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
(disturbed surface, to be completed)
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] ZI x [...]
en: ...
3'. {gesz}gu#-[za]-sze3#? za3 us2#?-[...]
en: As for/towards(?) the throne, its back/armrests
4'. me#?-dim2-bi me-dim2-ma x-[...]
en: Its “limbs” surpass? (other) limbs
5'. nam-nun-na-ni-sze3#? mu-x-[...]
en: For/on account of his rulership ...
6'. e us,-s,i2-pi-ra-a-x [...]
en: It should not be trimmed/inlaid (with gems)(?) ...(?)
7'. ne2-me-e-di-im sza? i-pi-[...]
en: A chair back/socle, whose fabrication ...
8'. i-na i-pi-isz-tim wa-at-[...]
en: Was surpasssing among (other) fabrication(s)
9'. a-na ru-bu-ti-i-szu u2-x-[...]
en: For his princeship ...
10'. ku3-si2 husz-a he2-bi-SI-[...]
en: May ... with/in “red gold”
11'. pa-sza-al-lam lu2-u2 uh-hi-i#?-[...]
en: May it be inlaid with gold alloy
12'. za3 us2-ba {na4}nir7-igi# [...]
en: On its armrests/back ... nirigi stone
13'. {na4}nir7-musz-BU-[...]
en: nirmuš... stone ...
14'. mul#?-la sag12-ga he2-bi-us2-[...]
en: May it be abutted by? beautiful(?) star(-shaped ornaments)(?)
15'. [...] x x x [...] x x x [...]
en: ...
16'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
rest broken