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
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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 ...
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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
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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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