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UET 5, 0065 (P414969)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	UET 5, 0065
ID	P414969
Museum no.	BM 131220
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
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 [...]	to ...
2	qi2-bi2#-[ma]	speak!
3	um-ma {d}nanna#-[...-ma]	Thus says Nanna-...:
4	e#-zi-ib-ku-[um] x x x	Disregard that ...
5	_5(disz) udu_ i-na bi-ri#-x-szi#-na#	5 sheep between them
6	u3 i-na bi-ri-ka	and between you
7	a-na ba-ab-ti-im	to Bābtum
8	u2-um-ma-du-u2	they will add.
9	szum#-ma i-na ki-tim	If in the earth
10	a-hi at-ta	you, my brother
reverse
1	_4(disz) udu_ ma-la ta-qa2-bu	4 sheep as much as you say
2	_ku3-babbar_ a-wi-il-dingir	the silver of Awīl-ilum
3	li-s,i-ib-ku-um	may they keep you in good health.
4	_udu hi-a_ a-na a-wi-il-dingir	sheep for Awil-ilī
5	id-nam	he gave
6	ki-ma um-ma-an a-li-ka	like the mother of the city
7	le-em-ne2 x x x x x	Evil ...
8	x x [...]
9	[...]
10	[...]
11	[...]
left
1	x na di i	... ;

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