UET 5, 0078 (P414982)

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 131233

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}suen-a-sza-re-ed
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma {d}suen-sza-mu-uh-ma
4. {d}en-ki asz#-szum-ia
5. _mu 1(szar2)-kam_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
6. i-na masz-kan2-szabra
7. ki-a-am aq-bi-kum um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma
8. a-na esz3-nun-na{ki}
9. pa-nu-u2-a sza-ak-nu a-ha-am-mu-t,am
10. u3 a-ma-ar-ri-a-am
11. u2-la i-di _3(disz) szu-szi 2(u) sze gur_
12. sza e2 s,i-li2-esz18-dar
13. sza i-na tum i ud [x] ra
14. a-na s,u2-ha-ri i-di#-im-ma
15. _ku3-babbar_ ru-ku-us-ma
16. a-na {d}suen-re-me-ni u3 _szesz-a-ni_
17. i-di-im-ma ku-nu-uk-ki hi-pi
18. qa2-ta-am sza sza-ad-da-aq-di-im
19. _e2-gal_ sze-a-am i-ta-ab-ba-al-ma
20. mi-im-ma u2-la tu-szi-el-qe2-a-an#-ni#
21. at-ta _e2-gal_ tu-usz-te-er-di
22. e-pe2-szu-um an-nu-um i-in-ka ma-hi-ir
23. _4(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_
24. isz-tu sza-ad-da-aq-di-im
25. i-na qa2-ti-ia tu-usz-te-s,i
26. u4-um un-ne-du-uk-ki an-ni-tam
reverse
1. ta-am-ma-ru
2. _1(gesz2) 3(u) sze gur 4(u) 5(asz) gur zu2-lum_
3. _3(disz) gu2 siki hi-a u3! 1(u) gur sze-gesz-i3_
4. a-na {d}suen-re-me-ni u3 _szesz-a-ni_
5. i-di-im-ma
6. ku-nu-uk-ki hi-pi2
7. ap-pu-tum
8. u2-la ta-asz-pu-ra-am la ta-qa2-bi
  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/P414982

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 16580b
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 131233
Accession Number 1953-04-11, 0068

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.131233
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1953-0411-68

References

  • primary: 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: MSL 4, 21*

    [Falkenstein1956MSL4] Falkenstein, Adam, Thorkild Jacobsen, and Richard Treadwell Hallock. 1956. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 4.

  • history: UET 5, 78

    [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: Leemans, Foreign trade, p. 168

    [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 15:15:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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 07:32:50 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, 0078 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414982.
UET 5, 0078 artifact entry (No. P414982). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414982 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414982 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	month = {sep 5},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414982},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414982},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0078 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414982.
UET 5, 0078 artifact entry (No. P414982). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414982 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414982 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414982},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414982},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - UET 5, 0078 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414982
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