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'. [...] {gi#}gakkul3# [...]
en: The grain of the ... of the Ekur, a mash tub ...
2'. [... e2-kur]-ra# ninda he2#-[em-...]
en: May the ... of the Ekur eat(?) bread ...
3'. [... kesz2]-kesz2#? lu2 nu-mu-ni?-[...]
en: ... no one ...
4'. [...] x NI kesz2-kesz2 lu2 nu-mu-ni#?-[...]
en: ... no one ...
5'. e2#?-kur#?-ra#?-ke4 inim lugal-la-ga2 [...] gizzal#!? in-ak zu2-kesz2-bi? x [...]
en: That of the Ekur? ... the word of my king ..., ... paid attention(?), its groups/bundles/joints ...
6'. {gesz}ig-e e2-kur-ra-ke4 gu2-bi he2-em-mi#?-[...]
en: May the door of the Ekur ... its neck ...
7'. [...]-bi gu2-gal an-na-ke4 bar-bi? he2-em#-[...]
en: Its ..., the foremost of heaven, may it ... its back/outside(?)
8'. [...] e2-kur-ra sze-bi {gi}gakkul3 x [...]
en: The grain of the ... of the Ekur, a mash tub ...
9'. [...] x e2-kur-ra ninda he2-em-[...]
en: May the ... of the Ekur eat(?) bread ...
10'. [...] NI# kesz2-kesz2 lu2 nu-mu#-[...]
en: ... no one ...
11'. [...] za#?-gin3#?-na#? x [...]
en: ... of lapis(?) ...
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1. [...] x x [...]
en: ...