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OBTI 003 (P369433)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Nerebtum · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | OBTI 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369433 |
| Museum no. | OIM A07729 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nerebtum (mod. Iščali) |
| Coordinates | 33.3029, 44.5828 |
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 szum#-ma#-li#-bi-[i3]-li2# | to Šumma-libbi-ilī |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _sanga_-ma | Thus the priest: |
| 4 | asz-szum _1(u) udu-nita2 hi#-[a]_ sza# asz-pu-ra-am# | Concerning the 10 sheep and goats about which I wrote |
| 5 | la ta-na-di#-in# | do not give! |
| 6 | a-nu-um-ma | Herewith |
| 7 | _7(disz) udu-nita2 hi-a_ | 7 rams, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | it-ti ku#-ru-usz-te-e | with the kuruštû-vessel |
| 2 | sza e2-gal-lim | of the palace |
| 3 | usz-ta#-ri-a-am | he caused to die |
| 4 | _3(disz) udu-nita2_ ki-ma ka-ia-ma-an-ti-ka | 3 sheep like your kayamantu |
| 5 | <<asz>> ta-asz-pi2-it, _1(u) udu-nita2 hi-a_ | If you plot, 10 rams |
| 6 | a-na {d!}utu-na-s,ir | to Šamaš-nāṣir |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-di-in-ma | gave, and |
| 2 | a-na ud-kib-nun#-na{ki} | to Udkibnunna |
| 3 | li-il-li-ik | may he go. |
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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