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EA 142 (P270912)

letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE

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Designation	EA 142
ID	P270912
Museum no.	BM 029810(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 en_-ia sza-ri] _til-la#_-ia	To the king, my lord: my life is long.
2	[um-ma am-mu-ni]-ra _ARAD2_-ka	Thus says your servant:
3	[u3 i-pi2]-ri# sza 2(disz) _gesz-mesz_-ka	and the harvest of your two trees
4	[a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia 7(disz) u7-ta-a-an]	to the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times
5	[am-qu2-ut] sza2#-ni-tam	second omen
6	[isz-te]-me# a-wa-_te-mesz dub_-pi sza usz-te9-szir4-szu	He heard the words of a tablet which he had written.
7	[a-na ia-szi] _lugal en_-ia u3 en-du-um	to me, the king, my lord, and Endûm
8	[isz]-te-me a-wa-_te-mesz dub lugal en_-ia	He heard the words of the tablet of the king, my lord.
9	u3 yi-ih-di _sza3_-ia u3	and my heart's desire and
10	in4#-nam-mu-ru 2(disz) _igi-mesz_-ia ma-gal	have seen my two eyes greatly
11	sza2#-ni-tam a-nu-ma na-as,-ra-ku ma-gal	Secondly, herewith I am very guarded.
12	u3 us,-s,u2-ru _iri{ki} pu2-hi-a_	and the canal inspector of the city
13	a-na _lugal en_-ia a-di ka-sza-di	to the king, my lord, until I reach
14	_erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti _lugal en_-ia	troops under the authority of the king, my lord
15	sza2-ni-tam a-na _lu2 iri_ gub-la sza e-ba-asz-sza	a second one to the governor of the city of Gubla, who was born
16	it-ti-ia a-nu-um-ma i-na-s,a-ru-szu	Now they are guarding him.
17	a-di yi-im-lu-ku _lugal_ a-na _ARAD2_-szu	as long as he lives the king to his servant
18	sza2-ni-tam yi-il5-ma-ad _lugal en_-ia	Secondly, Yalmadu, the king, my lord
19	e-pi2-isz _szesz_-szu sza e-ba-asz-sza#	his brother who was born
20	i-na _iri_ gub-la i-nu-ma na-da#-[an]	in the city of Gubla, when it is given
21	_dumu-dumu-mesz_ sza {disz}ri-ib#-[{d}]iszkur#	sons of Rib-Adad
22	ma# e-ba-asz-szu it-ti-ia	saying: “It is him who is angry with me.
23	a-na _lu2-mesz_ ar-nu-ti!# sza#	to the old men who
reverse
1	_lugal_-ri sza i-na _kur_ a-mur#-ri#	the king who in Amurru
2	sza2-ni-tam a-nu-um-ma szu#-szi-ra#-ku	Secondly, herewith I am
3	qa-du _ansze-kur-ra-hi-a_-ia u3	together with my horses and
4	u3 qa-du _{gesz}gigir-hi-a_-ia u3 qa-du	and with my chariot and with
5	gab2-bi mi-im-_mi-hi-a_	all of it
6	sza e-ba-asz-sza it-ti-ia	who has become angry with me,
7	a-na pa-ni _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-at	in the presence of the troops released.
8	_lugal en_-ia	the king, my lord
9	sza2-ni-tam a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia	Secondly, to the feet of the king, my lord
10	[7(disz)] u 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qu2-ut	I fall seven and seven times.

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