UET 5, 0045 (P414949)

Letter tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 52-30-060

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

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}suen-re-me-ni
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma {d}suen-mu-sza-lim-ma
4. {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
5. asz-szum _a-sza3_ <<szi>> _szuku_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu
6. <sza> te-ki-mu-ma
7. a-na i3-li2-i-din-nam
8. ta-ad-di-nu-u2 il-li-ik
9. {disz}{d}suen-a-bu-szu szar-ra-am
10. im-hu-ur-ma szar-ru-um
11. re-di-a-am it-ta-ad-na-szu-um
12. hu-mu-ut, la-ma re-di szar-ri-im
13. il-li-ka-am-ma
14. ne2-ba-ah _a-sza3_-li-im
15. u2-sza-ad-di-nu-ka
reverse
1. _a-sza3_-lam a-na be-li-szu
2. te-e-er ap-pu-tum
  blank space

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 5, 45

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: UM 52-30-060
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 16581
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-12-26 at 07:32:51 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Allred, Lance CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 5, 0045 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P414949.
UET 5, 0045 artifact entry (No. P414949). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414949 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0045 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414949 (Accessed: May 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 5, 0045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414949},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414949},
}


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