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UET 5, 0021 (P414925)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414925 |
| Museum no. | IM 057192 |
| 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 a-ap-pa-a | to Appâ |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma dingir-szu-illat-su-ma | Ilu-šu-illatsu speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu asz-szum-ia | Šamaš concerning me |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | may he keep you alive! |
| 6 | asz-szum re-szi-im | because of the head |
| 7 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 8 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 9 | re-sza-am szu-ri-a-am | the head of the mountain |
| 10 | asz-szum {d}utu | concerning Šamaš |
| 11 | sza u2-ba-al-la-t,u3-u2-ka | that he will spare you, |
| 12 | re-sza-am sza-ti | the head of this |
| 13 | isz-tu _u4 1(u)-kam_ a-na _ku3-babbar_ at-ta-di-isz-szu | from the 10th day for silver I gave him. |
| 14 | szum-ma ni-t,i-il-ka | If your gift |
| 15 | _1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ szu-up-ra#-am-ma | send me 1/3 mina of silver, so that |
| 16 | re-sza-am | the head |
| 17 | sza e-li-szu-u2 da-am-qu | who are strong above him, |
| 18 | lu-sza-ma-am-ma | let me hear, and |
| 19 | lu-sza-ri-a-ak-ku-u2 ap-pu-tum | Let me send you the apsû. |
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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