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UET 5, 0044 (P414948)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414948 |
| Museum no. | UM 52-30-059 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 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] {d}utu-dingir | To Šamaš-ilum |
| 2 | u3 hu-um-ba-a | and Humbaya |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {d}suen-ma-dingir-ma | thus Sîn-mādingir: |
| 5 | {d}utu asz-szum-ia | Šamaš concerning me |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-it,-ku-nu-u2-ma | may they keep you alive, and |
| 7 | szum-ma i-na ki-it-tim | If in the truth |
| 8 | a-hu-u2-a at-tu-nu | You are my brothers. |
| 9 | sza a-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-ku-nu-szi-im | that I am sending to you |
| 10 | mi-im-ma la ta-ah-ha-ad-da-ra | [Do] not slander me! |
| 11 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}i3-li2-i-din-nam | Now, Ilī-iddinam |
| 12 | _dumu e2-<dub>-ba!_ a-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-ku-nu-szi-im | the son of the scribal school I shall send to you |
| 13 | [ki]-am#! aq-bi-szum | I said to him thus: |
| 14 | [tup?-pa?]-ti bi-il-szu-nu-szi-im | the tablets he carried for them |
| 15 | [...] x x a ab a sza za za a ki | ... ... |
| 16 | [...] x x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] u2-ul# [...] | ... not ... |
| 2' | [x x] x ra am u2 szi x [...] | ... wild bull ... |
| 3' | [ma-ah]-ri-ia-ma wa-asz-ba-tu-[nu] | Before me, they were living. |
| 4' | [x]-la-x szar-ra-am u2-szi-isz-mi | ... king he created. |
| 5' | pi-ha-a-tum | |
| 6' | u3 pa-ni-ku-nu tu-ha-ad-da-ra-nim | and you will hold me before you. |
| 7' | isz-tu i-na-an-na a-na _u4 2(disz)-kam_ | from now on for 2 days |
| 8' | ma-ah-ri-ku-nu a-na-ku | I am yours. |
| 9' | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
| 10' | la te-eg-gi4-a | do not return! |
| 11' | a-wi-lam a-gu-ur | “Awīlam, Agur |
| 12' | _ku3-babbar_ u2-sza-ab-ba-la-ak-ku-nu-szi-im | silver he shall pay to you |
| 13' | szum-ma lu-usz-bi-la-ak-ku-nu-szi-im | If I send to you, |
| 14' | du!-mu-uq li-ib-bi-im | the well-being of the heart |
| 15' | e-li-ia ri-szi-ia | over me, over my family, |
| 16' | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
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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