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
beginning broken
1'. x [...]
en: ...
2'. lu2 x [...]
en: A man ...
3'. munus nu-x-[...]
en: A woman does not ...
4'. mu du-lum-ma x
en: A year(?) of toil ...
5'. du5-mu du-lum-ma
en: A son(?) of toil
6'. igi bar-bar-re
en: Look around!
7'. gurusz kal-ga
en: A mighty man
8'. u4 dili-am3
en: In one day (it being one day)
9'. ba-an-ku4-re-en
en: You will become
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rest broken