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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1'. [...] x x x [...] x x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] x-mu#?-gin7 im-ma-an-ak sza3 ib2-ba-ni [...]
en: like ..., his angry heart ...
3'. [...] x du11-ga-gu10 HAR-re nam-ba-ab-[...]
en: ... do not ... my ...
4'. [...] x-gu10 nam-ba-e-ri-a-gin7 mul-sig7-gu10 x [...]
en: ... as one who should not impose/cast(?) my ..., my darkness...
5'. [...] giri2#? szu-i ha-ha-za ge6 u4-ba KA nam-[...]
en: ... grasping a barber's razor(?) during that night and day(?) shall not ...
6'. [...] x-bi nu-la2 KA gig-ga# li# [...]
en: ... its hair(?) not hanging, a bitter/painful mouth/word ...
7'. [...] x TUR mah gu7-a-gin7 in-gar-gu10 nam-ba#?-x-[...]
en: ... like a child(?) eating too much(?), do not ... my colon? ...
8'. [...] {gesz}dag?-si# la2-a-gin7 ki-a nam-ba-ga!?-x-[...]
en: ... like (it was?) hanging from a saddle hook, do not ... on the ground(?)
9'. [...] su#-lum-mar-gu10 nu-gal2 lugal-gu10 [...]
en: ... my slander was not there, my king ...
10'. [...] zi#!? ir-ir szu2-szu2-a bar-ga2 mu-un-x-[...]
en: ... overwhelming(?) distress, ... on my back/in my liver
11'. [...] x lu2-tur-me-en UD nu-du11-ga MU [...]
en: ... I am a junior/child, the one who does not ...
12'. [...] sag#?-ki sa6-ga-ba igi bar-ma-ab sza3# [...]
en: ... look for me at its “good/beautiful forehead” (i.e., smile?), ...
13'. [...] x lugal-gu10# gu4-gin7 nu2-a [...]
en: ... my king, lying down like a bull
14'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
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