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UET 5, 0010 (P414914)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414914 |
| Museum no. | IM 057182 |
| 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)
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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 bur-ru-um | to Burrum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma lu2-ma2-a-a-ma | Thus (says) Lu-maya |
| 4 | sza#-da-ag-di-im | Šadagdim |
| 5 | x GAN2#-lam {d}nanna-mu-x-x | x hectares of land, Nanna-mu... |
| 6 | i-[di]-ku-um-ma | he gave to you, and |
| 7 | a-na [ma]-s,a-ru-tim | to the guard |
| 8 | ta-am#-hu#-ur-ma | you will hear, and |
| 9 | _sze_-szu ta-at-ba-al | his barley you will weigh out. |
| 10 | ta-ba-li-isz | he smote |
| 11 | u2-la a-na-an-di-ka | I will not give you. |
| 12 | _sze_-a-am szu-a-ti | that barley |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x ka | ... mouth |
| 2 | [...] x a-wi-li-im | ... a man |
| 3 | [...] x HI | ... ... |
| 4 | [...] an-ni-a-am at-ma#? | ... this |
| 5 | [...] i-na _GAN2_-szu | ... in his field |
| 6 | [...] x _1(gesz2) gur sze_ | ... ... 60 gur of barley |
| 7 | [...] le-qu2-u2 | ... he should take |
| 8 | szu-u2 lu i-ta-ba-[al] | he should have taken. |
| 9 | a-wi-lum i-na larsa{ki}-ma | a man in Larsa |
| 10 | i-na te-er-ti szar-ri-im | in the reign of the king |
| 11 | ik#-ka-li-a-am-ma | he sealed, and |
| 12 | x [x] x sza-am u2-la ik-szu-dam | ... he did not reach |
| 13 | _GAN2_-lum# ha-ma-ar | the field of Hamaar |
| 14 | _GAN2_-lam la tu-pe2-te | you will not open the field. |
| 15 | u2-la ta-asz-pu-ra-am | you did not send me. |
| 16 | la ta-qa2-ab-bi | do not speak! |
Sources & licences
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