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EA 073 (P270901)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270901 |
| Museum no. | BM 029798(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 {disz}a-ma-an-ap-pa a-bi-ia | to Amanappa my father |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}ri-ib-ad-da _dumu_-ka-ma | Thus Riba-adda, your son: |
| 3 | a-na _giri3-mesz_ a-bi-ia am-qu2-ut | to the feet of my father I fell. |
| 4 | _{d}nin_ sza _iri_ gub-la ti-din | the lady of the city of Gubla has given. |
| 5 | ba-asz-ta-ka# i-na pa-ni | Your limbs in the presence |
| 6 | _lugal_-ri _en_-ka a-na mi-nim | What does the king, your lord, say? |
| 7 | qa-la-ta u3 la-a taq2-bu | You are silent and you do not speak. |
| 8 | a-na _lugal_-ri _en_-li-ka | To the king, your lord: |
| 9 | u3 tu-s,a-na qa-du _erin2-mesz_ | and bring, together with the troops |
| 10 | pi2-t,a2-ti u3 ti-ma-qu2-tu | Release and famine, |
| 11 | _ugu kur_ a-mur-ri szum-ma | against Amurru if |
| 12 | ti-isz3-mu-na a-s,e2-mi _erin2-mesz_ | Tišmuna, the troops |
| 13 | pi2-t,a2-ti u3 i-zi-bu _iri-mesz_-szu-nu | release, and the burning of their cities |
| 14 | u3 pa-at,-ru at-ta u2-ul | And you are not a fugitive. |
| 15 | ti-i-de _kur_ a-mur-ri i-nu-ma | the river of the land Amurru when |
| 16 | a-szar da-an-ni ti-la-ku-na | where you live, |
| 17 | u3 an-nu-usz i-na-an-na | And now |
| 18 | [u2]-ul i-ra-a-mu a-na {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta | shall not be angry with Abdi-Aširta |
| 19 | mi#-na yi#-pu-szu a-na sza-szu#-nu | What are his actions to them? |
| 20 | [u3] tu-ba-u2-na ur-ra | and Tubāna, the dog |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u3] mu-sza-am a-s,e2 _erin2-mesz_ | and the night, the troops' exit |
| 2 | pi2-t,a2-ti u3 ni-te9-pu-usz | Release, and we will do. |
| 3 | a-na sza-a-sze u3 ka-li | for that and all |
| 4 | _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-ti7 tu-ba-u2-na | the mayors of Tubāna |
| 5 | i-pe2-esz an-nu-tu4 a-na {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta | this to Abdi-Aširta |
| 6 | i-nu-ma yi-isz3-ta-par2 a-na _lu2-mesz_ | when I sent to the men |
| 7 | _iri_ am-mi-ia du-ku-mi _en_-ku-nu | The city of my father-in-law is your lord. |
| 8 | u3 in-ne2-ep-szu a-na | and he will perform it. |
| 9 | _lu2-mesz gaz_ ki-na-na ti-iq-bu-na | the men who kill me, you have said to me: |
| 10 | _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-tu4 ki-na-na | the mayors of Kinana |
| 11 | yi-pu-szu a-na ia-szi-nu | they will do to me. |
| 12 | u3 ti-ne2-pu-szu ka-li _kur-mesz_ | and all the lands |
| 13 | a-na _lu2-mesz gaz_ u3 qi2-ba-mi | to the men kill and speak! |
| 14 | a-wa-ta5 an-ni-ta a-na pa-ni | this word before |
| 15 | _lugal_-ri _en_-li-ka i-nu-ma | When the king, your lord, |
| 16 | a-bu u3 be-lu at-ta-ma | You are father and lord |
| 17 | a-na ia-szi u3 a-na ka-ta5 | to me and to you |
| 18 | pa-ni-ia na-ad-na-ti | presented before me. |
| 19 | ti-i-de pa-ar-s,a-ia | You know my weakness. |
| 20 | i-nu-ma i-ba-sza-ta i-na | When there is, in |
| 21 | _iri#_ s,u#-mu-ra i-nu-ma | the city Ṣumura, when |
| 22 | _ARAD2_ ki#-it-ti-ka a-na-ku | I am your trusted servant. |
| 23 | u3 qi2-bi a-na _lugal_ be-li-[ka] | And say to the king, your lord: |
| 24 | u3 tu#-wa-sza-<ar?> til-la-tu a-[na] | and you will give the finished product to |
| 25 | ia-szi ki-ma ar-hi-isz3 | I, like a young child, |
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