UET 6, 0521 (P346559)

Literary 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 —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-e#?-x
 en: ...
2'. [...] x-NE
 en: ...
3'. [...]-sa
 en: ...
4'. [...] za3-sze3 [... ru]-gu2
 en: ... to the border/extreme ... advance/withstand
5'. [...]-e?
 en: ...
6'. [...] x
 en: ...
7'. [...] x x x
 en: ...
8'. [...] szu kin2#-kin2#
 en: ... seeking(?)
9'. [...] x kur2?-kur2?-x
 en: ... changing/estranging(?) ...
10'. [...] x [...] RI e3#?-e
 en: ... coming/bringing out(?)
11'. [...] x x [...] RI ga-i-i
 en: ... I shall praise ...
  double ruling
12'. [...] szud3#?-de3
 en: ... the šud prayer(?)
13'. [...] x x x x-a
 en: ...
14'. [...] x [...]-ru#?
 en: ...
15'. [...]
 en: ...
16'. [...]
 en: ...
17'. [...] {d#}suen#? mah-am3# [...]
 en: Youth Suen(?) is supreme ...
18'. [...] x AN ku3-za [...]
 en: Your holy ...
19'. [...] nam#?-mah-zu [...]
 en: ... your superiority ...
20'. [...] x sa2-sa2 x [...]
 en: ...
21'. [...] MU#? [...]
 en: ...
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
 en: ...
2'. [...] mah#-am3# x x [...]
 en: ... is supreme ...
3'. [...] ki x [...]
 en: ...
4'. [...] mah unu2 gal x [...]
 en: Supreme ..., the great banquet hall/sanctum ...
5'. [...]-zu#? kur-kur#-ra# sag#? [...]
 en: ... your ... in the lands ...
6'. [...] x [...] x [...]
7'. [...]-ra#? su3-su3 IM# [...]
 en: ... hovering towards man ...
8'. [...]-erim2#-ra x [...] x [...]
 en: ... for/to the enemy ...
9'. [...] lu2#-hul-gal2-x [...]-gin7 sur-sur#-x
 en: ... flashing(?) like sunlight at(?) the evildoer
10'. [...] x x x? ZA#? x [...] gal# ka#?! duh-a#
 en: ... great howling pirig creature
11'. [...] x geli3 gal2-la#? a ba-an#-x-sur-ra [...]
 en: ... one who ... in the throat(?), one who has salivated
12'. [...] x-erim2-gal2-la#-ne2 szeg10 im#-ma#-ni#-in#-[gi4]
 en: ... he has screamed at his evildoer
13'. [...] x uszumgal-am3# bad3-da gal2#-la#
 en: ... is an ušumgal creature who is on the city walls
14'. [...] x x-bi nam?-x ulu3{+lu} uh3 ak#?-bi [...]
 en: ... southern wind/mighty(?), its frothing(?) ...
15'. [...] x x urin-e mu-na#-[...]-x-[...]
 en: .... blood/the standard(?) ...
16'. [...] x gal#?-gal-e x x [...] x
 en: The very great ...
17'. [...] am3 DU-DU x x x x
 en: ...
18'. [...]-erim2 {d}szul-gi#-re e-ne x [...] x x
 en: Shulgi ... the enemy
19'. [...] {d}szul-gi#-re [...] x x
 en: ... Shulgi ...
20'. [...] x x [...] x [...] x [...] x-le
 en: ...
21'. [...] x-na x x
 en: ...
22'. [...] nu2#?-u3 x [...] x
 en: ... lying/crouching(?) ...
23'. [...] mah#-am3 x nu-x [...] x ga2-ga2
 en: ... is supreme, ... setting/establishing
24'. [...] {d}nanna a mu#-zu#
 en: Alas, your name, Nanna, alas, your name
25'. [...]-re-zu {d}nanna# lu2-erim2 x? nam#?-[...]
 en: Your supremacy and praise(?) Nanna ... the enemy shall not approach(?)
26'. [...] a mu-zu!? [...]
 en: Alas, your name, Nanna, alas, your name
  double ruling
27'. [...] mu#-da-x [...]
  blank space

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 6, 0521

    [Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U —
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-06-05 at 12:02:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-06-01 at 14:34:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 6, 0521 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P346559.
UET 6, 0521 artifact entry (No. P346559). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346559
UET 6, 0521 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346559 (Accessed: June 26, 2025).
@misc{2006UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-26]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {nov 2},
	title = {UET 6, 0521 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346559},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346559},
}


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M1  - 2025/6/26/
TI  - UET 6, 0521 artifact entry
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