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OBLA 02 (P273729)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273729 |
| 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' | [ma?]-an#-da | to Mada |
| 2' | a-na ni-qi4-[im{ki}] | to Niqim |
| 3' | i-te-ri-ib | entered. |
| 4' | u3 da-ad-la [...] | and Daʾdla |
| 5' | a-na ha-al-ma#-ni#{ki#} | to Halmani |
| 6' | [i]-te#-ri-ib | entered |
| 7' | um-ma ma-an-da-ma | Thus (says) Manna: |
| 8' | a-na i-di3-{d}suen | to Iddin-Sîn |
| 9' | [x]-x-[x?]-NI#-NI# | ...-NINI |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | a-la-ka3-kum# | I will go |
| 3' | isz-pu-ur2-szum | he sent to him |
| 4' | u3 dumu-hu-dam | and the children |
| 5' | s,a-ba-am sza i-di3-{d}suen x | captive of Iddin-Sîn, |
| 6' | li-im u3 5(disz) me-at | a thousand and 500 |
| 7' | im-ha-as, | he struck. |
| 8' | [x] qu2-bu-ur2 ma-x-[...] | ... the qubur priestess ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] a#-al-ka3 u2-s,u2-ur2 | ... of the ala drum, the muṣur drum |
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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