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OBLA 44 (P273771)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 44 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273771 |
| 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 | sza# it-ti# [...] | who with ... |
| 2 | wa-asz-ba-at | who dwells |
| 3 | usz-te-s,i-am | he had brought in. |
| 4 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 5 | ka-ki e-le-qi2-ma | “I will take your gate, and |
| 6 | it-ti {disz}szi2-iq-la-nim# | with Šiqlanu |
| 7 | am-ta-ha-as, | I struck. |
| 8 | ($ RA NI written over erasure $) | ... written over erasure |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ($ erasure $) | (subscript) |
| 2 | ki-am a-wa-su2 lu ti-di# | thus his words you should know. |
| 3 | sza-ni-tam2# | another |
| 4 | {disz}i-tur2-ad-nu-um# | Itur-adnum |
| 5 | x-[...]-bi#-la#? [...] | ... brought(?) |
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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