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OBLA 06 (P273733)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273733 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 be-li2-a | to my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | a-lu-um | Alûm |
| 4 | i-na ir#-ni-ti | in a dream |
| 5 | a-mu-ri-im | I saw |
| 6 | sza-ki-in | established. |
| 7 | a-na be-li2-a | to my lord |
| 8 | u2-da-na#-an | he shall give. |
| 9 | szi2-ni-in | he fashioned it. |
| 10 | at-wu-isz | together |
| 11 | u2-la a-na-di3-in | I did not give. |
| 12 | a#-szar la u2-da-ni-nu-na | where he did not give it to me |
| 13 | [be]-li2 ki-sza-di3# | my lord of the netherworld |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [i]-ta#-ki-[is?] | he cut off |
| 2 | a#-na mi-ni-im | Why |
| 3 | ma-ag-ri-ta-ma | “It is mine |
| 4 | le-em-ne2-ti-a | evil, |
| 5 | a-na be-li2-a | to my lord |
| 6 | i-ta-wu-u2# u3#? | they will speak, and |
| 7 | li#-bi# be-li2-[a] | the heart of my lord |
| 8 | ki# [u2]-sza#-am-ra-s,u2 | when they were smitten |
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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