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UET 5, 0004 (P414908)

Letter tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 057176

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a#-na lu-ud-lu-ul-{d}suen#
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma a-hu-ki-nu-um-ma
4. {d}utu u3 {d}marduk
5. li-ba-al-li-t,u3-u2-ka
6. asz-szum _2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 szuku_-ka
7. sza a-na er-re-szu-tim
8. it-ti-ka u2-sze-s,u2-u2
9. u3 t,up-pa-ka tu-sze-zi-ba-an-ni
10. {disz}du-du-u2 _szabra_
11. ib-ta-aq-ra-an-ni
12. um-ma szu-u2-ma a-na-ku e-re-[esz]
13. a-nu-um-ma {disz}u2-qa2-{d}utu
14. _1(disz) udu-nita2_ usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum#
15. t,up-pa-ka a-na du-du-u2 szabra#
reverse
1. szu-bi-lam#-[(ma)]
2. a-na _a-sza3_ [...]
3. u3 _gu4 hi-a_ x [...]
4. ap-pu#-[tum]
5. asz-tap-ra-ak-[kum-ma]
6. ni-di a-hi-im [la ta-ra-asz-szi]
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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: UET 5, 4

[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: NABU 2016/5

[deBoer2016letters] Boer, Rients de. 2016. “Old Babylonian Letters from UET 5 in the Archibab Database.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2016/5.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: IM 057176
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Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation No: U 16062b
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2018-12-14 at 10:32:43	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	approved
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Allred, Lance		CDLI	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0004 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P414908.

UET 5, 0004 artifact entry (No. P414908). (2010, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414908

UET 5, 0004 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414908 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).

@misc{2010UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {UET 5, 0004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414908},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414908},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/12/15/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P414908
LB  - CDLI:P414908
M1  - 2025/12/25/
TI  - UET 5, 0004 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414908
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0004 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P414908.

UET 5, 0004 artifact entry (No. P414908). (2010, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414908

UET 5, 0004 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414908 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).

@misc{2010UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {UET 5, 0004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414908},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414908},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/12/15/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P414908
LB  - CDLI:P414908
M1  - 2025/12/25/
TI  - UET 5, 0004 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414908
ER  -