UET 5, 0023 (P414927)

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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National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 057194

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# e2-a-[na-s,i-ir]
2. qi2-bi2-ma#
3. um-ma im-gur-{d}suen-ma
4. {d}utu li-ba-al-li#-it,#-ka
5. we-ri-a-am du-mu-qa2-am
6. a-na nig2-gur11-{d}nanna
7. su!-un-ni-iq
8. a-nu-um-ma _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_
9. tu-sze20-zi-ba-an-ni
10. ki-ma li-ib-bi-ia!
  Collation J.J.A. van Dijk
reverse
1. la ma-ra-s,i2-im
2. we-ri-a-am du-mu-qa2-am
3. i-di-isz-szum
4. ki-ma an-ha-a-ku
5. u2-la ti-de-e
6. u3 szum-ma <<...>>
7. a-na dingir-szu-ra-bi
8. tu-sa3-ni-iq
9. e-ki-im-ma
10. a-na nig2-gur11-{d}nanna
11. i#-di-in

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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, 23

    [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.

  • history: Leemans, Foreign trade, p. 42

    [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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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 16522.1
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-12-16 at 08:27:30 Woestenburg, Els Atf Jagersma, Bram 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, 0023 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414927.
UET 5, 0023 artifact entry (No. P414927). (2010, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414927
UET 5, 0023 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414927 (Accessed: April 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-05]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {UET 5, 0023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414927},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414927},
}


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