Letter tablet excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Image
© Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. ka3-ru-um bu-ru-usz-ha-tum
2. s,a-he-er / _gal_ / di2-nam
3. i-di2-in-ma 3(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_
4. _ku3-babbar_-ap-szu sza su2-e-a
5. en-um-a-szur u2-ta-ar
6. hu-sa3-ru-um u3 a-mu-tam2
7. sza na-<asz2>-u2-ni-ni a-na
8. en-um-a-szur i-za-az
9. i-na 1(asz) _gu2_ 3(u) ma-[na _ku3-babbar_]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. i-za-[az ...]
2'. a-na en#-[um-a-szur i]-za-az#
3'. szi-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ ki-ma
4'. i-di2-nu-szu-ni _an-na_ i-na
5'. _an-na uruda sag10_ i-[na _uruda_]
6'. _tug2 hi-a_ i-na _tug2 hi-a_
7'. _ku3-ki_ i-na _ku3-ki_ i-na
8'. 1(asz) _gu2_ 3(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_
9'. i-s,a-he-er-ma t,up-pu-szu
10'. sza 1(asz) _gu2_ 3(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_
11'. en-um-a-szur
left
1. a-na su2-e-a i-da-[an-ma i-du-a-ak]