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OBLA 53 (P273780)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 53 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273780 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| tablet | ||
| 1 | a-na am-mu-[...] | to Ammu- |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma szi-li-ba#-tum-[ma] | Šilibatum speaks thus: |
| 4 | szum-ma a-hi at-ta | If you, my brother, |
| 5 | u3 a-na-ku | and I |
| 6 | a-ha-at-ka | your arms |
| 7 | a-wi-il-tum | Awīltum |
| 8 | tap-pa-ti | companions |
| 9 | lu ni-pu-tam2 | or a nīpuptu-demon |
| 10 | lu _ku3-babbar_ | or silver |
| 11 | lu _sze_ | or barley |
| 12 | szu-di-na-ma | give to me, and |
| 13 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
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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