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EA 362 (P270873)

letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE

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Designation	EA 362
ID	P270873
Museum no.	AO 07093
Collection	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Language	Akkadian
Period	Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
Genre	letter
Find spot	Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)
Coordinates	27.6400, 30.8959

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	{disz#}ri#-ib-{d}iszkur-di qi2-bi-mi	Rib-Addu, speak!
2	a-na _lugal_ be-li-ia	to the king, my lord
3	a-na _ki-ta giri3-mesz_ be-li-ia	to the lower feet of my lord
4	7(disz)-ta u 7(disz) am-qut{ut}	7 and 7 amqut
5	a-nu-ma sza-mi-ti7 a-wa-ti7-_mesz_	Herewith, the words
6	_lugal_ be-li-ia u3 ha-di lib3-bi	the king, my lord, and joy of heart
7	ma-gal yu-ha-mi-it, be-li	My lord, I am greatly distressed.
8	usz-szar _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti7 ki-ma	I imposed upon them. The prisoners of war like
9	ar-hi-isz szum-ma _lugal_ be-li	quickly if the king, my lord
10	la-a yu-sza-ru _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ta5	I did not send. The troops are released.
11	u3 ni-nu-mi _ba-usz2-mesz_ ni-mu-ut	and ninû-diseases, deaths, ni₂.
12	u3 _iri-mesz_ gub{ub}-li	and the cities stationed
13	tu-ulx(AN)-qu2 ma-a-ga-mi	“It is enough, I want to bring it to you.
14	tu-ma-al sza-al-sza-mi	“Tu-ma-al-ša-mī
15	ma-an#-ga#-am-mi# i-na-an-na	Now then
16	tu-ma-al sza-al-sza-mi	“Tu-ma-al-ša-mī
17	ti7-iq-bu-ni ia-nu-mi	the Tigris there is none.
18	_erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ta5 u3 asz-pu-ur	I sent a team of prisoners of war.
19	u3 tu-s,a _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-tu	and departure of the prisoners of war
20	u3 ti7-il3-qe2 {disz}a-ba-szu-nu	and the Tigris, Abašunu
21	a-nu-ma i-na-an-na ti7-iq-bu-na	Now then the Tigris
22	la yi-isz-pu-ra-am u3	did not send, and
23	nu-ulx(AN)-qa-am-mi u3 a-nu-ma	we will take, and herewith
24	ti7-ba-u2-na s,a-bat _iri-mesz_ gub-li	the Tibāna canal, the control of the cities of Gubli
25	u3 ti7-iq-bu-ni s,a-bat-mi	and the Tigris seized me.
26	ni-nu-u16 _iri-mesz_ gub{ub}-li	the people who stood in the cities
27	u3 da-na-nu-u16 a-mur-mi	and Ananû, I saw.
28	s,a#-bat-mi szu-nu _iri{ki}_ gub-li	capture them. The city of Gubli
29	u3 da-an-nu ia-nu-um!(AM)-mi	and a strong one, no one
30	_lu2_ la ti7-i-s,a a-na sza-szu-[nu?]	a man without water to them(?)
31	a-nu-ma a-na-ku a-na-as,-s,a-ar#	Herewith I will keep watch.
reverse
1	_iri-mesz_ gub#-li# _iri{ki} lugal#_	the cities of Gubli, the city of the king
2	mu-sza ur-ra-am i-nu-ma#	in the future, when
3	i-ka-sza-da-am _kur-kur!-mesz{ki}_	he conquered, the lands
4	u3 ti7-pa-t,i4-ru-na# _lu2-mesz_-tu	and Tipatriruna, the men
5	a-na la-qe2 _kur-kur!-mesz_-i-mi	to take my lands
6	a-na sza-a-szu-nu u3 ia-nu-um!(AM)	to them and to me
7	_lu2-mesz_-li a-na na-s,a-ar _iri{ki}_ gub-li	the men to guard the city
8	_iri{ki} lugal_ be-li-ia	the city of the king, my lord
9	u3 yu-ha-mi-t,a2 be-li	and Yaḫamiṭa my lord
10	_erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ta5 u3 ni-_usz2_-ma	the troops are released and we are dead.
11	i-nu-ma sza-t,i3-ir be-li	When my lord wrote me,
12	a-na mah-ri-ia u3 a-nu-mi	Before me and now
13	u3 i-du i-nu-ma ta-mu-tu-na	and he knows that when he dies
14	u3 ti-ba-u2-na i-pe-esz15 ar-ni	and Tibāna will make an oath.
15	i-nu-ma yi-iq-bu a-na pa-ni _lugal_	When I spoke to the king,
16	_ba-usz2_ :" mu-tu-mi a-na _kur-mesz_	"to die" means "to live"; to the lands
17	la-a yi-isz-me2 _lugal_ be-li	may the king, my lord, not hear.
18	a-wa-_ti7-mesz lu2-mesz_ sza-nu-ti7 ia-nu-mi	the words of another man are not mine.
19	mu-ta-na a-na _kur-mesz_ sza-lim isz-tu pa-na-<nu>-um#	a wife to the lands is well. From the front
20	u3 be-li i-de i-nu-ma	and my lord knows when
21	la-a asz-pu-ru a-wa-at	I did not send. The word
22	ka-az-bu-ti7 a-na be-li-ia	to my lord
23	u3 gab-bi _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-ti7	and all the mayors
24	la-a ra-i-mu i-nu-ma	did not love. When
25	tu-s,u2 _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-tu	“Turn out the troops! Release them!
26	i-nu-ma pa-szi-ih a-na szu-nu	When he has sinned against them,
27	u3 a-na-ku i-ba-u2 a-s,e2-szi	And if I, there will be, I will go out.
28	i-nu-ma ma-ri-is, ia-a-szi	When I was ill,
29	u3# yi-s,a-am _lugal_ be-li-ia yi-mur#	And may I see the king, my lord.
30	_kur#-mesz_-szu u3 yi-il3-qe2 gab-ba	all his lands and all the yilqī-taxes
31	a#-mur#-mi a-na u2-mi tu-s,u2	I have seen, in the future you will go out.
32	u3 i-ne2-pu-sza-at gab-bi	and he has done all of it,
33	_kur-mesz_ a-na _lugal_ be-li-ia	the lands to the king, my lord
34	mi-ia yi#-zi-zu a-na pa-ni _erin2-mesz lugal_	Why do you stand in the presence of the king's troops?
left
1	la-a yu-wa-szar _lugal_ be-li _mu_ :" sza-ni-ta an-ni-ta5	The king, my lord, should not forget this matter.
2	a-na _dumu-mesz_ {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ti u3 ti-di3-szu-na# _dumu-<mesz>_	to the sons of Warad-Aširti and his children
3	gab-bi-szu-nu a-na _kur-mesz lugal_ be-li-ia mi-ia szu-nu	all of them to the lands of the king, my lord, what are they?
4	i-nu-ma i-pu-szu ar-na u3 da-a-ku _{lu2}maszkim2_	when he had done it, he was negligent and I was negligent, the enforcer
5	su2-ki-na {disz}pi2-wu-ri#	(Property) of Piwuri

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