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OBLA 21 (P273748)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273748 |
| 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)
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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' | asz2#-pu#-ra-kum | I sent to you |
| 2' | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 3' | li-it-ma-a | may it be known. |
| 4' | um-ma a#-ta-ma | Thus (says) Ata: |
| 5' | a-na {d}i-id | to Id |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-bi-ba-nim | Libbi-banim, |
| 2 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 3 | e-ba-bi szu-t,e4-ra-ma | write down its contents, and |
| 4 | li-li-ku | may they go. |
| 5 | x-[x?]-nim | ...-nim |
| 6 | [...]-x-li | ...-li |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...]-x-tum | ...-x-tum |
| 2 | [...]-ra-am | ... ... |
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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