CDLI Literary 000451, ex. 008 (P346565)

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
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column 1'
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1'. [...] x
 en: ...
2'. [...] x
 en: ...
column 2
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1'. [...]-KA#?
 en: ...
2'. [...]-un#!?-pesz#-e#
 en: And therefore(?) inside and outside the temple, like ... (I!?) spread the scent (of) supreme and superlative things(?)
3'. gaba# nu#?-sza#?-ra#?-x-gu10?
 en: ...
4'. {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4
 en: ...
5'. nig2 he2-em-mi-dab#?-dab#
 en: My “unshrinking chest” provisions that of Enlil(?)
6'. i3 SAR
 en: ...
7'. [...] SAR
 en: ... butter and cream ...
column 3'
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1'. [...] u#? x-[...]
 en: ...
2'. szu# ha#-ma-ab-ak#!?
 en: Half loaves of bread/one half (of the following?)(!?), barley, butter, and sheep's wool were therefore tithed and prepared/taken care of(?)
3'. nig2-erim2
 en: ...
4'. nig2-a2-zi
 en: ...
5'. ka-ba he2-em-mi-gi4
 en: Therefore evil and violence was “returned into their mouths” (i.e., eradicated)
6'. nig2-gi-na
 en: ...
7'. ki-en-gi ki-uri{ki?}
 en: ...
8'. he2-ni-gar
 en: Therefore truth was established in Sumer and Akkad
column 4'
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1'. [...] im#-[...]
 en: ...
2'. nig2-gul#?-[...]
 en: ...
3'. hu-mu-[...]
 en: Therefore the robbers that occupy the plain have been pulverized
4'. nig2-si#?-[...]
 en: ...
5'. us2? zi#? [...]
 en: Justice has taken the proper path(?)
6'. x [...]
 en: ...
7'. hu-[...]
 en: ... followed ...
8'. a#?-[...]
 en: In the field a man ... authoritatively
9'. x [...]
 en: ...
10'. x [...]
 en: ...
11'. x [...]
 en: ...
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