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UET 5, 0069 (P414973)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414973 |
| Museum no. | BM 131224 |
| 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' | [x x x x] di | ......; |
| 2' | [x x] li#-ba-tum | ... Libatum |
| 3' | [x x] e2-sze-mi-ma | ... the Ešemma |
| 4' | asz-szum _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | Because 10 shekels of silver |
| 5' | sza te-el-qu2-u4 | that you took |
| 6' | a-wi-lu-u2 | a man |
| 7' | as,-ba-tu-ne2-ti-ma | I seized them, and |
| 8' | um-ma szu-nu-u2-ma | thus they: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2 szum-ma ul-li-a-am | and if in the future |
| 2 | la# ni-le-qe2 | we shall not take. |
| 3 | an-ni-a-am ni-le-qe2 | This we shall take. |
| 4 | szum-ma i-na ki-tim | If in the land |
| 5 | a-hu-ni at-ta | you, my brother, |
| 6 | i-na# [_1(u)] gin2# ku3-babbar_ | from 10 shekels of silver |
| 7 | [li-ib-bi a]-wi-le-e t,i-ib# | The heart of a man is well. |
| 8 | [...] ZI ... | ... ... |
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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