UET 5, 0054 (P414958)

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 52-30-069

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 e2-a-na-s,i-ir
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma szu-mi-a-bu-um-ma
4. asz-szum a-wa-ti-im#
5. sza sza-ma-al-[li]
6. x [x x] x a-na [...]
7. [...] al [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P414958

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 16823a
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 52-30-069
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 419864
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.52-30-69

References

  • primary: UET 5, 54

    [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: Leemans, Foreign trade, p. 44

    [Leemans1960trade] Leemans, Wilhelmus F. 1960. Foreign Trade in the Old Babylonian Period as Revealed by Texts from Southern Mesopotamia. Studia et Documenta Ad Iura Orientis Antiqui Pertinentia, Volumen VI. Leiden: E. J. Brill. https://brill.com/display/title/5668.

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
2024-09-05 at 15:15:20 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 Approved View
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Allred, Lance CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 5, 0054 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414958.
UET 5, 0054 artifact entry (No. P414958). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414958 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0054 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414958 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414958},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414958},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P414958
LB  - CDLI:P414958
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - UET 5, 0054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414958
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 5, 0054 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414958.
UET 5, 0054 artifact entry (No. P414958). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414958 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0054 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414958 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414958},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414958},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P414958
LB  - CDLI:P414958
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - UET 5, 0054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414958
ER  -
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