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OBLA 23 (P273750)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273750 |
| 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' | [zi?-ir?]-qa2#-nu#-um# | Zirqanum |
| 2' | [x-x]-ti# li-il-li-ik | ... may he go |
| 3' | [...] _dumu#?_ la-ab-nu-um | ... son(?) of Labnum |
| 4' | [...]-su2-uh2 | ... torn out |
| 5' | [...]-x-nu-um | ...-num |
| 6' | [...]-ba-nu#-um | ...-banum |
| 7' | [...]-ma i#-tu-ur2-ra | ... and returned |
| 8' | [...]-NE# _1(disz) dug-gan i3 du10-ga_ | ... 1 jug of good oil |
| 9' | [...] sza-mu-im | ... the heavens |
| 10' | usz#-te-ne-il | he made come up. |
| 11' | um-ma bi-la-la-ma | thus Bilalama: |
| 12' | a-li sza na-wi-um | the city of Nawum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz#}ku-un-za-nam | Kunzanam |
| 2 | i-ma-ah-ha-s,u2 | they will strike. |
| 3 | i-na pu-uh2-ri-szu-nu | at their disposal. |
| 4 | u2-szi2-ib u2-ne-szu-nu | he settled them. |
| 5 | i-di3#-nu#-szu-um | gave to him |
| 6 | ap-[pu]-na#-ma isz-ta-ka3-an | I looked at him, and he established |
| 7 | ku#?-ub#?-bu-ti-isz | Kubbutiš |
| 8 | _dumu#_ {disz}zi-ir-qa2-nim | son of Zirqanu |
| 9 | [na?]-ka3-ar di3-a-nu-um | the nakār-disease of Anum |
| 10 | [a]-na#-ku-u2 szu-ut | I, that |
| 11 | nu#-ta-ma-am-ma | we did not see, and |
| 12 | [at?-wa?]-at#? bi-la-la-ma | I am the one who ..., and |
| 13 | [a-na] mi-nim te-esz-te-me-a | what have you heard? |
| 14 | [a?]-tu#?-nu u3 ku-un-za-num2 | Atunu and Kunzanum |
Sources & licences
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