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UET 5, 0011 (P414915)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414915 |
| Museum no. | IM 057183 |
| 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 ...] x x x | to ... ... |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}en-lil2-nam-lugal-mu-na-an-szum2-ma | thus Enlil-namlugal-munašuma: |
| 4 | a-wi-lum sza it-ta-na-la-kam | A man who keeps wandering about |
| 5 | u2-ul ki-i-ma ia-ti | is not like me, |
| 6 | szum-ma a-di wa-asz-bu | If as long as he lives |
| 7 | _1(ban2) sze-ta-am3_ i-ka-al | 1 ban2 of barley each he shall weigh out. |
| 8 | ma-as-su2-um | Massum, |
| 9 | am-mi-ni at-ta ba-lu-szu | Why do you have no one to protect him? |
| 10 | ta-ka-al mu-sza-am | you will eat, the night |
| 11 | u3 ka-s,a-ta i-na pa-szu-ri-ka | and you are bound in your body. |
| 12 | la ka-a-a-an | is not fixed. |
| 13 | szu-u2 sza me-szi-im-[ma] | he is the one of justice. |
| 14 | te-me-e-[esz] | the foundations |
| 15 | i-[...]-ti-ia at x [...] | ... my ... ... |
| 16 | x [...] te-me-esz | ... they were established. |
| 17 | x [...] an-nu | ... this |
| 18 | ma-[...] x x | ... ... |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | [...] | |
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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