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EA 149 (P270913)

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

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Designation	EA 149
ID	P270913
Museum no.	BM 029811(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_-li2-ia _{d}utu_-ia _dingir-mesz_-ia8	To the king, my lord: my Šamaš and my gods.
2	um-ma {disz}a-bi-_lugal ARAD2_-ka#	Thus Abī-šarri, your servant:
3	7(disz) u 7(disz) a-na _giri3-mesz lugal_ be-[li2]-ya# am-qut	7 and 7 fell at the feet of the king, my lord.
4	a-na-ku ip-ru isz-tu szu-pa-al _giri3-mesz_	I opened the door from the top of the feet.
5	_kusz_ sze-ni _lugal_ be-li-ia	The king, my lord, can be glad.
6	_lugal_ be-li-ia ki-i-ma _{d}utu_	the king, my lord, like Shamash
7	ki-ma {d}iszkur i-na sza10-me at-ta	like Iškur in our heart, you
8	li-im-li-ik _lugal_ a-na _ARAD2_-szu	the king to his servant
9	_lugal_ be-li-ia ip-qi2-id-ni	the king, my lord, appointed me
10	a-na s,a-ar _iri_ s,ur-ri _geme2 lugal_	to the governor of the city of the governor, the king’s slave woman
11	u3 asz-ta-par t,up-pa u2-mu-t,a	And I have sent word that I will finish my tablet.
12	a-na _lugal en_-li2-ia u3 la-a	to the king, my lord, and not
13	it-te-er a-ma-tu2? a-na ia-szi	has returned the word to me
14	a-na-ku _{lu2}maszkim2 lugal_ be-li-ia	I, the governor of the king, my lord
15	u3 a-na-ku sza u2-bal a-ma-ta5	And I, who carried away the word
16	_du10-ga_ u3 a-na-a-ma li-im-na	good and what else?
17	a-na _lugal_ be-li-ia li-wa-asz-szar	May it be well with the king, my lord!
18	_lugal_ 2(u) _lu2-giri3_ a-na s,a-ar	the king 20 personnel to guard
19	_iri_-szu u3 li-ru-ub a-na _ugu_-hi	his city and enter upon it
20	_lugal_ be-li-ia u3 li-mur pa-ni-szu	the king, my lord, and may he see his face
21	ma-an-nu ba-la-at, _lu2-giri3_	Who is the life of the ša rība?
22	e-nu-ma la-a it-ta-s,i2	If he does not go out,
23	sza-a-ru isz-tu _uzu_ pi2 _lugal_ be-li-szu	The king, his lord, will be glad.
24	u3 ba-li-it, szum-ma _lugal_ isz-ta-par2	and life if the king has sent
25	[a]-na _ARAD2_-szu u3 ba-li-it,	to his servant and life
26	[a-na] da-ri-ti a-na-ku	forever, I
27	[isz]-tu# sza-an-di3-qa2-di3-ma	from Šandiqadi
28	[la i-le] a-na i-re-bi	he does not have, to enter
29	[a-na da]-ga#-li pa-ni _lugal_ be-li-ia	to the presence of the king, my lord,
30	[{disz}e-ta-ka3-ma] pa#-wa-ra	Etakama, the governor
31	[_lu2 iri_ ki-id-szi] it-te-er-mi	the man of the city of Kidši has returned
32	[ma-mi-ta isz]-tu# _lugal_ be-li-ia	It is a matter of life for the king, my lord.
33	[... li-i]-sze-ri-ib-ka	... may they make you enter.
34	[u3 li-i-de4]-ma be-li	and let him know, and my lord
35	[a-na x x]-ra {disz}a-zi-ra	to ... Azira
36	[_dumu_ {disz}ARAD2 {d]}asz-ra-tum	son of Warad-Ašratum
37	[_lu2_] ar#-ni _lugal_ {disz}ha-a-bi	the king’s son-in-law Habi
reverse
1	[mu]-szi#-e-li sza-ri _{lu2}dumu-kin_-ri-ia#	my messenger
2	[it]-ta-din _iri_ s,u-mu-ra	he gave. The city Ṣumura
3	[a]-na# {disz}a-zi-ra u3 la-a	to Azira and not
4	i-qu2-ul _lugal_ isz-tu _iri_ szu#-[a]-ti3#	the king from that city
5	isz-tu _kur_-szu e-nu-ma asz-te-mu	from his land when I heard
6	szu-um _kur_ u3 szu-um um-ma-ni-szu	either the land or his army
7	u3 pal-hu ma-gal u3 gab2-bi	and a great fearsomeness, and all
8	_kur_-ti pal-ha-at u3 sza-a la-a	the land of Palḫat and that which not
9	i-la-ak a-na _egir lugal_ be-li-ia	he will go to the king, my lord.
10	_lugal_ i-de4 szu-um#-ma sza-ak-na-ta-ni	The king knows that he is a šaknatanu.
11	i-na _{lu2}maszkim2_ i-na _iri_ s,ur-ri	by the maškim-official in the city of Ṣurru
12	il-qe3 {disz}zi-im-re-da _iri u2_-su2	Zimrēda, the city of his food
13	isz-tu _ARAD2_-di3-<ka> i-ta-zi-ib-szu	from Warad-Dikka he has seized him
14	u3 ia-nu _a-mesz_ ia-nu _gesz-mesz_ a-na ia-szi-nu	and whether water or wood for them
15	u3 ia-nu a-ia-ka4-mi ni-isz-kan2	And if there is none, we will place it.
16	_lu2-ba-usz2_ u3 _lugal_ be-li-ia	the slaughterer and the king, my lord
17	li-im-li-ik a-na _ARAD2_-szu _lugal_ be-li-ia	to his servant the king, my lord,
18	i-na t,up-pi2 isz-ta-par a-na ia-szi	He has sent it to me on a tablet.
19	mi-nu-um-mi ta-asz-te-me u3 szu-pur	What have you heard and written to me?
20	a-na _lugal_ {disz}zi-im-re-da _iri_ s,i2-du-na	to the king Zimrēda of Sidon
21	u3 {disz}a-zi-ra _lu2_ ar-ni _lugal_	and Azira, the king’s apprentice
22	u3 _lu2-mesz iri_ ar-wa-da it-mu-ni	and the citizens of Arwad heard.
23	u3 isz-ta-ni ma-mi-ta i-na be-ri-szu-nu	Further, there is a man between them.
24	u3 ip-hu-ru-nim _{gesz}ma2-mesz_-szu-nu	and they received their boats
25	_{gesz}gigir-mesz_-szu-nu _erin2-mesz giri3-mesz_-szu-nu	their chariots, the troops at their feet
26	a-na s,a-ba-ti _iri_ s,ur-ri _geme2 lugal_	to capture the city of Ṣurru, the queen
27	ka3-asz-da2-at qa-ti _lugal_ da-an-na-tum	the one who holds the hand of the mighty king
28	u3 da-ga-at-szu-nu _iri_ s,ur-ri	and all of them, the city of Tyre
29	la-a i-le2-u2-nim a-na s,a-bat	he does not agree to seize
30	u3 _iri_ s,u-mu-ra s,a-ab-du-nim	and the city of Ṣumura captured
31	i-na _uzu_ pi2 {disz}zi-im-ri-da	from the mouth of Zimrīda
32	sza u2-ba-lum a-ma-tu2? _lugal_	of Uballum, the word(?) of the king
33	a-na {disz}a-zi-ra u3 asz-ta-par	to Azira and I have sent
34	t,up-pa a-na _lugal_ be-li-ia	a tablet to the king, my lord
35	u3 la-a it-te-er-ni	and he has not returned.
36	a-ma-tu2? a-na _ARAD2_-szu	the word to his servant
37	isz#-tu _mu_-qa2-di3 nu-kur-tum#	from the year "Nukurtum"
38	[i]-na _ugu_-hi-ia ia-nu _a-mesz_	There is no water on my account.
39	ia#-nu _gesz-mesz_ li-wa-asz-szar	there are no trees, let them be pruned.
40	t,up-pa a-na _ARAD2_-szu	a tablet to his servant
left
1	u3 li-ru-ub u3 li-mur pa-ni-szu u3 _lugal_ [li-im-li-ik]	and enter, and see his face, and the king may go.
2	a-na _ARAD2_-szu a-na _iri_-szu u3 la-a [i-te-zi-ib]	to his servant, to his city, and he did not leave
3	_iri_-szu _kur_-szu am-mi-nim i-nam-mu-[usz _{lu2}maszkim2_ sza]	his city and his land he shall kill. The incantation priest who
4	_lugal_ be-li-nu isz-tu _kur_-ti u3 i-te#	the king, our lord, from the land and the sea
5	u3 i-de4 sza-a-i-ru _a2 lugal_ sza ia-nu a-nu-um#-[ma]	and he knows that he is a king’s slave. Now
6	t,up-pi2-ia _lu2-giri3_ a-na _ugu_-hi _lugal {d}utu en_-[ia]	my tablet the courier to the king, Šamaš, my lord
7	u3 _lugal_ li-it-te-er a-na _ARAD2_-szu	and the king may return to his servant.

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