Unread Atlas
OBLA 17 (P273744)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | OBLA 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273744 |
| 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 bi-la-ma | to Bilama |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | a-na-ku a-wa-at-ka3 | I, your word |
| 4 | u2-la a-s,u2-ur2 | I did not see. |
| 5 | a-wa-at-ka3 a-di3 | your word as far as |
| 6 | u2-la a-hu-ka3 | without a brother |
| 7 | ra-bi-um a-na-ku | the great one, I |
| 8 | a-na mi-ni-im | what |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | re-di3 ta-asz2-ki-isz | you have cut off the road, |
| 2 | a-na ma-ru szi-ip-ri-a | for the payment of my work |
| 3 | re-di3 wu-szi-ra-am | the shepherd of the widows, |
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
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.