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UET 5, 0401 (P283688)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 131318 & BM 131318A

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. _ugu_ lu2-{d}nuska
3. {disz}eridu{ki}-li-wi-ir
4. _in-tuku_
5. _1/3(disz) gin2 a-sza3_
6. _nig2 szuku-ra2_-szu
7. {disz}lu2-{d}nuska
8. {disz}eridu{ki}-li-wi-ir-_ra_
9. _in-tak4_
10. _en-na u4 ku3 mu-un-tum2-dam_
11. _a-sza3 a-na gal2-la-am3_
12. {disz}eridu{ki}-li-wi-ir
13. _szu ba-ab-te-ge26-e-ma_
reverse
1. _[nig2]-ku5 e2-gal_
2. _ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4_
3. u3 _ku3 ba-[ab-tum2]-mu-a_
4. _a-sza3-ga-ni-a_
5. _ba-an-tum2-mu_
6. _igi_ {d}suen-mu-ta-ap-li
7. {disz}{d}suen-mu-na-wi-ir
8. {disz}a-ta-na-ah-AN
9. {disz}a-na-x-x?-lu-ub-bi-tum
10. _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_
11. [_mu_ ...] x [...] _bad3 zar-bi2-lum mu-un-du3-a_
envelope
  beginning broken
1'. [{disz}]puzur4#-[...]
2'. [{disz}]{d}EN-x-[...]
3'. [{disz}]{d}hi-li-ma#?-[...]
  blank space
4'. _kiszib lu2-inim#-[ma-bi-mesz]_
5'. _[iti] sze-sag11-ku5# [...]
6'. _[mu] bad3_ [...]

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 5, 401

    [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: Charpin Clergé d'Ur, p. 476-477

    [Charpin1986Clergé] Charpin, Dominique. 1986. Le Clergé d’Ur Au Siècle d’Hammurabi (XIXe-XVIIIe Siècles Av. J.-C.). Hautes Études Orientales 22. Genève - Paris: Librairie Droz.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 131318 & BM 131318A
  • Accession No.: 1953-04-11, 0153

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 17215l
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-07-23 at 13:07:17 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 5, 0401 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P283688.
UET 5, 0401 artifact entry (No. P283688). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283688 (Original work published 2005)
UET 5, 0401 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283688 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 5, 0401 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283688},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283688},
}


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