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OBLA 19 (P273746)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 19 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273746 |
| 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 | {disz}i3-li2-ba#-bu-um | Ilī-bum |
| 4 | bi2-it a-na szar-ri-im it,-ha-ma | the property to the king he took, and |
| 5 | ma-ma-na u2-la i-li | “Nobody can compare to me!’ |
| 6 | a-ta-ma szu-ma-am | “Why is my name |
| 7 | ta-asz2-ku-na-ni | you have placed, |
| 8 | szum#?-ma#? li#-bi | If a man |
| 9 | [be?-li2?-a? ...]-um | my lord |
| 10 | [...]-x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | it-[... mi]-it#-ha-s,a-am# | It ... a knot. |
| 2' | szu#-nu a-na | they to |
| 3' | {disz}la-t,u3-pu-um | Lā-ṭupum |
| 4' | a#-na sza-ni-im | to another |
| 5' | ta-ak-lu | |
| 6' | a-na-ku a#-na be-li2-[a] | I to my lord |
| 7' | ta-ak-la-ak | he shall carry out. |
| 8' | i-na s,e-ri-a | in my country |
| 9' | la i-s,i-ha | he did not cut off. |
| 10' | a-na na-u2-lu-um | to Na’ulum |
| 11' | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-di3 ba-asz2-bu | as far as Bāšbu |
| 2 | i-nu-mi | when |
| 3 | a-sza-tam2#? | |
| 4 | ta-bu-[ku?] | Tabuku(?) |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] | |
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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