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UET 5, 0066 (P414970)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414970 |
| Museum no. | BM 131221 |
| 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)
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' | qi2-[bi2-ma] | speak! |
| 2' | um-ma na-ra#-[am-...-ma] | Thus Naram-...: |
| 3' | {d}utu li-ba-li-it,-ku-nu-ti-ma | may Šamaš keep you alive, and |
| 4' | asz-szum ta-asz-pu-ra-ni-im | Concerning what you wrote me |
| 5' | a-nu-um-ma | Herewith |
| 6' | {disz}ig-mi-el-{d}suen | Igmi-El-Sîn |
| 7' | at,-t,a-ar-da-ku-nu-szi-im | I have sent to you. |
| 8' | we-ri-a-am sza ki#-si-ia | “The womb of my neck |
| 9' | u3 ki-si {disz}e-ri-ba-am-{d}suen | and the knees of Erībam-Sîn |
| 10' | ku-ni-ka3-ni-isz-szum-ma | Kunikanišuma |
| 11' | li-ib-lam | may he bring. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | we-ri-a-am du-mu-qa2-am! | “I am a young woman, a good child’s |
| 2 | id-na-ni-isz-szum | gave to him, |
| 3 | a-su-re-e-ma# | I shall return, and |
| 4 | we-ru-um i-na [qa2]-ti#-ku#-nu | Irûm in your hand |
| 5 | i-ta-s,i2 [x x x x] | has gone out ... |
| 6 | li-ib-bi x [x x x (x)] as,# | heart ...... |
| 7 | u3 szum-ma [x x x] x | and if ... |
| 8 | it-ta-ab [x x x x] | has seized ... |
| 9 | mu-ul-li#-a# | of Mulliya |
| 10 | szum#-ma i-na [ki-tim] | If in the earth |
| 11 | ma-ru-u2-a at#-[tu-nu] | You are my sons. |
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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