UET 6, 0749 (P346786)

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

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x
 en: ...
2'. [...]-kam?
 en: ...
3'. [...]-ra#?-du11
 en: Because of who your are/I am(?), (I) have not spoken to you (about this)(?)
4'. [...] ninda# gu7-mu-ub#
 en: Come! after you do the work, eat food(?)
5'. [...]-mu#-ak
 en: When a person like you does(?) a task(?)
6'. [...]-e#
 en: His father and mother will eat food(!?)
7'. [...] igi#? bi2-in-du11-x-[...]
 en: If you observe the ... of my colleagues
8'. [...] x x i-ni-x-[...]
 en: Like (i.e., each one of?) them, ten gur of barley apiece they fill at the outset/per head(?)
9'. [...] x [...] x
 en: ...
10'. [...] x [...]
 en: ...
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

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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 6, 0749

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

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  • 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
2019-06-09 at 17:18:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Peterson, Jeremiah 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, 0749 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P346786.
UET 6, 0749 artifact entry (No. P346786). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346786
UET 6, 0749 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346786 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
@misc{2006UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {nov 2},
	title = {UET 6, 0749 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346786},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346786},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/11/2/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P346786
LB  - CDLI:P346786
M1  - 2025/5/20/
TI  - UET 6, 0749 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346786
ER  -
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