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UET 5, 0067 (P414971)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414971 |
| Museum no. | BM 131222 |
| 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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | {d}[utu li-ba-al-li-it,]-ka# | May Shamash keep you alive! |
| 4 | asz-szum# [...] | Because of |
| 5 | sza [ta-asz-pu-ra-am] | which you wrote me |
| 6 | sza um-ma at#-[ta-ma] | Thus you: |
| 7 | _a-sza3_-lam szu#-[ku-uk-ma] | a field to cultivate, and |
| 8 | szi-bi-[ir] | šibir |
| 9 | u3 ma-a-a-[ri] | and the land |
| 10 | ma!-ha-[as,] | he smote. |
| 11 | _a-sza3_-lam asz-ku-[uk-ma] | the field I cultivated, and |
| 12 | esz-bi-ir# | ešbir |
| 13 | u3 ma!-a-a-<<ar>>-ri | and Māri |
| 14 | <<ma-ha-as-su2>> | his battle-axe |
| 15 | am-ha-su2 | amhasu, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u3] a-na szi-qi2-tim | and for a gift |
| 2 | ma#-la i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | whatever there is |
| 3 | _2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 2 shekels of silver |
| 4 | szu-bi-la-am-ma | send me, and |
| 5 | a-na du-du-u2 _szabra_ | to Dudû, the chief household administrator |
| 6 | lu-di-im#-ma# | I shall build, and |
| 7 | _mu_ a-na szi-qi2-tim# | the name for šiqītum |
| 8 | li-wa-sze-ra-am | may he release. |
| 9 | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
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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