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
beginning broken
1'. [...]-e#?-x
en: ...
2'. [...] x-NE
en: ...
3'. [...]-sa
en: ...
4'. [...] za3-sze3 [... ru]-gu2
en: ... to the border/extreme ... advance/withstand
5'. [...]-e?
en: ...
6'. [...] x
en: ...
7'. [...] x x x
en: ...
8'. [...] szu kin2#-kin2#
en: ... seeking(?)
9'. [...] x kur2?-kur2?-x
en: ... changing/estranging(?) ...
10'. [...] x [...] RI e3#?-e
en: ... coming/bringing out(?)
11'. [...] x x [...] RI ga-i-i
en: ... I shall praise ...
double ruling
12'. [...] szud3#?-de3
en: ... the šud prayer(?)
13'. [...] x x x x-a
en: ...
14'. [...] x [...]-ru#?
en: ...
15'. [...]
en: ...
16'. [...]
en: ...
17'. [...] {d#}suen#? mah-am3# [...]
en: Youth Suen(?) is supreme ...
18'. [...] x AN ku3-za [...]
en: Your holy ...
19'. [...] nam#?-mah-zu [...]
en: ... your superiority ...
20'. [...] x sa2-sa2 x [...]
en: ...
21'. [...] MU#? [...]
en: ...
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] mah#-am3# x x [...]
en: ... is supreme ...
3'. [...] ki x [...]
en: ...
4'. [...] mah unu2 gal x [...]
en: Supreme ..., the great banquet hall/sanctum ...
5'. [...]-zu#? kur-kur#-ra# sag#? [...]
en: ... your ... in the lands ...
6'. [...] x [...] x [...]
7'. [...]-ra#? su3-su3 IM# [...]
en: ... hovering towards man ...
8'. [...]-erim2#-ra x [...] x [...]
en: ... for/to the enemy ...
9'. [...] lu2#-hul-gal2-x [...]-gin7 sur-sur#-x
en: ... flashing(?) like sunlight at(?) the evildoer
10'. [...] x x x? ZA#? x [...] gal# ka#?! duh-a#
en: ... great howling pirig creature
11'. [...] x geli3 gal2-la#? a ba-an#-x-sur-ra [...]
en: ... one who ... in the throat(?), one who has salivated
12'. [...] x-erim2-gal2-la#-ne2 szeg10 im#-ma#-ni#-in#-[gi4]
en: ... he has screamed at his evildoer
13'. [...] x uszumgal-am3# bad3-da gal2#-la#
en: ... is an ušumgal creature who is on the city walls
14'. [...] x x-bi nam?-x ulu3{+lu} uh3 ak#?-bi [...]
en: ... southern wind/mighty(?), its frothing(?) ...
15'. [...] x x urin-e mu-na#-[...]-x-[...]
en: .... blood/the standard(?) ...
16'. [...] x gal#?-gal-e x x [...] x
en: The very great ...
17'. [...] am3 DU-DU x x x x
en: ...
18'. [...]-erim2 {d}szul-gi#-re e-ne x [...] x x
en: Shulgi ... the enemy
19'. [...] {d}szul-gi#-re [...] x x
en: ... Shulgi ...
20'. [...] x x [...] x [...] x [...] x-le
en: ...
21'. [...] x-na x x
en: ...
22'. [...] nu2#?-u3 x [...] x
en: ... lying/crouching(?) ...
23'. [...] mah#-am3 x nu-x [...] x ga2-ga2
en: ... is supreme, ... setting/establishing
24'. [...] {d}nanna a mu#-zu#
en: Alas, your name, Nanna, alas, your name
25'. [...]-re-zu {d}nanna# lu2-erim2 x? nam#?-[...]
en: Your supremacy and praise(?) Nanna ... the enemy shall not approach(?)
26'. [...] a mu-zu!? [...]
en: Alas, your name, Nanna, alas, your name
double ruling
27'. [...] mu#-da-x [...]
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