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UET 5, 0046 (P414950)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414950 |
| Museum no. | UM 52-30-061 |
| 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)
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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 i3-li2-a-a-ba-asz | to Ilī-ayabaš |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-u2-se2-li-ma | thus Sîn-uselli: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | a-nu-um-ma | Herewith |
| 6 | {disz}{d}utu-dingir | Šamaš-ilum |
| 7 | qa2-du-um _ma2-1(u)-gur_ | together with a boat |
| 8 | a-na s,e-ri-i-ka | to you |
| 9 | at,-t,ar-da-ku-usz | I have sent to him. |
| 10 | i-na u4-mi-im | On the day |
| 11 | sza pa-ni-szu ta#-ma#-ru# | You will see what is before him. |
| 12 | _1(u) sze gur_ | 10 gur of barley |
| 13 | a-na u2-ku-la-<at> bi-ti-ia | to the ukūlu-office of my house |
| 14 | id#-na-szu-um#-ma | he gave him, and |
| 15 | [ar]-hi-isz t,u3-<ur>-da-asz-szu | quickly his prosperity |
| 16 | [ap]-pu-tum | Apputum |
| 17 | [u2-la] ta#-asz-pu-ra-am | You did not send me. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la <<x>> ta#-[qa2-ab-bi] | you will not say |
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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