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OBLA 31 (P273758)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273758 |
| 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 | a-na ur-{d}nin-mar{ki} | to Ur-Ninmar |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-mur-i-lu-su2-ma _en_ sza {d}suen | Thus Amur-ilussu, the lord of Sîn: |
| 4 | {d}suen u3 {d}nin-gal | Suen and Ningal |
| 5 | li-ra-ma-ka3 | may he curse you. |
| 6 | {d}tiszpak u3 u3-gul-la2 | Tišpak and Ugulla |
| 7 | u4-mi ma-du-tim | a long time |
| 8 | ar-ka3-tim sza-na-tim | of the two world quarters |
| 9 | li-be-lu-ka3 | may they rule over you. |
| 10 | isz-da ku-si2-ka3 | with a leather strap |
| 11 | lu ki-na | may it be true. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wa-at | to a word |
| 2 | s,u2-ha-ri-im | ṣuḫarum |
| 3 | sza asz-pu-ra-ku-um | that I wrote to you |
| 4 | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-a | son of Šipria, |
| 5 | sza-al-ma | are well. |
| 6 | ku-szu-ud-ma | he smote, and |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}suen | before Suen |
| 8 | u3 {d}nin-gal | and Ningal |
| 9 | lu-uk-ru-ub-kum | I will bring to you. |
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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