UET 6, 0561 (P346598)

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 (Letter)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x-MU
 en: ...
2'. [...] x
  n lines broken
3'. [...]-bar?
 en: ...
4'. [...]-kin2#?
 en: ...
  double ruling
  sic?
reverse
1. [...] x e3#? [...] a# x [...]
 en: ...
2. [...] x GILIM? u4?-da-gin7 {d}ubur#? an gal-ta#? an-pa-sze3 e11#!?-a#?
 en: ... going up from the great horizon(?) to (its) zenith
3. [...] ARAD e2 lugal-gu10 ba UD-da kal!-lu
 en: ... the servant of the house of my king/master ...
4. [... ur]-dun# dam-gar3-ra-ke4-esz nig2#? lugal#?-gu10 ma-an-gi4#
 en: Regarding the matter of Urdun the merchant that my king answered/dispatched to me
5. [ur]-dun# ARAD-zu-gin7 a2 ag2-ga2 al#?-ag2#-ga2 lugal-gu10 i3-zu
 en: Urdun as your servant is given orders(?) (as) my king knows
6. [...]-ra#? ur-dun nu-du10-ga-ni-ta mu-ta-ni?-x [...] x-ga2-ni# lul si-si-ge5 bi2-in-szum2
 en: ... Urdun by means of not being good ... his ... propagated lies(?)
7. [lugal]-gu10# bar-ga2 en3 he2-bi2-in-tar nig2 sza3-ga-na ha-ma-an-ak?
 en: If my king asks after my well being, if he ... that of his heart/mind for me
8. [...] x-gu10 a-gin7 me-er-ga gi4-bi nu-du10-ga x mu-ra-an-du11 lugal-gu10 i3-zu
 en: My ... thus spoke to you deceitfully (not) once (but) twice, my king knows (this)
9. [...] x ZI-ta ur-dun dam-gar3-ra ur5-gin7 inim bala-bala-e
 en: ... Urdun the merchant thus chatted on (about?):
10. [...] x szu za3-bi-ta#? {na4}nir2-babbar2#-dili {na4}du8-szi-a {na4#}za-gin3-na {na4}gug bar-bi sa2-a
 en: ..., nirbabbardili stone, chlorite(?), lapis lazuli, carnelian, their outsides equalled (i.e., made proportional, by cutting?)
11. [...] x {na4}AGA-x? {na4#}x KA x asz du10#?-du10#? nun kar2? ku3-zu x x-bi?-a dub-dub-me-esz#
 en: ... are heaped up(?)
12. [...] x IG-ta {na4}gesz#-nu11#-gal kar2-kar2 gesz-dili-am3#? [...] x du10-du10-ge#? x x-am3
 en: From/by means of ..., a strand of glowing(?) alabaster (beads), ... very good(?) ...,
13. [...] x-la-gu10 x-bi in-ne-la2
 en: ... of my ...(?) is bound/diminished for them(?)
14. [...] x-am3 ur-dun szu in-ne#-zi-zi-x
 en: ... Urdun “raised his hand for them”
15. [...] x x [...]
 en: ...
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Literary (Letter)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: UET 6, 0561

    [Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.

  • history: CKU, 12

    [Michalowski2011CKU] Michalowski, Piotr. 2011. The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur : An Epistolary History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom. Vol. 15. Mesopotamian Civilizations. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-08 at 08:00:06 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 07:53:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2019-06-05 at 17:48:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-06-01 at 14:34:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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, 0561 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346598.
UET 6, 0561 artifact entry (No. P346598). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346598 (Original work published 2006)
UET 6, 0561 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346598 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {UET 6, 0561 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346598},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P346598
LB  - CDLI:P346598
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - UET 6, 0561 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346598
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0561 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346598.
UET 6, 0561 artifact entry (No. P346598). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346598 (Original work published 2006)
UET 6, 0561 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346598 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {UET 6, 0561 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346598},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P346598
LB  - CDLI:P346598
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - UET 6, 0561 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346598
ER  -
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