Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. masz2-bi ki ma-da-kam
3. mu-kux(DU) u4-buru14 sze-gesz
4. szum2-mu-dam
5. ki {d}nin-urta-qar-ra-[ad]
6. u3 {d}suen-ki-ma-i3-li2-ia
7. {disz}{d}suen-re-me-ni
8. szu ba-an-[ti]
9. iti gu4-si-su-sze3
10. szum2-mu-dam
reverse
1. igi ri-ba-am#-i3-li2
2. igi a-mur-i-lu-su
3. igi# ba-ga#-[...]-ra-x-nam?
4. dumu#? ARAD-i3-li2-szu
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5. mu szu-nir {d}nin-urta ma#-na-ba#-al-te-el mu-na-dim2
envelope
obverse
1. [2(disz)] gin2 ku3-babbar#
2. masz2#-bi nig2 ma-da-[kam?]
3. mu-kux(DU) u4 sze buru14#-[...]
4. szum2-mu-dam
5. ki {d}nin-urta-qar-ra#-[ad]
6. u3 {d}suen-ki-ma-[i3-li2-ia]
7. {disz}{d}suen-re-me-ni
8. szu ba-an-[ti]
9. iti gu4-si-su-sze3
10. szum2-mu-dam
reverse
1. igi ri-ba-am#-i3-li2 muhaldim
2. igi a-mur-i-lu-[su]
3. igi ba-ga-x [...]
4. [dumu?] ARAD#-i3-[li2-szu]
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5'. [mu ...] ma-na-ba-al#-[te-el] mu-na-dim2#
seal 1
1. {d}suen-re-me-ni
2. dumu hu#?-la-lu-um