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EA 125 (P270905)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 125 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270905 |
| Museum no. | BM 029802(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 _lugal_-ri _en#_-[ia] | To the king, my lord: |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur# _ARAD2#_-[ka-ma] | Thus Rib-Adad, your servant: |
| 3 | a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}utu#_-ia | to the feet of my lord, my Šamaš |
| 4 | 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-an am-qu2-ut | I fall seven times seven times. |
| 5 | _{d}nin_ sza _iri_ gub-la | the goddess of the city of Gubla |
| 6 | ti-di-in4 _ga-kal_ a-na | a basket of lentils for |
| 7 | _lugal_-ri _en_-ia i-nu-ma | the king, my lord, when |
| 8 | i-qa-bu _lugal_-ru _en_-ia | They say to the king, my lord: |
| 9 | u2-s,ur-mi3 ra-ma-an-ka | the guardian angel of your own free will |
| 10 | u3 u2-s,ur _iri lugal_-ri | and the guard of the royal city |
| 11 | sza it-ti-ka isz-tu# | who with you from |
| 12 | ma-ni i-na-s,a-ru-na | they will keep an eye on him. |
| 13 | ra-ma-ni-ia u3 _iri [lugal_-ri] | my love and the king's city |
| 14 | pa-na-nu _lu2-mesz_ ma-s,a-ar-ti | before the guards |
| 15 | _lugal_-ri it-ti-ia u3 | the king with me and |
| 16 | _lugal_-ru ia-di-nu _sze-_im-_hi-a_ | The king gave me the barley. |
| 17 | isz-tu _kur_ ia-ri-mu-ta | from the land of Yarimu |
| 18 | a-na a-ka-li-szu-nu u3 | for their food and |
| 19 | an-nu-u2 i-na-na | Now then |
| 20 | isz-ta-ha-at,-ni {disz}a-zi-ru | Aziru, |
| 21 | u3 isz-ta-ni u2-ul | and he does not |
| 22 | _gu4-mesz_ u3 la-a _uz!-[mesz_] | oxen and not goats |
| 23 | a-na ia-szi la-qa-a | I have taken it. |
| 24 | {disz}a-zi-ru gab2-ba | Aziru on the left |
| 25 | u3 ia-nu _sze-_im-_hi-a_ | and there is no barley |
| 26 | a-na a-ka-li#-ia | to my food |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 _lu2-mesz_ [hu]-ub-szi | and the robbers |
| 2 | pa-at,-ru a-na _iri-mesz#_ | to the cities |
| 3 | a-szar i-ba-szi sze-_im-hi-a#_ | where there is barley, |
| 4 | a-na a-ka-li-szu-nu | for their food |
| 5 | sza-ni-tam a-mi-ni yi-isz3-ta-ka-nu-ni | Secondly, my name is Yishtakanuni. |
| 6 | _lugal_-ru ki-ma _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-ti | the king like the mayors |
| 7 | _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-tu _iri-mesz_-szu-nu | the mayors of their cities |
| 8 | a-na sza-szu-nu _lu2-mesz_ | to them the men |
| 9 | hu-<up>-szu-szu-nu i-na | their possessions in |
| 10 | szap-li-szu-nu u3 | their lower part and |
| 11 | a-na-ku _iri-mesz_-ia a-na {disz}a-zi-ri | I my cities to Aziri |
| 12 | u3 ia-ti yu-ba-u2 | and me, Yabau, |
| 13 | a-na ma-ni i-pu-szu ki-ta | for a man he built, lower |
| 14 | it-ti-szu mi-nu _ur-gi7-mesz#_ | with him, what dogs |
| 15 | {disz}dumu-mesz {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta# | sons of Arad-Aširta |
| 16 | u3 <<u3>> ti-pu-szu-na | and their work |
| 17 | ki-ma lib3-bi-szu-nu u3 | according to their heart and |
| 18 | tu-wa-szi-ru-na _iri-mesz_ | the cities you destroyed. |
| 19 | _lugal_-ri i-na _{d}izi_ | the king by Ištar |
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