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UET 5, 0053 (P414957)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414957 |
| Museum no. | UM 52-30-068 |
| 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}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 | to Adad-manšum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-si-sa2-ma | thus Šamaš-sisa: |
| 4 | asz-szum _a-sza3_-im | concerning the field |
| 5 | sza a-bu-wa-qar | of Abu-waqar |
| 6 | <sza> te-ki-mu-u2-ma | <who> has become angry, and |
| 7 | [a-na] dingir-mu-zu | To my god |
| 8 | [ta]-ad-di-nu | given |
| 9 | [u3 a-bu]-wa-qar | and Abu-waqar |
| 10 | [a-na szar]-ri#-im | to the king |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x la [...] | ... not ... |
| 2' | x x x ga x x | [......] |
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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