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EA 118 (P270886)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 118 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270886 |
| Museum no. | BM 019808(Egypt) + VAT 01662 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 | a-na {disz}lugal-ri _en_-ia | To Lugalri, my lord: |
| 2 | _{d}utu_ qi2-bi2-ma | Šamaš, speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur _ARAD2_-ka-ma | Thus Rib-Adad, your servant: |
| 4 | a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}utu_ | to the feet of my lord, Šamaš |
| 5 | 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-an am-qu2-ut | I fall seven times seven times. |
| 6 | _{d}nin_ sza _iri_ gub-la | the goddess of the city of Gubla |
| 7 | ti-di-in4 _kal-ga_ a-na _lugal_ | strong advice to the king |
| 8 | _en_-ia a-nu-ma ki-a-ma | my lord, herewith |
| 9 | asz-ta-pa-ru a-na _e2-gal#_ | I sent to the palace. |
| 10 | [... nu]-kur2 sza-a _ugu_-ia | ... which is not new to me |
| 11 | u3 ia-di-na _lugal_ | and Yadina the king |
| 12 | _lu2-mesz_ ma-s,a-ar-ta | the guards |
| 13 | a-na _ARAD2_-szu sza-ni-tam di-nu | to his servant another, a lawsuit |
| 14 | a-na ia-szi usz-szi-ra | to me he shall bring |
| 15 | _{lu2}maszkim_ yi-isz3-me a-wa-te-ia | the governor who hears my words |
| 16 | u3 ia-di-na ki-ti-ia# | and Iadina, my spouse |
| 17 | i-na qa-ti-ia u3 | in my hand and |
| 18 | szum-ma ap-pu-na-ma yi-il3-qe2 | If I ask, he will take it. |
| 19 | _lugal_ mi-im-mi-ia isz-tu | the king of everything from |
| 20 | _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-ti a-na sza-a-szu | the mayors to him |
| 21 | sza#-ni-tam nu-kur2 _kal-ga_ | a second one, mighty, unchangeable |
| 22 | [a]-na# ia-szi u3 ba-la-ta# | to me and your life |
| 23 | [a-na] _lu2-mesz_ hu-up-szi [ia-nu] | to the hupši men are there. |
| 24 | [u3] al-lu-mi# pa#-t,a2#-[ru] | and allulmu-disease is shattered. |
| 25 | [a]-na# ma-har _dumu-mesz_ | before the sons |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [{disz}]ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta u3 | Abdi-Aširta and |
| 2 | [a]-na _iri_ s,i2-<du>-na u3 | to Ṣiduna and |
| 3 | _iri_ be-ru-ta al-lu-mi | the city of Bēruta I surrounded. |
| 4 | _dumu-mesz_ {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta nu-kur2 | sons of Arad-Aširta, not changed |
| 5 | a-na _lugal_ u3 _iri_ s,i2-du-na | to the king and the city of Sidon |
| 6 | u3! _iri_ be-ru-ta u2-ul | and the city of Beruta did not |
| 7 | a-na _lugal_ usz-szi-ra | to the king brought |
| 8 | _{lu2}maszkim2_ yi-il3-qa-szu-nu | the guarantor took them. |
| 9 | u2-ul <<_disz>>_ i-te9-zi-ib _iri_-li3 | he did not seize the city |
| 10 | u3 i-pa-t,a2-ra | and he shall redeem |
| 11 | a-na mu-hi-ka al-lu | I will come to you. |
| 12 | pa-t,a2-ri-ma _lu2-mesz_ hu-up-szi u3 | are released, and the men of Huppši and |
| 13 | s,a-ab-tu _lu2-mesz gaz-mesz_ | captured, killed men |
| 14 | _iri_ a-mur a-na#-ku pa-nu-ia-ma | I have seen the city, but I myself |
| 15 | a-na# a-ra-ad _lugal_ ki-a par-s,i2 | to the king in accordance with the rites |
| 16 | sza a-bu-ti-ia# u3 | of my father and |
| 17 | yu-wa-szi-ra _lugal_-ru _erin2-mesz_-szu | Yawashira, the king, his troops |
| 18 | pi2-t,a2-ti-szu# | his release |
| 19 | u3 yu-sza-ap-szi-ih _kur_-szu | and he conquered his land |
| 20 | a-na _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-tu _iri-mesz_ | to the mayors of the cities |
| 21 | a-na sza-szu-nu u3 pa-asz-hu | to them and to the pāšhu |
| 22 | u3 la-a ti-isz3-pu-ru-na | and did not write to me. |
| 23 | a-na _lugal_-ri _ugu_-ia-ma | to my king: |
| 24 | u3 _ugu_ {disz}ia-an-ha-mi3 | and against Iān-ḫamu |
| 25 | nu-kur2 a-<<na>>-mur# pa-na-nu | The nukur priestess, the one who sees his face |
| 26 | _{lu2-mesz}maszkim2_ sza-a | the witnesses who |
| 27 | _iri_ s,u-mu-[ra] | the city Ṣumura |
| left | ||
| 1 | [tu]-pa-ri-szu be-ri-nu u3 an-nu-[u2] | You will see his face. Bērūnu and this |
| 2 | la#-a yi-isz3-mu# ha-za-nu a-na sza-[szu] | The mayor should not be angry with him. |
| 3 | ia#-nu _ARAD2_ ki-ma {disz}ia-an-ha-mi | not a slave like Iān-ḫamu |
| 4 | a-na _lugal# ARAD2_ ki-ti | to the king, my lord: |
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