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EA 009 (P270888)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270888 |
| Museum no. | BM 029785(Egypt) |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 ni-ip-hu-ur-ri-ri-ia _lugal kur_ mi#-[is,-ri-i] | to Niphurriya, king of the land of Mishrî |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma bur-ra-bu-ri-ia-asz _lugal kur_ ka-ra-du#-ni#-ia-asz | Bur-raburiash, king of the land of Carchemish, says: |
| 4 | _szesz_-ka-ma a-na ia-a-szi szu-ul-mu | your brother, I am well. |
| 5 | a-na ka-a-sza _e2_-ka _dam-mesz_-ka _dumu-mesz_-ka _kur_-ka | to you, your house, your wives, your sons, your land |
| 6 | _lu2-gal-mesz_-ka _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-ka _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ka da-an-[ni]-isz# lu szu-ul-mu | May your magnates, your horses and your chariots be well. |
| 7 | ul-tu ab-bu-u2-a-a u3 ab-bu-ka it-ti a-ha-mi-[isz] | From my father and your father, together |
| 8 | t,a-bu-ta id-bu-bu | he spoke pleasant words. |
| 9 | szu-ul-ma-na ba-na-a a-na a-ha-mi-isz ul-te-bi-i-lu-ni# | They have sent me a message of well-being and I am herewith sending it to you. |
| 10 | u3 me-ri-el-ta ba-ni-ta a-na a-ha-mi-isz ul ik-lu#-u2 | and Merīlta, the creator, did not agree to each other. |
| 11 | i-na-an-na a-hu-u2-a-a 2(disz) _ma-na# ku3-sig17_ a-na szu-ul-ma-ni-ia ul-te-bi-i-la | Now, my brother, I have sent 2 minas of gold for my well-being. |
| 12 | i-na-an-na-ma _ku3-sig17_ ma-a-ad ma-la sza ab-bi-ka szu-bi-la | Now, send me as much gold as your father sent. |
| 13 | u3 szum-ma mi-i-is, mi-szi-el sza ab-bi-ka szu-bi-i-la | And if you send me half of the half of your father, |
| 14 | am-mi-ni 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ tu-sze-bi-e-la | Why did you send me 2 minas of gold? |
| 15 | i-na-an-na du-ul-li i-na _e2 dingir_ ma-a-ad u3 ma-gal | Now the work in the temple is much and much |
| 16 | s,a-ab-ta-ku-u2-ma ip-pu-usz _ku3-sig17_ ma-a-da szu-bi-la | I am captured, and he shall do. Send gold to me! |
| 17 | u3 at-ta mi-im-ma sza ha-asz-ha-a-ta i-na _kur_-ia | And you, whatever you have in my land |
| 18 | szu-up-ra-am-ma li-el-qu-ni-ik-ku | Send me, so that they may take it away. |
| 19 | i-na ku-ri-gal-zu a-bi-ia ki-na-ha-a-a-u2 ga-ab-bi-szu-nu | In Kurigalzu, my father, the Kinaḫaeans, I want to speak with them. |
| 20 | a-na mu-uh-hi-szu el-ta-ap-ru-ni um-ma-a a-na qa-an-ni _kur_ | he sent to him, saying: "Go to the border of the land!" |
| 21 | ku#-usz#-da-am-ma i ni-ba-al-ki-ta-am-ma | “Let us go out, and |
| 22 | [it]-ti#-ka i ni-sza-ki-in a-bu-u2-a-a | With you, may my father be established. |
| 23 | an-ni-ta el-ta-ap-ra-szu-nu-ti | This I have sent to them. |
| 24 | um-ma-a | Thus (says) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu-usz-sze-ir it-ti-ia a-na na-asz-ku-u2-ni | who makes peace with me, for bringing |
| 2 | szum-ma it-ti _lugal_ sza mi-is,-ri-i a-hi-ia ta-at-ta-ak-ra-ma | if with the king who my brother had killed, and |
| 3 | it-ti sza-ni-im-ma ta-at-ta-asz-ka-na | You have brought it with another. |
| 4 | a-na-ku ul al-la-ka-am-ma ul a-ha-ba-at-ku-nu-szi-i | I will not come and I will [n]ot take hold of you. |
| 5 | ki-i it-ti-ia na-asz-ku-nu a-bu-u2-a-a | When my father brought me with me, |
| 6 | asz-szum a-bi-ka ul isz-mi-szu-nu-ti | Because your father did not hear them, |
| 7 | i-na-an-na asz-szur-ra-a-a-u2 da-gi-il pa-ni-ia | Now, the Assyrians, the one who reveres me, |
| 8 | a-na-ku ul asz-pu-ra-ak-ku ki-i t,i-mi-szu-nu | I did not send you (word) that they were happy. |
| 9 | a-na _kur_-ka am-mi-ni el-li-ku-u2-ni | to your land why did you come up? |
| 10 | szum-ma ta-ra-ah-ma-an-ni szi-ma-a-ti mi-im-ma | § 2: If you are to see me, what is it that you know? |
| 11 | la ip-pu-u2-szu ri-qu-ti szu-nu ku-usz-szi-da-szu-nu-ti | They are rebellious, they are enraged. |
| 12 | a-na szu-ul-ma-ni-ka 3(disz) _ma-na {na4}za-gin3 kur_ | for your well-being 3 minas of lapis lazuli |
| 13 | u 5(disz) _lal_ sza _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ sza 5(disz) _{gesz}gigir-mesz gesz-mesz_ | and 5 bales of horses of 5 chariots, |
| 14 | ul-te-bi-la-ak-ku | I have sent to you |
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