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UET 5, 0004 (P414908)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414908 |
| Museum no. | IM 057176 |
| 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 lu-ud-lu-ul-{d}suen# | to Ludlul-Sîn |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-hu-ki-nu-um-ma | Aḫu-kinum speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk | Šamaš and Marduk |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u3-u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum _2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 szuku_-ka | Concerning the 2 bur3 field area of your prebend |
| 7 | sza a-na er-re-szu-tim | which for the extispicy |
| 8 | it-ti-ka u2-sze-s,u2-u2 | they will bring with you. |
| 9 | u3 t,up-pa-ka tu-sze-zi-ba-an-ni | And you have freed me from your tablet. |
| 10 | {disz}du-du-u2 _szabra_ | Dudû, the household manager; |
| 11 | ib-ta-aq-ra-an-ni | has entrusted to me |
| 12 | um-ma szu-u2-ma a-na-ku e-re-[esz] | Thus he: "I shall be the servant." |
| 13 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}u2-qa2-{d}utu | Now, Uqa-Šamaš |
| 14 | _1(disz) udu-nita2_ usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum# | 1 sheep for Uštabilakku |
| 15 | t,up-pa-ka a-na du-du-u2 szabra# | Your tablet to Dudu, the chief household administrator |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-bi-lam#-[(ma)] | send me! |
| 2 | a-na _a-sza3_ [...] | to the field ... |
| 3 | u3 _gu4 hi-a_ x [...] | and cattle ... ... |
| 4 | ap-pu#-[tum] | Apputum |
| 5 | asz-tap-ra-ak-[kum-ma] | I sent to you, and |
| 6 | ni-di a-hi-im [la ta-ra-asz-szi] | Do not abandon the companions! |
Sources & licences
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