UET 6, 0537 (P346575)

Literary tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
rest broken
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...] ur5 sa6 [...]
en: ... a liver made good (with happiness) ...
2'. nig2 babbar2 sikil-zu [...] su3-ra2-sze3 nam!-[...]
en: Your pure “that which is white” (gypsum?) ... profoundly(?) ...
3'. nam gal tar-ra an {d}en#-[lil2 ...] zi-de3-[esz ...]
en: A great fate decided by An and Enlil ... faithfully ...
4'. ri-im-{d}suen nam x [...] hul2-hul2-e [...]
en: Rīm-Sîn ... rejoicing ...
5'. ki-ru-gu2 5(disz)-[kam-ma]
en: It is the 5th kirigu
6'. [...] x x-ke4 sza3 x [...]
en: ...
rest broken
reverse
broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P346575
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P346575

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	U —
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number

References

primary: UET 6, 0537

[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril John, and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
history: StMes 3 (pp. 1-89), 033-034

[Peterson2016StMes3] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2016. “The Literary Corpus of the Old Babylonian Larsa Dynasties.” Studia Mesopotamica 3: 1–89.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-17 at 15:09:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-17 at 15:06:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2019-06-05 at 17:19:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2019-06-01 at 14:34:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Peterson, Jeremiah	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0537 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346575.

UET 6, 0537 artifact entry (No. P346575). (2024, June 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346575 (Original work published 2006)

UET 6, 0537 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346575 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 17},
	title = {UET 6, 0537 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346575},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346575},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/17/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P346575
LB  - CDLI:P346575
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - UET 6, 0537 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346575
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0537 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346575.

UET 6, 0537 artifact entry (No. P346575). (2024, June 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346575 (Original work published 2006)

UET 6, 0537 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346575 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 17},
	title = {UET 6, 0537 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346575},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346575},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/17/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P346575
LB  - CDLI:P346575
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - UET 6, 0537 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346575
ER  -