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UET 5, 0068 (P414972)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414972 |
| Museum no. | BM 131223 |
| 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# [...-ma] | Thus ...: |
| 4 | isz-tu# [u4]-mi#-[im] | From the day |
| 5 | sza a-na ha-ra#-ni#-[im] | which to the harānum |
| 6 | ta-li-ik-ku-[u2] | the talikkû |
| 7 | wa-ar-ki-ka am-[sza-li] | After you I have sat down. |
| 8 | {disz}{d}suen-pi2#-la-[ah] | Sîn-pilah |
| 9 | wa-ki-el u2-szu-ur-ti-[im] | who defiled the ūšurtum |
| 10 | il-li-ka-am-[ma] | came, and |
| 11 | um-ma szu-u2-[ma] | thus he: |
| 12 | _2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-[babbar]_ | 2/3 mina of silver |
| 13 | e-li-szu i-szu-[u2] | against him he shall have |
| 14 | asz-sza-at-[ka] | your wife |
| 15 | u3 ma-ra-at-[ka] | and your inheritance |
| 16 | i-pe2#-e | he will measure out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na# [s,i2-bi-tim] | to the ṣibitum |
| 2 | usz-<te>-ri-[ib] | he made enter. |
| 3 | um-ma a-[na-ku-ma] | thus I: |
| 4 | a-bi szu-[u2-ma] | that father |
| 5 | am-mi-ni-[im] | why |
| 6 | ni-pu-ut a-wi-li-[im] | the omen of a man |
| 7 | la wa-szi-ba-li-[im] | he did not dwell |
| 8 | te-pe-e um-ma szu-[u2-ma] | he is saying thus: |
| 9 | i-pa-la-an-[ni] | he will examine me |
| 10 | asz-szu-um _2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar#_ | Because 2/3 mina of silver |
| 11 | e-li-szu i-szu-u2 | against him he shall have |
| 12 | al-ka-am-ma | come, and |
| 13 | a-wi-la-am | a man |
| 14 | a-pu-ul | |
| 15 | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
| 16 | u2-la ta-asz-pu-ra-am | you did not send me. |
| 17 | la# ta-qa2-bi | do not say |
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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