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UET 5, 0401 (P283688)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0401 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283688 |
| Museum no. | BM 131318 & BM 131318A |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 10 shekels of silver |
| 2 | _ugu_ lu2-{d}nuska | against Lu-Nuska |
| 3 | {disz}eridu{ki}-li-wi-ir | Eridu-liwwir |
| 4 | _in-tuku_ | he acquired. |
| 5 | _1/3(disz) gin2 a-sza3_ | 1/3 shekel of field |
| 6 | _nig2 szuku-ra2_-szu | that of his šukurru |
| 7 | {disz}lu2-{d}nuska | Lu-Nuska |
| 8 | {disz}eridu{ki}-li-wi-ir-_ra_ | Eridu-liwirra |
| 9 | _in-tak4_ | he seized. |
| 10 | _en-na u4 ku3 mu-un-tum2-dam_ | until the day he brings the silver |
| 11 | _a-sza3 a-na gal2-la-am3_ | the field to open |
| 12 | {disz}eridu{ki}-li-wi-ir | Eridu-liwwir |
| 13 | _szu ba-ab-te-ge26-e-ma_ | shall be released, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[nig2]-ku5 e2-gal_ | the property of the palace |
| 2 | _ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4_ | may he not return. |
| 3 | u3 _ku3 ba-[ab-tum2]-mu-a_ | and silver he shall bring |
| 4 | _a-sza3-ga-ni-a_ | his field |
| 5 | _ba-an-tum2-mu_ | he shall bring. |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}suen-mu-ta-ap-li | before Sîn-mutapli |
| 7 | {disz}{d}suen-mu-na-wi-ir | Sîn-munawir |
| 8 | {disz}a-ta-na-ah-AN | Atanaḫ-Anu |
| 9 | {disz}a-na-x-x?-lu-ub-bi-tum | Ana-lubbitum |
| 10 | _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_ | seal of the witnesses |
| 11 | [_mu_ ...] x [...] _bad3 zar-bi2-lum mu-un-du3-a_ | year: "... ... the wall Zarbilum erected." |
| envelope | ||
| 1' | [{disz}]puzur4#-[...] | Puzur- |
| 2' | [{disz}]{d}EN-x-[...] | Bel- |
| 3' | [{disz}]{d}hi-li-ma#?-[...] | Ḫilima- |
| 4' | _kiszib lu2-inim#-[ma-bi-mesz]_ | Seal of witnesses. |
| 5' | _[iti] sze-sag11-ku5# [...] | The month of Addarum ... |
| 6' | _[mu] bad3_ [...] | year: "The wall ..." |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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