Legal tablet excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France
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© Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. _2(esze3) GAN2 a#-sza3_
2. _da_ ha-ri#?-im-x-x{ki}
3. _sag-bi_ a-na#-[x]-mu-um
4. u3 ni-za-ta-nu-um
5. _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3#_
6. _n# ma-na ku3-babbar in-na-la2_
7. _ki_ hi-na-a-a _dumu#_ {d#}urasz-ra-bi
8. szum-szu-nu-wa-tar2 _in-szi-sa10_
9. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
10. _mu lugal-bi_
reverse
1. [... _in-pa3]-de3#-esz#_
2. _igi_ {d}suen-re-me-ni
3. _igi_ sa-ku-mu-um
4. _igi_ zi-kur-isz8-tar2
5. _igi_ za-la-la _dumu_ pa-lum
6. _igi_ i-di-isz-{d}za-ba4-ba4
7. _igi_ ra-ma-nu-um
8. _igi_ {d}utu-ma-an-szum2 _dub-sar_
9. _iti ab-e3_
10. _mu {kusz}a2-la2 ma-na-na-a mu-na-an-dim2_
seal 1
1. hi-na-a-a
2. dumu {d}urasz-ra-bi