UET 5, 0051 (P414955)

Letter tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 52-30-066

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}suen-be-el-i3-li2
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma {d}utu-na-s,ir-ma
4. {d}suen u3 {d}nin-gal asz-szum-ia
5. asz-szum _2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 szuku_-ka
6. sza a-na er-re-szu-tim
7. it-ti-i-ka u2-sze-s,u2-u2
8. u3 tup-pa2-ka tu-sze-zi-ba-an-ni
9. {disz}du-du-u2 _szabra_ ib#-ta#-aq#-ra#-an#-ni#
12. um-ma szu-u2#-ma# a-[na-ku er-re-esz]
13. a-nu-um-[ma ...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. x x x x x
2'. ap-pu-tum

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 5, 51

    [Figulla1953UET5] Figulla, Hugo H., and William J. Martin. 1953. Letters and Documents of the Old-Babylonian Period. Ur Excavations. Texts 5. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: NABU 2016/5

    [deBoer2016letters] Boer, Rients de. 2016. “Old Babylonian Letters from UET 5 in the Archibab Database.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2016/5.

  • history: UET 8, /1, 0074

    [Sollberger1965UET8] Sollberger, Edmond. 1965. Royal Inscriptions. Part II. Ur Excavations. Texts 8. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

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  • Museum No.: UM 52-30-066
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 16589
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-12-26 at 07:32:50 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Allred, Lance CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0051 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P414955.
UET 5, 0051 artifact entry (No. P414955). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414955 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414955 (Accessed: August 31, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 5, 0051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414955},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414955},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P414955
LB  - CDLI:P414955
M1  - 2025/8/31/
TI  - UET 5, 0051 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414955
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0051 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P414955.
UET 5, 0051 artifact entry (No. P414955). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414955 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414955 (Accessed: August 31, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 5, 0051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414955},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414955},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P414955
LB  - CDLI:P414955
M1  - 2025/8/31/
TI  - UET 5, 0051 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414955
ER  - 
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