PBS 1/1 11, pls.43-4


Obverse
oo	(traces of 2 lines)
o 33	x AB [...]
o 44	⸢KU^?⸣-na la₂ [...]
o 55	x UŠ [...]
o 66	ab-ta-⸢x⸣-[...]
o 77	na al-⸢x⸣-[...]
o 88	akkil-⸢bi⸣ [...]
o 99	⸢im^?⸣ [...] ; ⸢šilig^?⸣ [...]
o 1010	DAG.KISIM₅×X ⸢x⸣ [...] ; lugal bar ⸢x⸣
o 1111	mul še-dub ⸢AN^?⸣ [...] ; saŋ-[...]
o 1212	uš-uš gid₂-da-kam^? ra-a-⸢x⸣ [...]
o 1313	šu-kar₂ ⸢nu⸣-x [...] a še [...]
o 1414	e₂ ud imin [...] šag₄ ki-bi-ta
o 1515	^den-a₂-nu-bi mu-gi₄^?
o 1616	TA^? ban₃-da ab-ta-[...]
o 1717	abgal lu₂-šeš x [...]
o 1818	i-in-si-iš
o 1919	šir [...] a [...]
	(traces of rest of column)
Reverse
r 1r 1	[...] BAD [...]	[...]
r 22	[...] sar si a-gar₃^?	[...]
r 33	x x x munus BAD-a-gin₇^? iri-bi [...]	[...]
r 44	za₃-mi₂ ad ša abbununnu(UD.ḪU.ḪI.NUN.NA^*)	[...]	(r 4) lyre (song?), wailing the eclipse.
r 55	dub abgal ŋar-ra	tu-up-⸢pi⸣ [...]	(r 5) After I have selected the tablet, composed by the sage, which is his deep well with twined rope, made of precious blocks of lapis lazuli, pure, refined, product of mountain ore that is full of ŋoy, Esilimbi and Lugalšerzi will sing a song fit for praise "Geštin-an is its guardian angel" as a hymn.
r 66	PU₂ sud-ra₂-nam gu₂-bi NU-NU-ra lagab ^na₄za-gin₃ kal-la	šu-ut-ta-⸢tum^*⸣ [...] ši-bi-ir-ti uq-ni-[im ...]
r 77	niŋ₂ tam-ma gurum₂-ak u₃-tu-da saḫar kur-ra	eb^*-bu ṣa-ar-⸢pu⸣-um li-du-um ⸢e-pi⸣-[ir ...]
r 88	i-si-iš ba-e-la₂-la₂-e-da^*	ša ṣi₂-iḫ-tam ma-lu-[u₂]
r 99	igi u₃-bi₂-zag₃ šir₃ silim-e-eš du₇-a	e-bi-ir za-ma-ra-am ša a-na ta-aš-ri-⸢iḫ⸣-[tim ...]
r 1010	^dgeštin-an lama-bi	^dgeštin-an-na la-ma-as-sa₃-[šu]
r 1111	^aše₂-silim-bi u₃ ^ašlugal-še-er-zi en₃-du-še₃ ab-be₂-ne	^diše₂-silim-bi u₃ ^dišlugal-še-er-[zi] a-na za-ma-ri-im i-za-am-mu-[ru]
r 1212	er₂^!(IGI-)pad₃ nar ḫara₄^!(PA.AḪ-)tuš-a ka niŋin-ta ed₂-de₃-meš	si-pi₂-it-tam na-ru ḪAL-LA-TUŠ-A ša pi-i-[šu-nu] up-⸢pu⸣-[u₂]	(r 12) Apprentice singers, with sweet voices, whose singing is in harmony, are playing the lament in balance.
r 1313	murub₂-me-eš teš₂-bi sig₁₀-ge₅-bi-ne niŋ₂-ki-la₂ am₃-tag-ge-ne	ša ri-gi-im-šu-nu iš-te-ni-iš ⸢šu⸣-te-eš-[mu-u₂] zi-im-ma-at-su-nu ša-aq-la-[at]
r 1414	e₂-GA₂-^ŋiššu₄-a ^dnin-lil₂-la₂-ka barag BAD^-nun^-na^* unuₓ(TE) ŋiš-nu₁₁ e-ki-⸢ur₃⸣-da mu₂^?-a [...]	i-na GA₂-GIŠ-ŠU₂-A pa-ra-ak-[ki ...] šu-ub-tim el-li-tim ša it-ti EN-LIL₂[^ki ...] i-na li-ib-bi-šu ^den-lil₂ wa-aš-[bu]	(r 14) In the EGA-šua of Ninlil, the ... dais, the shining abode that grew with the Eki-ur, in which Enlil lives;
r 1515	ki-šu₂-ke₄ ^dnun-šar₂-šar₂ x šen^? x da [...]	i-na KI-ŠU₂-KE₄ ša ^dnin-lil₂ a-šar el-lu-[tim^?]	(r 15) in the cult places of Nunšaršar, the place of purity
r 1616	na ka-silim niŋ₂-galam en-na-ka šir₃-ra-ni bi-ne	šum ta-aš-ri-iḫ-ti-šu na-ak-[la-am] i-na za-ma-ri-im i-za-am-mu-[ru]	(r 16) they sing the artful praise of the name of the lord in his songs.
r 1717	šul-gi-ir-e-eš nun^*?-e buluŋ₃-buluŋ₃-e mi₂ di-e-eš pad₃	a-na šul-gi šum-šu ša-am-⸢ḫa⸣-[am] i-na za-ma-ri-im i-za-am-[mu-ru]	(r 17) They seek to care for Šulgi, the exalted lord.
r 1818	⸢balaŋ^?⸣ TU^? kug ^ašur-^dŋa₂-tum₃-dug₃-ga šu u₃-mu-ni-ib-dug₄	a-na ru-bu ru-bi-e-im da^*-ad-ri-[...] ^dišur-^dga₂-tum₃-dug₃-ga i-pu-[uš]	(r 18) .... to extol the ... prince Ur-Gatumduga, the purifying sage of the land has proclaimed(?) the great wisdom, created in Ur.
r 1919	niŋ₂ ^mi₂ŋeštugₓ(GIŠ) UD-UD daŋal^! ur^ki-ga [...] abgal sanga₂ ma-da	uz-nu-um ra-pa-aš-tum pe-ti-⸢tum⸣ ša ⸢i⸣-[na] ŠEŠ-AB^ki ib-ba-nu-[u₂] ap-kal-lum mu-ul-li-lum ša ⸢ma⸣-[tim]