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OBLA 25 (P273752)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationOBLA 25
IDP273752
Museum no.OIM A—
CollectionInstitute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotEšnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)
Coordinates33.4837, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1'i-ni a#-wi-lu-u2this man
2'u2-la i-sza-lu-ni-niif they do not pay,
3'_a-sza3_-am#? i#-ru-szua field he acquired
4'a-di3-in-maI gave, and
5'a-na pa2-sza-ri-imto the sceptre
reverse
1zu-a-zi-imZu-azim,
2di3-na-amverdict
3i-di3-nu-ni-imgave to him,
4i-ni a-ta“Why
5sza-li-isz-tam2the whole
6ta-ta#-sa3-ahyou will remove
7[...] ar#?-szi2... a dream(?)

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