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UET 5, 0063 (P414967)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414967 |
| Museum no. | UM 52-30-078 |
| 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 ...]-x-{d}suen | to ...-Sîn |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma ...]-x-ig-tum-ma | Thus ...-igtum |
| 4 | [{d}utu] li#-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | [x x u2?]-ku-ul-la-a-am | ... he will cut off |
| 6 | [x x e]-zi-ba-am | ... I will leave |
| 7 | [am-mi-ni-im?] la ti-de-e | you do not know |
| 8 | [x x x] _u4 7(disz)-kam_ a-ha!-ta-am | ... 7th day, Ahatam |
| 9 | [x x x] u2 szi | ... ... |
| 10 | a-na#-ku-u2 i-na di-ni-im | I in a lawsuit |
| 11 | a-ma-at | a word |
| 12 | sza sza-ka-na-ak-ki-im | of the šakanakkim |
| 13 | il-li-ka-am-ma | came, and |
| 14 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 15 | [x] am qa2-ne2-e | ... wild bulls in their horns |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x] x-na-am | ...; |
| 2 | [x x] ag#-ra-am | ... of Agam |
| 3 | a-na bi-ti {d}nin-a-a-an-na | to the house of Ninayana |
| 4 | i-ri-szu-ni-ni-ma | returned to them, and |
| 5 | da-al-ta-am ka-la-sza | all of it, |
| 6 | it-ta-aq-ru | they have plundered. |
| 7 | sza#-ka-na-ak-ku-um | šakanakkûm |
| 8 | [ag]-ri e-ka-li it,-ru-da-am-ma | the agru-priestess of the ekallu-festival came to me and |
| 9 | [um]-ma# szu-u2-ma | thus he: |
| 10 | [x x x x] x ag-ra-am | ...... I asked |
| 11 | [...] i | ... ... |
| 12 | [...] x-ni-in-ni-ma | ... ... me and |
| 13 | [...] x | |
| 14 | [...] _ku3-babbar_ | ... silver |
| 15 | [...] am# | ... wild bull |
| left | ||
| 1 | a!-na-ku-u2 ul# [...] | I am not |
| 2 | mi ta nu x [...] | What ...? |
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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