UET 6, 0535 (P346573)

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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British Museum, London, UK

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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'. ri-im#-[{d}suen ...]
 en: Rīm-Sîn ...
2'. gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)-ga# [...]
 en: Wisdom ...
3'. gu2 me-er-me-re [...]
 en: Making ... grow abundantly
4'. sza3 du10-du10 an {d}en-lil2-la2 [...]
 en: The one who sweetens the heart of An and Enlil ...
5'. ri-im-{d}suen nun gal-di [...]
 en: Rīm-Sîn, exalted prince ...
6'. u2-a zi ni2 tuku e2-kisz-[nu-gal2 ...]
 en: True provider, attentive one of(?) the Ekišnugal temple ...
7'. u3 nu-ku e2 {d}en-lil2-ka [...]
 en: One who does not sleep (i.e., cease serving) of the temple of Enlil ...
8'. x mu pa3-da-ni sa6#-[...]
 en: ... his good gift/the good utterance of his name ...
9'. [...] x mah kin-gal sza3 hul2-la# [...]
 en: ... supreme ..., overseer, rejoicing ...
10'. [...] x dadag gada-mah x [...]
 en: Pure(?) ..., the gadamah garment/linen ...
11'. [...] x nig2-nam UD UD x [...]
 en: ... everything ...
12'. [...] x za-gin3 {d}en-ki-ka lugal#? [...]
 en: The lapis/blue ... of Enki, king ...
13'. [...] x x x [...]
 en: ...
reverse
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1'. [...] x x x [...] x x [...]
 en: ...
2'. [...]-gu10 ki ag2-zu [...]
 en: My ..., your beloved ...
3'. ka# ba-a-zu szu il2# [...]
 en: Your utterance, hand raising (in prayer) ...
4'. [...]-gu10#? nin? mah {d}nin?-[...] nin dili sza-mu#-[...]
 en: My ... supreme lady, lady ...
5'. [...] x x-ga-zu sza3 x [...]
 en: ... your ...
6'. ri-im-{d}suen lugal nig2-nam# [...]
 en: Rīm-Sîn, king that ... everything
7'. mu giri17-zal iti nam-he2 u4 x [...] asz-te suhusz gin6-na aga me x [...] sag-e-esz ha-ba#?-[...]
 en: May ... bestow on him years of joy, months of abundance, a throne with stable foundations, and a ... crown
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 6, 0535

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

  • history: StMes 3 (pp. 1-89), 032-033

    [Peterson2016StMes3] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2016. “The Literary Corpus of the Old Babylonian Larsa Dynasties.” Studia Mesopotamica 3: 1–89.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-17 at 15:09:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-17 at 15:06:59 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2019-06-05 at 17:18:31 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, 0535 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346573.
UET 6, 0535 artifact entry (No. P346573). (2024, June 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346573 (Original work published 2006)
UET 6, 0535 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346573 (Accessed: July 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 17},
	title = {UET 6, 0535 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346573},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346573},
}

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