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UET 5, 0006 (P414910)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414910 |
| Museum no. | IM 057178 |
| 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 e2-a-na-s,ir | to Eanaṣir |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma ar-bi-tu-ra#-am#-ma | Thus Arbituram: |
| 4 | a-na-ku-u2 ki-a-am | I, thus |
| 5 | i-na a-hi-i-ka | from your side |
| 6 | qa2!-al-la-ku-ma | I am silent, and |
| 7 | a-na um-mi-<<me>>-a-ni-ka# | To your mother |
| 8 | we-ri-a-am ta-di#-im#-ma | “It is a werīam-plant, it is tadimma |
| 9 | ia-szi-im le-me-a-ti | My evildoers |
| 10 | na-da-na-am | to give |
| 11 | a-na-ku-u2 {disz}i-bi!-{d}en-lil2 | Ibbi-Enlil |
| 12 | a-qi2#-ip | I smote |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ u3 ne2-me-el-szu | the silver and its interest |
| 2 | a-na {disz}nig2-gur11-{d}nanna | to Niggur-Nanna |
| 3 | i-di-in | gave. |
| 4 | we-er im x a-na ra-ma-ni-ia | ... to me |
| 5 | ku-nu-uk-ka-am | sealed documents |
| 6 | u2-sze20-zi-ib-ka | I made you rise up. |
| 7 | am-mi-ni we-ri-a-am | Why is it that he is a stranger? |
| 8 | la ta-di-in | not given. |
| 9 | szum-ma la ta-di-in | If you do not give (it), |
| 10 | ni-pa-ti-ka | Your lips |
| 11 | usz-te-re-eb | I made enter. |
| 12 | we-ri-a-am du-mu-qa2-am | “I am a young woman, a good child, |
| 13 | an-ni-a-am u3 an-ni-a-am | This and this |
| 14 | i-di-in#-ma | gave, and |
| 15 | a-wi-la-am t,u3-ur#-[dam] | A man is a debtor |
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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