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UET 5, 0002 (P414906)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414906 |
| Museum no. | IM 057174 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| 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 | a-na# ib-ni-[{d}x] | to Ibni- |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-pil-ku-bi-ma# | Apil-Kūbi says thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu# li-ba-al-li-it,#-[ka] | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | lu# it#-tum# i-nu-u2-ma a-na-ku u3 [at-ta] | or with me when I and you |
| 6 | i-na larsa{ki} ni-in-na-am-[me-ru] | in Larsa we smote |
| 7 | ki-a-am u2-la aq-bi-ku-u2 | thus I did not tell you |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma# | thus I: |
| 9 | ma-am-<ma>-an t,u3-ur-da-am#-ma# | Who can compare with me? |
| 10 | [...] ma-la hi-<sze>-eh-ti-ka# | ... as much as your desire |
| 11 | [lu-sza]-bi#-la-ak-kum am-mi-[ni] | Why should I send you this message? |
| 12 | [la ta-asz]-pu#-ra-am | you did not send me. |
| 13 | [...] ku u2 [...] | ... ... |
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
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