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UET 5, 0082 (P414986)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 131237

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# {d}suen#-x [x] x x
2. [qi2]-bi2-[ma]
3. [um-ma] x [...]-ma#
4. {d#}marduk# _dingir_ ba#-ni-ka#
5. asz-szum-ia da-[ri]-isz# u4-mi
6. li-ba-al-li-it,#-ka
7. i-na u4-mi-im
8. sza a-na ha-ar-ra-nim
9. [a-na] wa-s,e2-e-em
10. [pa]-ni#-ia asz-ku-nu
11. [i]-na# bi-it {d}utu-illat-su2
12. [i]-na# ka-ri-im nu-szi-im-ma
13. i-na ma-ha-ar i3-li2-tu-ra-am
14. ni-ka-si2 ni-pu-usz-ma
15. isz-tu s,i2-it-ka
16. ga-mi-ir-ta-am
17. e#-pu-sza-ak-kum
18. i-na szi-ta-at ni-ik-ka-si2
19. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ e-li-ka ar-[szi]
20. ki-a-am aq-<bi>-kum
21. [um]-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma
22. [x] x x [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [bi]-tum# la bi#-[ri ...]
2'. ki#-a-am u2-la [...]
3'. am-mi-ni isz-tu# [...]
4'. bi-tum bi-ri-it# [...]
5'. wa-ar-ka-ta-[am]
6'. la ta-ap-ru-us#
7'. szum-ma [i]-na ki-it-tim#
8'. a-bi u3 be-el na-pi2-isz-ti-ia
9'. at-ta sze#-a#-am# a-na bi-tim
10'. la ta-ka-al-la
11'. isz-tu i-na-an-na
12'. a-na _iti u4 3(u)-kam_ e-t,e-hi-a-kum
13'. szum-ma _ku3-babbar_ wa-at-ra-am
14'. sza-ad-da-ti
15'. a-na-ku li-ib-ba-ka
16'. u2-t,a-a-ab

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

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, 82

[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.: BM 131237
Accession No.: 1953-04-11, 0072

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 16870b
Findspot Square:
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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
2024-09-05 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
2018-12-26 at 07:32:51	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.131237) (BM.131237)
British Museum Collection (W_1953-0411-72) (W_1953-0411-72)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 5, 0082 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414986.

UET 5, 0082 artifact entry (No. P414986). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414986 (Original work published 2010)

UET 5, 0082 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414986 (Accessed: March 27, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414986},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414986},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 5, 0082 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P414986.

UET 5, 0082 artifact entry (No. P414986). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414986 (Original work published 2010)

UET 5, 0082 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414986 (Accessed: March 27, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414986},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414986},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P414986
LB  - CDLI:P414986
M1  - 2026/3/27/
TI  - UET 5, 0082 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414986
ER  -