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. [... ga]-am3#?-kin2 edin? ga-am3-zu? mussa-gu10 lu2-kasz4#? ga#?-szi#-in#-gi4
en: I want to seek ..., I want to know about(?) the plain(?), my inlaw, I want to return/send a runner
2. [...] ki#? du10-ga? ga-am3-zu? {d}inanna#!? lu2-kasz4? ga-mu-szi-in-gi4
en: I want to know about the sweet ..., Inanna, I want to return/send a runner
3. [...] x x-a ga-am3-gar? {d}nin#-e2#?-gal-la lu2-kasz4? ga-mu-szi-in-gi4#
en: I want to put ..., Ninegala, I want to return/send a runner
4. [...] x x x {d#?}dumu#?-zi-de3 udu?-ni sag2 bi2-in-du11
en: ... Dumuzid(?) scattered his sheep(?)
5. [...] x x ba-an-DU
en: ... went/brought
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x-bi im#-ma#-da#-[...]-x-[...]
en: ...
2'. [...] x ba-an-LU
en: ...
3'. [... gu2]-da mu-ni-in-la2
en: ... embraced
4'. [...]-ga#?-a-ni-am3 im-ma-an-szi-in-ku4#-ku4#
en: ... entered ...
5'. [...]-x-in#?-BU#-e
en: ...
6'. [...] x mi2 zi-de3-gin7
en: ... like one treating well(?)
7'. [...] x-bi? mi2 zi-de3-gin7
en: ... like one treating well(?)
8'. [...] {d#}dumu-zi-ra mi2 zi-de3-esz du11-ga
en: ... having treated Dumuzid well