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EA 123 (P270906)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270906 |
| Museum no. | BM 029803(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 | {disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur isz-ta-par2 | Rib-Adad has sent |
| 2 | a-na _en_-szu _lugal_-ri _gal_ | To his lord, the great king: |
| 3 | _lugal_-ri _kur-kur{ki} lugal_-ri | king of all the lands, king |
| 4 | ta-am-ha-ar# _{d}nin_ | the praise of the Lady |
| 5 | sza _iri_ gub-la ti-di-in4 | of the city of Gubla |
| 6 | _kal-ga_ a-na _lugal_-ri | the mighty to the king |
| 7 | _en_-ia a-na _giri3-mesz_ | my lord to the feet |
| 8 | _en_-ia _{d}utu_ 7(disz)-szu | my lord Šamaš 7 times |
| 9 | 7(disz)-ta-an am-<qu2-ut> ip-szu | 7 times I fell, |
| 10 | sza-a la a-pi2-isz3 | without interruption, |
| 11 | isz#-tu da-ri-ti | From eternity |
| 12 | [a]-pi2-isz3 a-na _iri_ gub-la | sacrificed to the city of Gubla |
| 13 | usz#-szi-ir {disz}pi2-hu-ra | Pihura |
| 14 | [_lu2]-mesz# kur_ su-te da#-[ku] | The people of the land of Sutu are killed. |
| 15 | [_lu2_] sze-er-da-ni [u3] | a man of the šerdani and |
| 16 | la#-qu2 3(disz) _lu2_ [u3] | 3 men and |
| 17 | szu#-ri-bu i#-[na] | a šuribu in |
| 18 | _kur_ mi-is,-ri [szum-ma] | the land of Mishri if |
| 19 | la-a yu-wa-[szi-ru] | they shall not raise a claim. |
| 20 | szu-nu _lugal_-ru _en#_-[li] | They are kings, my lord. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-di ti-pu-szu-[na] | as long as he lives |
| 2 | ar-na _ugu_-ia# | a curse against me |
| 3 | [szum]-ma i-ra-am _lugal#_-[ru] | If it pleases the king, |
| 4 | _en#_-li _ARAD2_ ki-ti#-[szu] | My lord, servant of his country. |
| 5 | [u3] usz-szi-ra | and he brought |
| 6 | [3(disz)] _lu2_ u3 ib-lu-t,a2 | 3 men and Ibluṭu |
| 7 | u3 i-na-s,i2-ra | and he will carry out |
| 8 | _iri_ a-na _lugal_-ri | the city to the king |
| 9 | i-nu-ma i-sza-pa-ru | when they write |
| 10 | _lugal_-ru u2-s,ur-mi | the king shall guard. |
| 11 | ra-ma-an-ka isz-tu ma-ni | Your love from the land |
| 12 | i-na-s,i2-ru-na | they will bring in. |
| 13 | 3(disz) _lu2_ sza-a szu-ri-ib | 3 men of Šurib, |
| 14 | {disz}pi2-hu-ra usz-szi#-ra | Piḫura brought |
| 15 | u3 bal-t,a2-ti | and the living |
| 16 | {disz}ARAD2-i-ra-ma | Abdi-irama |
| 17 | {disz}szum2-{d}iszkur {disz}ARAD2-lugal | Šum-Adad, Warad-šarru |
| 18 | mi#-nu {disz}dumu-mesz {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta | What are the sons of Warad-Ašir |
| 19 | u3 la-qu2 _kur_ | and the deficit of the land |
| 20 | _lugal_-ri a-na sza-szu-nu | the king to them |
| 21 | yu-wa-szi-ra# [_lugal erin2-mesz_] | Yawashira, king of the troops |
| 22 | pi2-t,a2-ti u3# [ti-il3-qe2] | Released and taken. |
| 23 | szu#-nu [ka]-li#-[szu-nu] | all of them |
Sources & licences
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