UET 5, 0428 (P283689)

Business / Contracts 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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 131326

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (model contract)

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. nam inim sa6-sa6-ge-de3
3. ki dim-ur4-lam-an
4. {disz}da?-arhusz-ak-im
5. szu ba-an-ti
6. ki AN-KAL-bi-sze3
7. szu ba-an-ti
8. ku3 gur-ru-dam
9. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
10. 1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
11. sza3 1/2(disz) utu{+szi}
12. 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
13. bar-ta
14. na4 sag10
reverse
1. u3!(KI) nig2-nam-ma
2. sa10-sa10-de3
3. kaskal x-{d}utu-na?
4. ki t,a-ab2-e2-lam
5. {disz}e2-an-DU
6. szu ba-an-ti
7. kaskal-ta silim-ma-bi
8. sa10 ku3 im-ma-tum3
9. sza3 um-mi-a al-du10
10. um-mi-a ku5 ke4-de3
11. nu-un-ta-zu-zu
12. mu lugal-bi in-pa3

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 5, 428

    [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. 479

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 131326
  • Accession No.: 1953-04-11, 0161

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 17213d
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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 13:07:18 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, 0428 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P283689.
UET 5, 0428 artifact entry (No. P283689). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283689 (Original work published 2005)
UET 5, 0428 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283689 (Accessed: July 23, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 5, 0428 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283689},
}

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