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OBLA 03 (P273730)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273730 |
| Museum no. | OIM A— |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar) |
| Coordinates | 33.4837, 44.7276 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na be-[li2-a] | to my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | a-lu-um sza-[lim] | The city is well. |
| 4 | {disz}pu-ma-[el] | Umā-El |
| 5 | {disz?}la#-t,u3-[pu-um] | Lā-ṭupum |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | _e2_ a-[...] x [...] | the house of ... ... |
| 3' | a-na-ku qa2-ta2#-[...] | I am the one who ... |
| 4' | lu-ul-qi3-ma [...] | Let me take and |
| 5' | um-ma a-na-[ku-ma] | thus I: |
| 6' | ki sza ra-bi-[a-an?] | with Rabian(?) |
| 7' | a-mu-ri-im x [...] | I saw |
| 8' | ti-szu t,e4-mu#?-[um?] | his life, news |
| left | ||
| 1 | mi-im-ma sza# [...] | All that . . |
| 2 | li#-[li-kam] | may he come. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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