Letter tablet excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. a-na pu-szu-ke-en6
2. qi2-bi-ma um-ma a-mur-esz18-dar-<ma>
3. 4(disz) me-at 2(u) _ma-na_
4. _uruda_ sza i-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im
5. ad-ma-ti2-ni _uruda_
6. us,-a-ma qa2-at-ka3
7. al-qe2-ma i-ba-szi2
8. _ku3-babbar_ i-na ma-hi-ri-im
9. la2-szu-u2 _uruda_
10. da-ni-sza#-ma
reverse
1. u2-me-ru-u2
2. a-bi a-ta i-hi-id-ma
3. szu-ma _tug2_-tu3 la2-szu
4. lu _an-na sag10_
5. lu a-mu-tam2 sa3-ha-ar-tam2
6. za-ku-tam2 sza-ma-ma
7. sze2-bi4-lam s,u2-ha-ri-a
8. t,ur4-da-am
9. 2(disz) _tug2_ szu-ul-hi
10. a-na qa2-ti2-ka3 a-di2-i