, Inanna, enter!
7'. [...] x x [...]
rest broken
reverse
broken