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UET 5, 0081 (P414985)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414985 |
| Museum no. | BM 131236 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| 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 e2-a-na-s,i-ir | to Eanaṣir |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma na-an-ni-ma | Thus (says) Nanni: |
| 4 | a-nu-u2-ma ta-al-li-ku | Now you are going. |
| 5 | ki-a-am ta-aq#-bi#-am# | thus you said: |
| 6 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 7 | gu-ba-ri da-am-qu2-tim | a strong throne |
| 8 | a-na gi-mil-{d}suen a-na-ad#-di-in | to Gimil-Sîn I shall give |
| 9 | ta-al-li-ik-ma ta#-aq-bi-a-am | You went and said to me: |
| 10 | u2-la te-pu#-usz | you did not do |
| 11 | gu-ba-ri la da-am#-qu2-tim | the throne-bearer who is unrivaled |
| 12 | a-na ma-ar szi-ip-ri-ia | before my work |
| 13 | ta-asz-ku-un#-ma um-ma at-ta-ma | you placed, thus you: |
| 14 | szum-ma te-le-qe2-a le-qe2-a | If you take it, take it! |
| 15 | szum-ma [la] te#-le-qe2-a at-la-ka | If you do not take, I will come. |
| 16 | ia-ti a-na ki-ma ma-an-ni-im | Myself, like nobody |
| 17 | tu-szi-im-ma ni-x-(x)-x-x-ma | You heard and ... and |
| 18 | ki-a-am te-me-sza#-an#-ni | Thus you have listened to me |
| 19 | ma-ri a-wi-li a-na ki-ma ka-ti | “If a man, like you, |
| 20 | a-na ki-si-ia ma-ha-ri-im | to my seat in front |
| 21 | asz-pu-ra-am-ma | I wrote to you |
| 22 | tu-me-i-sza-am-ma | you will hear her, and |
| 23 | i-na qa2-qa2-ar na-ak-ri-im | in the land of the enemy |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | isz-ti-isz-szu u3 szi-ni-szu | with him and his brothers |
| 2 | ri-qu2-su-nu tu-te-er-ra-am | You return their reeds. |
| 3 | i-na a-li-ik te-el-mu-un | On the way to the sanctuaries |
| 4 | ma-an-nu-um sza ki-a-am | Who else, in the same way |
| 5 | i-pu-sza-an-ni-i-ma | he built for me, and |
| 6 | at-ta ma-ar szi-ip-ri-ia tu-me-e-isz | You, before my work is finished, |
| 7 | a-na ma-<la> ka-as-pi-im | for every amount of money |
| 8 | sza i-na qa2-ti-ia tu-sze-s,u2-u2 | that you brought out in my hand, |
| 9 | ki-a-am ta-da-bu-ub | you speak thus: |
| 10 | u3 asz-szum-i-ka | and concerning you |
| 11 | a-na _e2-gal_-li | to the palace |
| 12 | _1(u) 8(disz) gu2 uruda_ a-na-ku ad-di-in | 18 talents of copper I gave. |
| 13 | u3 szu-mi-a-bu-um | and Šumi-abum |
| 14 | _1(u) 8(disz) gu2 uruda_ i-di-in | 18 talents of copper he gave. |
| 15 | e-zi-ib sza a-na _e2_ {d}utu | Disregard that for the temple of Šamaš |
| 16 | ku-nu-uk-ka-am ni-zi-bu | We stand in your sealed document. |
| 17 | a-na wa-ri-im sza-a-ti | in perpetuity. |
| 18 | ki-i te-pu-sza-an-ni | When you performed it, |
| 19 | ki-si i-na qa2-qa2-ar na-ak-ri | a knot in the land of the enemy |
| 20 | tu-uk-ti-il | he has carried off. |
| 21 | ki-si a-na qa2-ti-ia | a knot in my hand |
| 22 | szu-lu-ma-am e-li-ka i-szu | “Šulumam, go up to him! |
| 23 | ki-ma an-ni-ki-a-am | like this |
| 24 | we-ri-a-am la du-mu-qa2-am | “It is not good, |
| 25 | la a-ma-ha-ru-ka ta-la-ma-ad | You will see (it). |
| 26 | i#-na# ki-sa-li-ia | in my courtyard |
| 50 | isz-ti-na-a u2-na-sa3-aq-ma | he shall remove with her, and |
| 51 | e#-le-qe2 | I took. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 a-na sza tu-me-i-sza-an-ni | And as to what you wrote me, |
| 2 | na-si-ih-ta-am e-pu-usz-ka | “I have made a protective deity for you. |
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