Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz) sze ku3-babbar
2. masz2 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 2(disz) gin2-ta-am3
3. ba-ab-dah-e
4. ki a-at-ta-a
5. {disz}{d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ba#-ni
6. dumu puzur4-{d}nin-gal
7. szu ba-an-ti
8. iti-da u4 3(u)-kam
reverse
1. ku3 i2-la2-e
2. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
3. igi {d}suen-a-sza-re-ed
4. DISZ sa3-a-sum2! dumu pa-az-za-a#
5. DISZ im-li-kum
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6. iti szu-numun-a u4 3(u)-kam ba-zal
7. mu# us2-sa 2(disz)-kam-ma i3-si-in{ki}-na in-dab5#-ba
seal 1
(uninscribed)