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UET 5, 0077 (P414981)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0077 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414981 |
| Museum no. | BM 131232 |
| 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 | [a]-na x [...] | to ... |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma {d}suen-i-din-nam#-[ma] | thus Sîn-iddinam |
| 4 | [{d}]utu asz-szum-ia | Shamash for me |
| 5 | [_mu] 1(szar2)-kam_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May they keep you alive for a hundred years! |
| 6 | [asz]-szum _a-sza3_-li-im | concerning the field |
| 7 | sza# ta-asz-pu-ra-am | of which you wrote |
| 8 | sza# um-ma at-ta-ma | Thus you: |
| 9 | _a-sza3_-lam e-te-ri-isz szu-up-ra#-[am] | send me a new field! |
| 10 | _szabra_ x x [...] | the administrator ... ... |
| 11 | lu-um-ku-ur _i7_ x [...] | May I see. The river ... .... |
| 12 | al-pu-u2 ri-qu2 [...] | (Sum) I am the one who fills the reedbed(?) (Akk) (I am) the one that fills(?) the river(?) |
| 13 | szum-ma i-ni#-tum# [...] | If this ... |
| 14 | la ik-szu-da-an-ni _mu [1(disz)-kam]_ | he has not bound me for 1 year |
| 15 | i-zi-ba-am# a x [...] | Izibam |
| 16 | [asz]-pu-ra# | I sent. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}si2-ia-tum | Siyatum |
| 2 | {disz}mu-na-wi-rum | Munawwirum |
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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