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UET 5, 0030 (P414934)

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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 057201

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# a-at-ta-[a]
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma na-bi-{d}en-lil2
4. u3 {d}utu-ra-bi
5. {d}suen li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
6. asz-szum _a-sza3_-lim sza i-di na-ri-im
7. sze-a-am a-na ma-asz-ka-ni-im
8. usz-te-lu-u2
9. um-ma szu-nu-u2-ma
10. pa-ni _2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_-lim
11. sza i-na i-di _pa5_ ku-sza-ri
12. ni-ma-ak-ku-is-ku-nu-ti
13. u3 _sze_ i-ta-ab-<lu>-u2
reverse
1. a-na larsa{ki}-ma
2. a-na ip-qu2-{d}li6-si4-na
3. szu-pu-ur-ma
4. {disz}lu2-{d}nin-urta
5. li-la-am-mi-id-ma
6. _aga-us2_ li-hu-za-am-ma
7. li-li-kam-ma
8. _a-sza3_-lam i-na qa2-ti-ni
9. la u2-szi-s,u2-u2
10. a-na sza-at-ti-ni-i
11. i ni-im-ta-ha-is,
12. _a-sza3_-lam i nu-szi-s,i2-ma
13. mi-ki-is-su-u2 <<u2>>
14. a2-su2 li-pu-ul
15. mi-im-ma sza ta-qa2-bu
16. <<i ni-pu-usz>>

Consult previous versions and their differences
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, 30

[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

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 057201
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation No: U 17203
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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
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2018-12-16 at 08:27:30	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Allred, Lance		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Ur Online Project (18191) (18191)

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Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0030 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P414934.

UET 5, 0030 artifact entry (No. P414934). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414934 (Original work published 2010)

UET 5, 0030 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414934 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 5, 0030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414934},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414934},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P414934
LB  - CDLI:P414934
M1  - 2025/12/23/
TI  - UET 5, 0030 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414934
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 5, 0030 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P414934.

UET 5, 0030 artifact entry (No. P414934). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414934 (Original work published 2010)

UET 5, 0030 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414934 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 5, 0030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414934},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414934},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P414934
LB  - CDLI:P414934
M1  - 2025/12/23/
TI  - UET 5, 0030 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414934
ER  -