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OBLA 30 (P273757)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 30 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273757 |
| 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 | [a-na be-li2]-a | to my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3#-li2-isz-ma-li2-a-ma | Thus Ilišmaliya |
| 4 | a-na szu-me _a-ha_-a | to the name of each other |
| 5 | ma#-ru szi2-ip-ri | ... of the work |
| 6 | [sza]-ni#-u2-tum it-ta-na-la-ku-ni-in-na | another one keeps coming to me, |
| 7 | sza-ni-a-tim li-ib-bi | secondly, my heart |
| 8 | it-ta-na#-na-ba-la-am# | he keeps bringing to me |
| 9 | u3 at#-ta-na-ap-hu-us | and I constantly seek out |
| 10 | {disz}a-hi-du10 szi2-pir6 be-li2-a | Ahi-ṭāb the messenger of my lord |
| 11 | u3 ba-la-la-ti ma-ru szi2-ip-ri-a | and life, a gift of my work |
| 12 | _igi_ be-li2-a wa-asz-ba | before my lord who resides |
| 13 | a-[na] mi#-nim szu-ni-ti# | what is this? |
| 14 | [be-li2 u2]-la# isz-pu-ra-am-ma | my lord did not write to me, and |
| 15 | [...] a-na-hi-id | ... I will bring. |
| 16 | [{disz}li?]-pi2#?-it-{d}tiszpak | Lipit-Tišpak |
| 17 | szi2#-pir6 be-li2-a | the work of my lord |
| 18 | el-li-kam-ma | it is pure. |
| 19 | um#-ma szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [um-ma] be-li2-ma | Thus my lord |
| 2 | [1(disz)?] _gu4#?_ sza s,a-bi-tim | 1(?) ox of the herdsman |
| 3 | [...]-x-ak#?-kum | ...-akkum |
| 4 | [...]-x-ku a-ap#-pa2#-al#-szu | ... his eyes |
| 5 | [um]-ma# a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 6 | [a?]-na#? qe2-re-eb# TI-x-[x]-tim# | into the midst of ... |
| 7 | x-x-[...] in#?-szu | ... he |
| 8 | [x] la# [...] x-ma | ... ... and |
| 9 | a-li#-ma#? 1(disz)# _gu4_ szu-a-ti | Herewith, that one ox |
| 10 | s,a?-ab-ta-am | seized |
| 11 | um-ma szu-ut-ma be-li2 isz-pu-ra-an-ni | Thus (says) my lord: |
| 12 | 1(disz) _gu4#_ id-nam-ma | 1 ox he gave and |
| 13 | a-na sa-mi-um | to Samium |
| 14 | lu-ur2-de4 um-ma a-na-ku-ma | “Let me bring (them) down, thus I: |
| 15 | 1(disz) _gu4_-um sza ta-qa2-bi-u2 | 1 ox that you said |
| 16 | [u2-la] iz-za-az | shall not stand. |
| 17 | <a>-szu#-me# 1(disz)# _gu4#_-im | 1 ox |
| 18 | be-li2 {disz}a-hi-du10 u3 {disz}ba-la-la-ti | My lord, Ahi-ṭāb and Balalati |
| 19 | li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma | may he write to me, and |
| 20 | [... a?]-na#? sa-mi-um | ... to Samium |
| 21 | [...]-x | |
| 22 | [...] be-li2-a | ... my lord |
| 23 | [...] en#-nam-{d}tiszpak | ... Ennam-Tišpak |
| 24 | [...] szu#?-ni-ti | ... my hand(?) |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2#-la um-ma [be]-li2-ma | Or, thus says my lord: |
| 2 | x-ni sza-am-ma# | ... the name |
| 3 | [szu?]-ri#-am lu-[sza?]-ri-am | I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 4 | u3 a-na a-la-ki-[im?] | and to go |
| 5 | sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra#-an#-ni# | which my lord wrote to me |
| 6 | ki-am-ma [...] | Thus ... |
| top | ||
| 1 | [...] u3#? ka3-ab-ri-im | ... and Kabrim |
| 2 | [...]-x a-ma-ar-ma a-la-kam | ... I will see and go |
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