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UET 5, 0016 (P414920)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414920 |
| Museum no. | IM 057187 |
| 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# ig-mil-{d}suen | to Igmil-Sîn |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ib-ni-e2-a-ma | Thus Ibni-Ea: |
| 4 | asz-szum {disz}e-pe-esz-dingir | Concerning Eppeš-ilum |
| 5 | u3 {disz}dingir-szu-i-bi2-szu | and Ilu-šū-ibbīḫu, |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 7 | it-ti i-li#-im | with the gods |
| 8 | i-la-[ku-ni]-im | will come |
| 9 | i-na a-la-ki#-szu#-nu | on their way |
| 10 | a-ga-am-[me]-el# | Agamme-El |
| 11 | la-li#-ka li#-isz#-bu-u2 | May they speak to you! |
| 12 | u3# _ku3-babbar_-am la# ta#-sza-qa2#-al | and the silver you shall not weigh out. |
| 13 | asz-szum _gu4 hi-[a]_ | Concerning the cattle |
| 14 | sza# ta-asz-pu-ra-[am] | As to what you wrote |
| 15 | [a]-sza-al-[ma] | I ask, and |
| 16 | [ki]-a-am iq-bu#-[u2] | they said thus: |
| 17 | [um]-ma szu#-nu-u2-[ma] | thus they: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na _iri{ki} e2_-[...] | in the city ... |
| 2 | sza-am-mu u2-la i-ba#-[asz-szu-u2] | there is none. |
| 3 | u3 mu-u2 ma-ar-[ru] | and a dowry |
| 4 | a-na szi-gi-el-ti-im#! | to Šigiltum |
| 5 | ka-ti a-sza-al-ka | I ask you: |
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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