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UET 5, 0078 (P414982)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414982 |
| Museum no. | BM 131233 |
| 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 {d}suen-a-sza-re-ed | to Sîn-ašarēd |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-sza-mu-uh-ma | thus Sîn-šamuḫ: |
| 4 | {d}en-ki asz#-szum-ia | Enki concerning me |
| 5 | _mu 1(szar2)-kam_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | for a hundred years may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | i-na masz-kan2-szabra | in the granary |
| 7 | ki-a-am aq-bi-kum um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | I said to you thus: "I am |
| 8 | a-na esz3-nun-na{ki} | to Ešnunna |
| 9 | pa-nu-u2-a sza-ak-nu a-ha-am-mu-t,am | They are placed before me. I shall recover. |
| 10 | u3 a-ma-ar-ri-a-am | and a report |
| 11 | u2-la i-di _3(disz) szu-szi 2(u) sze gur_ | he did not have, 3 šuši 20 gur barley |
| 12 | sza e2 s,i-li2-esz18-dar | of the house of Ṣillī-Ištar, |
| 13 | sza i-na tum i ud [x] ra | who in ... day |
| 14 | a-na s,u2-ha-ri i-di#-im-ma | he knows for the ṣuḫaru. |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_ ru-ku-us-ma | the silver he took, and |
| 16 | a-na {d}suen-re-me-ni u3 _szesz-a-ni_ | to Sîn-rēmēli and his brother |
| 17 | i-di-im-ma ku-nu-uk-ki hi-pi | “He has sworn by the seal of Ḫipi. |
| 18 | qa2-ta-am sza sza-ad-da-aq-di-im | Hand of a Šaddaqdim |
| 19 | _e2-gal_ sze-a-am i-ta-ab-ba-al-ma | the palace barley weighed out, and |
| 20 | mi-im-ma u2-la tu-szi-el-qe2-a-an#-ni# | You should not take anything from me! |
| 21 | at-ta _e2-gal_ tu-usz-te-er-di | You, the palace, have returned to me. |
| 22 | e-pe2-szu-um an-nu-um i-in-ka ma-hi-ir | This work has received from you. |
| 23 | _4(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 4 minas of silver |
| 24 | isz-tu sza-ad-da-aq-di-im | from Šaddaqdim |
| 25 | i-na qa2-ti-ia tu-usz-te-s,i | You have brought out from my hand |
| 26 | u4-um un-ne-du-uk-ki an-ni-tam | When you have sworn this, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta-am-ma-ru | you see. |
| 2 | _1(gesz2) 3(u) sze gur 4(u) 5(asz) gur zu2-lum_ | 90 gur barley, 45 gur dates |
| 3 | _3(disz) gu2 siki hi-a u3! 1(u) gur sze-gesz-i3_ | 3 talents of wool, and 10 gur of sesame |
| 4 | a-na {d}suen-re-me-ni u3 _szesz-a-ni_ | to Sîn-rēmēli and his brother |
| 5 | i-di-im-ma | he built, and |
| 6 | ku-nu-uk-ki hi-pi2 | Seal of Ḫippi. |
| 7 | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
| 8 | u2-la ta-asz-pu-ra-am la ta-qa2-bi | You should not write me, you should 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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