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OBLA 35 (P273762)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ešnunna · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBLA 35 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273762 |
| 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 ur-{d}[...] | to Ur- |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma da-ad#-[x-x-ma] | Thus Dād-...: |
| 4 | szu-um-ma a-bi# [a-ta] | If the father of the father |
| 5 | szu-um-ma ta#-[ra-ma-ni] | If you wish |
| 6 | _5(disz) sila3 dabin_ a-[...] | 5 sila3 of dabin-flour |
| 7 | ku-ru-ma#-[...] | Kuruma- |
| 8 | a-pu#-[tum? ...] | Apotropaic ritual for ... |
| 9 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la [...] | not ... |
| 2 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 3 | a-na [...] | to ... |
| 4 | i-hu#?-x-[...] | Ihu- |
| 5 | a-na ku-ru-[ma-ti-szu?] | to his cultic rites |
| 6 | ma-ru szi-ip-[ri-a?] | a gift of my work |
| 7 | lu ku-pu-ud#? | may it be smashed(?) |
| 8 | a-pu-tum# | |
| 9 | i-ni t,a3-ab ma#-[ru szi]-ip#-[ri] | His word is good, his work is good. |
| 10 | ku-ru-ma-ta-[am] | a kurumatam |
| 11 | i-ma-ha-ru#-[ma?] | they will receive, and |
| 12 | ma-ru szi-ip#-[ri-a] | the one who my work |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-ka3-la-am i-ma-ha-ar | he will receive the grain. |
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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