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UET 5, 0007 (P414911)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414911 |
| Museum no. | IM 057179 |
| 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 | am-mi-ni we-ri-[a-am] | why is it that he is a weary man? |
| 5 | a-na nig2-gur11-{d}nanna# | for Niggur-Nanna |
| 6 | la ta-ad-di-[in] | you did not give. |
| 7 | ap-pu-na-a-ma# | I am writing to you, and |
| 8 | _ba-zal mu 5(disz)-kam#_ | Bazal, 5th year |
| 9 | um-ma i3-li2-i-din-nam#-[ma] | Ilī-iddinam speaks thus: |
| 10 | we-ru-um sza nig2-gur11-{d}nanna | ... of Niggur-Nanna |
| 11 | im-hu-ru! ia-um-ma | he received, but me |
| 12 | we-ri-a-am ma-la e-li-[i-ka] | as much as is acceptable to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-szu-u2 du-um-mi-iq-ma | he is good, and |
| 2 | a-na nig2-gur11-{d}nanna# [i]-di-in | to Niggur-Nanna he gave |
| 3 | e-pe-szum sza te-pu-szu# | the work that you did |
| 4 | du-mi-iq sza we-ri-i-[im] | the good of the weir |
| 5 | sza i-pu#-lu-u2# | that they made |
| 6 | u3 nu-sza-ba-ti [...] | And we shall not ... |
| 7 | sza u2-na-szi-bu [...] | who sat ... |
| 8 | a-na ia-szi-im tu#-[...] | You ... to me |
| 9 | u3 _2(u) gur_ x [...] | and 20 kor ... |
| 10 | we-ri-a-am[...] | Iriam(?) |
| 11 | u2-sze-zi-[...] | he made rise |
| 12 | we-ri-a-szu x [...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) His ... ... |
| 13 | a-na nig2-gur11-[{d}nanna i-di-in] | to Niggur-Nanna he gave |
Sources & licences
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