UET 5, 0055 (P414959)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
UM 52-30-070Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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obverse
1. a-na e2-a-na-s,i-ir
2. u3 dingir-szu-illat-su
3. qi2-bi2-ma
4. um-ma szu-mi-a-bu-um-ma
5. {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ku-nu-ti
6. a-nu-um-ma {disz}su-ma-tum
7. u3# [...]-a-bi a-na s,e-ri-ku-nu
8. [at,-t,ar-da]-ak#-ku!-nu#-szi
9. x [...]-ti-ku-nu
10. u2-[...] am mi-im-ma
11. x [...]-lum
12. x [...]-x-ul
13. x [...]-x-ul
14. in# [...] x-bi-tu
15. la-ma# [x] x x mu de?
rest broken
reverse
1. ik-szu-du-ni-ku-nu-ti#
2. _1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ usz-ta-bi-[...]
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, 55
[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.
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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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history: Leemans, Foreign trade, p. 44
[Leemans1960trade] Leemans, Wilhelmus F. 1960. Foreign Trade in the Old Babylonian Period as Revealed by Texts from Southern Mesopotamia. Studia et Documenta Ad Iura Orientis Antiqui Pertinentia, Volumen VI. Leiden: E. J. Brill. https://brill.com/display/title/5668.
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- Museum No.: UM 52-30-070
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Excavation No: U 16814e
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| 2024-09-05 at 15:33:46 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-09-05 at 15:15:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-05-16 at 06:32:59 | Jagersma, Bram | Artifact metadata | Jagersma, Bram | Jagersma, Bram | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2018-12-26 at 07:32:50 | Woestenburg, Els | Transliteration | Woestenburg, Els | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2010-12-15 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Allred, Lance | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (411908) (411908)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.52-30-70) (UM.52-30-70)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2024UET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-20]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 5},
title = {UET 5, 0055 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P414959},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414959},
}
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