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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reverse
beginning broken
1'. [{d}]en#-ki-ke4 lugal# [...]
en: Enki, king of ...
2'. {d#}asal-lu2-hi dumu [...]
en: Asalluhi, citizen of Eridu? ...
3'. [x]-zu ka-zu giri3-zu [...]
en: Your ..., your mouth, your foot ...
4'. [an]-gin7# he2-em-ku3-ge ki#?-[gin7 ...]
en: May ... be holy like heaven, may ... be pure like earth
5'. [sza3 an]-na#-gin7 he2-em-dadag#-[ge]
en: Like the midst of heaven, may ... be clean
double ruling
6'. ka#-inim-ma a-bar-ra-kam#?
en: Incantation of the water's edge
rest broken