UET 5, 0066 (P414970)

Letter 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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 131221

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
  beginning broken
1'. qi2-[bi2-ma]
2'. um-ma na-ra#-[am-...-ma]
3'. {d}utu li-ba-li-it,-ku-nu-ti-ma
4'. asz-szum ta-asz-pu-ra-ni-im
5'. a-nu-um-ma
6'. {disz}ig-mi-el-{d}suen
7'. at,-t,a-ar-da-ku-nu-szi-im
8'. we-ri-a-am sza ki#-si-ia
9'. u3 ki-si {disz}e-ri-ba-am-{d}suen
10'. ku-ni-ka3-ni-isz-szum-ma
11'. li-ib-lam
reverse
1. we-ri-a-am du-mu-qa2-am!
2. id-na-ni-isz-szum
3. a-su-re-e-ma#
4. we-ru-um i-na [qa2]-ti#-ku#-nu
5. i-ta-s,i2 [x x x x]
6. li-ib-bi x [x x x (x)] as,#
7. u3 szum-ma [x x x] x
8. it-ta-ab [x x x x]
9. mu-ul-li#-a#
10. szum#-ma i-na [ki-tim]
11. ma-ru-u2-a at#-[tu-nu]
  rest broken

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/P414970

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 16815
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 131221
Accession Number 1953-04-11, 0056

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.131221
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 17630
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1953-0411-56

References

  • primary: Leemans, Foreign trade, p. 42-43

    [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.

  • 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 5, 66

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 15:15:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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 07:32:51 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, 0066 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414970.
UET 5, 0066 artifact entry (No. P414970). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414970 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0066 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414970 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0066 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414970},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0066 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414970.
UET 5, 0066 artifact entry (No. P414970). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414970 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0066 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414970 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0066 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414970},
}


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DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P414970
LB  - CDLI:P414970
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - UET 5, 0066 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414970
ER  -
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