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
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] x x [...]
3'. [...] x sza a na# [...]
4'. [a-na]-kam / ru-ba-um [...]
5'. [wa]-asz2#-ha-na-i#!-um
6'. [i]-li-kam / a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim
7'. u3 ha-tim / ik-ta-la2-ni
8'. a-di2-i 5(u) u4-me-e
9'. u2-ta-qa2-ma / szu-ma
10'. ha#-ra-nam / a-na
11'. [ha]-tim# la2 u2-ta-sze2-er
12'. [_ku3-babbar_ a]-ka3-na-ak-ma
13'. [i]-na# s,u2-ha-ri-i-a
14'. 1(disz){isz-te2-en6} / i-na
15'. sza ha-la / um-<ma-ni>-i-a
16'. e-zi-ib-ma u3 a-na-ku
17'. isz-ti2 _ku3-babbar_{pi3-im}
18'. 1(disz) _ma-na_ / sza isz-tu3
19'. bu-ru-usz-ha-tim
20'. u2-sze2-s,i2-u2-ni-ni
21'. [a]-ta#-be-a-ma
22'. [a-na] ka3-ni-isz
23'. [a-ta]-la#-kam [...]
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