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UET 5, 0045 (P414949)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414949 |
| Museum no. | UM 52-30-060 |
| 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}suen-re-me-ni | to Sîn-rēmēli |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-mu-sza-lim-ma | thus Sîn-mušallim: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum _a-sza3_ <<szi>> _szuku_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu | Concerning that field, the hand of Sîn-abušu |
| 6 | <sza> te-ki-mu-ma | <that> you have sworn, and |
| 7 | a-na i3-li2-i-din-nam | to Ilī-iddinam |
| 8 | ta-ad-di-nu-u2 il-li-ik | gave, he went. |
| 9 | {disz}{d}suen-a-bu-szu szar-ra-am | Sîn-abūšu, the king |
| 10 | im-hu-ur-ma szar-ru-um | received, and the king |
| 11 | re-di-a-am it-ta-ad-na-szu-um | the shepherd gave him. |
| 12 | hu-mu-ut, la-ma re-di szar-ri-im | “Let him live, the king’s slave, |
| 13 | il-li-ka-am-ma | came, and |
| 14 | ne2-ba-ah _a-sza3_-li-im | the nebāḫ of the field-lum |
| 15 | u2-sza-ad-di-nu-ka | they will give to you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _a-sza3_-lam a-na be-li-szu | the field to his lord |
| 2 | te-e-er ap-pu-tum | “Remove the apsûtu-disease! |
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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