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: ...