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UET 5, 0020 (P414924)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414924 |
| Museum no. | IM 057191 |
| 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,i-ir | to Eanaṣir |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-i-din-nam-ma | Ilī-iddinam speaks thus: |
| 4 | e-pe-szum sza te-pu-szu | do what you have done, |
| 5 | da-mi-iq-ku-um | Amiq-kum, |
| 6 | isz-tu _mu [n-kam]_ | From the year n |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ ad#-di-in#-[ku]-um# | I gave you silver. |
| 8 | i-na li-ib-[bi] | in the heart |
| 9 | na-ak#-ri-im we-ri#-a-am | enemy of the weavers |
| 10 | la da#-am#-qa2-am | is not good |
| 11 | tu-ka-la-am | you will hold. |
| 12 | szum-ma ni-t,i3-il-ka | If your gift |
| 13 | we-ri-a-ka ta-ba-la-ma | you will fill your canals, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3#-babbar_ u3 s,i2-ba-as-su2 | silver and its interest |
| 2 | id#-na-am | he gave |
| 3 | x [x x] x x ra ki i | ... when |
| 4 | [x x x] i#-ka-al#-lu-u2 | ... they will eat |
| 5 | [x x x] x ka [x] x | ...... |
| 6 | [x x x] usz-ta-na#-x-u2 | ... has ...ed |
| 7 | [x x x] qa2-ta-at u2 ma ti# ma | ... hands ... |
| 8 | [...] bu uh | ... ... |
| 9 | [...] _u4 1(disz)-[kam]_ | ... the 1st day |
| 10 | [...] a-wi-li-im# | ... a man |
| 11 | [...] ka-ti | ... of the land |
| 12 | [i-na] li#-ib-bi na-ak-ri | in the heart of the enemy |
| 13 | [x]-szi#-im-ma | ... and |
| 14 | la#-me-at a-pa-la-am | “Like a lion, like a turtle’s |
| 15 | isz-tu la li-ba-ka | without you |
| 16 | a-wi-lam la ta-ka-la | “Do not hold back the man! |
Sources & licences
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