UET 5, 0075 (P414979)

Letter 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 131230

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na# ur-{d}nanna#
2. qi2#-bi2-ma
3. um#-ma ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk-ma
4. _{uruda}alan en_ {d}nanna
5. _ku3-si2_ u2-sza-ah-ha-az
6. {disz}{d}suen-ga-mi-il
7. u3 _ku3-dim2-mesz_
8. a-na s,e-ri-ka
9. a-t,ar-ra-da-am*
collation of Charpin, Clergé d'Ur 43
10. ap-pu-tum
11. ku-nu-ki an-ni-a-am
12. i-na a-ma-ri-ka
13. t,e4-em-ka lu s,a-ab-ta-ti
reverse
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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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 5, 75

[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: Charpin Clergé d'Ur, p. 44

[Charpin1986Clergé] Charpin, Dominique. 1986. Le Clergé d’Ur Au Siècle d’Hammurabi (XIXe-XVIIIe Siècles Av. J.-C.). Hautes Études Orientales 22. Genève - Paris: Librairie Droz.
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.
history: Edzard ZZB, 173

[Edzard1957ZZB] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1957. Die Zweite Zwischenzeit Babyloniens. Otto Harrassowitz • Wiesbaden.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 131230
Accession No.: 1953-04-11, 0065

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation No: U 07802d.1
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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
2024-10-07 at 13:31:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-21 at 10:13:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-21 at 10:07:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-05 at 18:07:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-05-16 at 06:32:59	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		Jagersma, Bram	Approved
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
2019-06-17 at 16:54:44	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2019-06-15 at 14:39:07	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2019-06-15 at 14:36:00	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2018-12-26 at 07:32:50	Woestenburg, Els	Transliteration	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	Approved
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Allred, Lance		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.131230) (BM.131230)
British Museum Collection (W_1953-0411-65) (W_1953-0411-65)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 5, 0075 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414979.

UET 5, 0075 artifact entry (No. P414979). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414979 (Original work published 2010)

UET 5, 0075 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414979 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {UET 5, 0075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414979},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414979},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 5, 0075 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414979.

UET 5, 0075 artifact entry (No. P414979). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414979 (Original work published 2010)

UET 5, 0075 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414979 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {UET 5, 0075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414979},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414979},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P414979
LB  - CDLI:P414979
M1  - 2026/3/14/
TI  - UET 5, 0075 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414979
ER  -