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UET 5, 0026 (P414930)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414930 |
| Museum no. | IM 057197 |
| 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 i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | to Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}i-szum-ib-ni-szu-ma | thus Išum-ibnīszu: |
| 4 | i-nu-ma a-na ma-har be-li2-ia u2-sze-ri-bu-ka | When they brought you before my lord, |
| 5 | ki-a-am ta-aq-bi um-ma at-ta-ma | Thus you said: "You |
| 6 | isz-tu u4-mi _mu 5(disz)-kam_ pi2-ha-ti | From the 5th day of the month of Piḫatu |
| 7 | kar-bi-lu-um a-na _szitim-mesz_ gu-um-mu-ri-im | Karbilum to the builders of Hummurum |
| 8 | ma-am-ma-an u2-ul isz-si-a-an-ni | nobody has questioned me. |
| 9 | ki-a-am ta-aq-bi | thus you said: |
| 10 | ma-har be-li2-ia ki-a-am a-pu-ul um-ma a-na-ku-ma | Before my lord I asked, thus I: |
| 11 | isz-tu-ma kar-bi-lu-um-ma | from Karbilum |
| 12 | pi2-ha-at-ka a-na _szitim-mesz_-ia | Your supplication to my builders |
| 13 | sza-ni-a-am-ma a-sza-ak-ka#-an#-ma# | Secondly, I shall place, and |
| 14 | i-ta-na-ap-pa-la-an-ni | keeps me awake, |
| 15 | ki-a-am aq-bi | thus I said: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na-an-na a-ha-am-ar-szi | Now, I have seized her. |
| 2 | u3 {d}suen-sze-mi a-na pi2-ha-at _szitim-mesz_ | and Sîn-šeme in the responsibility of the builders |
| 3 | gu-um-mu-ri-im asz-ta-ka-an | I set up the gummurīm. |
| 4 | la ta-ta-ar-ma a-na _e2 szitim-mesz_ | do not return, and to the house of builders |
| 5 | la ta-sa-as2-si | do not slander! |
| 6 | a-na _szitim-mesz_ t,a-ra-di-im asz-pur-ka-ma | I sent you to the builders of ṭarādum. |
| 7 | ta-al-li-ik-ma _szitim-mesz_ u2-ul ta-at,-ru-dam | you went, and the builders you did not return. |
| 8 | s,u2-ba-ti-szu-nu tu-uh-ta-am-mi-is, | You have bound their garments. |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ tu-usz-ta-asz-qi2-il-szu-nu-ti-ma | you have paid to them silver, and |
| 10 | _szitim-mesz_ tu-usz-ta-as2-si | the builders you have slain |
| 11 | u3 ki-a-am ta-asz-pur-am um-ma at-ta-a-ma | And you wrote me thus: "You |
| 12 | _2(u) 2(disz) szitim-mesz_ at,-t,ar-da-ak-kum | 22 builders I have sent to you. |
| 13 | _7(disz) szitim-mesz_ ta-at,-ru-dam-ma | 7 builders you sent, and |
| 14 | i-na li-ib-bi _3(disz) szitim-mesz_ s,e-eh-he-ru-tum | from among the 3 builders of the ṣḫerūtum-field |
| 15 | lu ti-de asz-tap!-ra-ak-kum | I have sent to you. |
| 16 | a-na _e2 szitim_ la ta-sza-as2-si | to the house of a builder you shall not ask |
| 17 | pi2-ha-at _szitim-mesz_ s,a-ma-di-im | the responsibility of the builders of ṣamādum, |
| 18 | {disz}a-ha-am-ar-szi u3 {d}suen-sze-mi | Aḫam-arši and Sîn-şme, |
| 19 | i-na-asz-szu-u2 | they shall carry. |
Sources & licences
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