UET 5, 0053 (P414957)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 52-30-068

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

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma {d}utu-si-sa2-ma
4. asz-szum _a-sza3_-im
5. sza a-bu-wa-qar
6. <sza> te-ki-mu-u2-ma
7. [a-na] dingir-mu-zu
8. [ta]-ad-di-nu
9. [u3 a-bu]-wa-qar
10. [a-na szar]-ri#-im
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x la [...]
2'. x x x ga x x
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P414957

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 17247f
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 52-30-068
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 419863
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.52-30-68

References

  • primary: UET 5, 53

    [Figulla1953UET5] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich, and William James 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 15:33:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-05-16 at 06:32:59 Jagersma, Bram Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram Approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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 Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Allred, Lance CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0053 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414957.
UET 5, 0053 artifact entry (No. P414957). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414957 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0053 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414957 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0053 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414957},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414957},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P414957
LB  - CDLI:P414957
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - UET 5, 0053 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414957
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0053 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414957.
UET 5, 0053 artifact entry (No. P414957). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414957 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0053 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414957 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0053 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414957},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414957},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P414957
LB  - CDLI:P414957
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - UET 5, 0053 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414957
ER  -
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