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EA 366 (P270875)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 366 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270875 |
| Museum no. | AO 07096 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 _lugal_-ri _en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | To the king, my lord, my Šamaš |
| 2 | _dingir-mesz_-ia qi2-bi2-ma | say to my gods: |
| 3 | um#-ma# {disz}szu-wa-ar-da-ta | Thus Šuwardata |
| 4 | _ARAD2#_-ka _ARAD2_ sza _lugal_-ri | your servant, servant of the king. |
| 5 | u3# _sahar_-ru sza 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_-szu | and the earth of his two feet |
| 6 | qa-aq-qa-ru sza ka#-ba-szi-ka# | The ground of your kingship |
| 7 | a-na _giri3-mesz lugal_-ri _en#_-ia# | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 8 | _{d}utu_ isz-tu {d}sa-me#-[e 7(disz)]-szu | Šamaš with Samê 7 times |
| 9 | 7(disz)-ta-a-an usz-he2-hi-in# u3 | 7 times he has shaved and |
| 10 | _uzu-ka_-bat-tu-ma u3 s,e#-ru-ma | fatty tissue and skin |
| 11 | li-il-ma-ad _lugal_-ru _en_-ia# | May it go well for the king, my lord. |
| 12 | i-nu-ma _{lu2}sa-gaz_ sza# | When the slaughterer who |
| 13 | yi-na-asz-szi :" na-asz-sza-a | “Yinaš[iši] means "to carry." |
| 14 | i-na _kur{ki}-hi-a_ na-da-an | in the land of Bīt-Nabû was given. |
| 15 | _dingir_-lu4 sza _lugal_-ri _en_-ia a#-na ia#-szi | To me, O god of the king, my lord: |
| 16 | u3 i-du-uk-szu u3 | and they killed him, and |
| 17 | lu#-u2# yi-il3-ma-ad _lugal_-ru | May Yalmad, the king, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _en_-ia i#-nu#-ma iz-zi-bu-ni | when my lord stood |
| 2 | gab2-bi _szesz#-hi-a_-ia u3 | all my brothers and |
| 3 | a-na-ku-ma u3 _ARAD2#_-he#-ba | I and Warad-heba |
| 4 | nu-kur2-tu4 i-na _{lu2}sa#-gaz#_ | a nukurtu-demon from the slaughterer |
| 5 | u3 {disz}su2-ra-ta# _lu2#-iri_ ak-ka{ki} | and Surat, the city ruler of Akkad |
| 6 | u3 {disz}in4-tar!(DA)-u2-ta | and Intaruta |
| 7 | _lu2 iri_ ak-sza-pa | the man of the city of Akšapa |
| 8 | szu-ni-ma in4-ne2-ri-ru :" na-az-a-qu2 | “He is the one who is enraged, he is fearful, |
| 9 | i-na 5(u) _{gesz}gigir-hi-a_ | from 50 chariots |
| 10 | a-na mu-hi-ia u3 a-nu-ma | to me, and now |
| 11 | i-ba-asz-szu it-ti-ia | there is with me |
| 12 | i-na nu-kur2-ti u3 li-it-ru-us,# | in rebellion and rebellion |
| 13 | i-na pa-ni _lugal_-ri _en_-ia u3 | before the king, my lord, and |
| 14 | lu-u2 yu-szi-ra {disz}ia-an-ha-ma | or Yāšira, |
| 15 | u3 lu-u2 ni-pa-asz gab2-bu-ma | or all of us, |
| 16 | nu-kur2#-ti u3 lu-u2 tu-te-er | You should return the insurrection and rebellion. |
| 17 | _kur#{ki}-hi-a_ sza _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | The land of the king, my lord |
| 18 | a-na _za3!-hi-a!(HI)_-szi :" up-si2-hi | to her side, “upsīḫu-disease |
Sources & licences
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