UET 6, 0765 (P346802)

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
1. [gu3 im]-me-e-a ri [...]
 en: The one that is shouting from afar, it is her city
2. [im]-ma#-al-e gu3 im-me-e#-[a ri ...]
 en: The wild cow that is shouting from afar, it is her city
3. nu#-gi17-ib an-na [...]
 en: The nugig midwife of heaven ...
4. kur gul-gul [...]
 en: The one who destroys mountains ...
5. an dub2#?-ba [...]
 en: The one who shakes heaven ...
6. lil2-URU-x [...]
 en: Lila'ena(?), the lady of the cattlepen and sheepfold?
7. iri-na# [...]
 en: It is her city, it is her temple
8. dam-[...]
 en: It is her spouse, it is her son
9. i-[...]
 en: She has seen the front of the storm
10. sza3# [...]
 en: She also knows the inside of the storm
  rest broken
reverse
  broken
left
1. [...] GILIM#? pel-la-bi ga-am3-[...]
 en: I want to cry out ... in a defiled(?) state
2. [...] x x mu-un#-x-[...]
 en: ...