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EA 365 (P270877)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 365 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270877 |
| Museum no. | AO 07098 |
| 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 | To the king, my lord: |
| 2 | u [_{d}]utu#_-ia qi2-bi2-ma | and Šamaš speak, and |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}bi-ri-di-ya | thus Biridiya: |
| 4 | _ARAD2_ ki-it-ti sza _lugal_-ri | servant loyal to the king |
| 5 | a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 6 | u _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz)-szu | and my seven gods |
| 7 | u 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qut | and seven times I fell. |
| 8 | li-de-mi _lugal en_-ia | the king, my lord, may know. |
| 9 | a-na _ARAD2_-szu u a-na _iri{ki}_-szu | to his servant and to his city |
| 10 | a-nu-um-ma a-na-ku-ma | Now, I |
| 11 | er-ri-szu :" ah-ri-szu | his brother : |
| 12 | i-na _iri_ szu-na-ma{ki#} | in the city Šunama |
| 13 | u a-na-ku-ma | and I |
| 14 | ub-ba-lu _lu2-mesz_ ma-:"-as-_sa3-mesz#_ | they will carry out. The men of Masassa |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u a-mur-mi3 | and I have seen |
| 2 | _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-ta-_mesz_ | the mayors |
| 3 | sza it-ti-ia | who with me |
| 4 | la-a ti-pu-szu-na | you did not do, |
| 5 | ki-ma ia-ti-ia la-a | like me not |
| 6 | te-er-ri-szu-na | return to them. |
| 7 | i-na _iri_ szu-na-ma{ki} | in the city Šunama |
| 8 | u la-a tu-ub-ba-lu-na | and you will not bring it to me. |
| 9 | _lu2-mesz_ ma-as-sa3-_mesz_ u3 | the assassins and |
| 10 | a-na-ku-ma :" ya-hu-du-un-ni | I am a young man who has come to me. |
| 11 | ub-ba-lu _lu2-mesz_ ma-as-sa3-_mesz_ | they shall carry out. The assasu men |
| 12 | isz-tu _iri_ ia-pu{ki#} | from the city of Iapu |
| 13 | yi-la-ku isz-tu szu-[nu] | I will go with them. |
| 14 | an-ni-ki-ma isz-tu# | This from |
| 15 | _iri#-nu_-ri-ib-ta2{ki#} | Nūribta |
| 16 | [u] li-de-mi | and let him know. |
| left | ||
| 31 | _lugal en_-ia a-na _iri{ki}_-:"-szu | the king, my lord, to his city |
Sources & licences
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