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UET 5, 0055 (P414959)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414959 |
| Museum no. | UM 52-30-070 |
| 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 e2-a-na-s,i-ir | to Eanaṣir |
| 2 | u3 dingir-szu-illat-su | and Ilu-šu-tillassu |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma szu-mi-a-bu-um-ma | Šumi-abum speaks thus: |
| 5 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ku-nu-ti | may Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 6 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}su-ma-tum | Now Sumatum |
| 7 | u3# [...]-a-bi a-na s,e-ri-ku-nu | and ...-abi to you |
| 8 | [at,-t,ar-da]-ak#-ku!-nu#-szi | I have sent to you. |
| 9 | x [...]-ti-ku-nu | your ... |
| 10 | u2-[...] am mi-im-ma | ... wild bull, everything |
| 11 | x [...]-lum | ...-lum |
| 12 | x [...]-x-ul | ...-ul |
| 13 | x [...]-x-ul | ...-ul |
| 14 | in# [...] x-bi-tu | In ... ... |
| 15 | la-ma# [x] x x mu de? | Before ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ik-szu-du-ni-ku-nu-ti# | he sealed for you |
| 2 | _1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ usz-ta-bi-[...] | 1 mina of silver ... |
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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