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EA 064 (P270918)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270918 |
| Museum no. | BM 029816(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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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}lugal-ri _en_-ia | To Lugalri, my lord: |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}ARAD2-{d}inanna _ARAD2 lugal_-ri | Thus Abdi-Ištar, servant of the king: |
| 4 | a-na {disz}giri3-mesz-lugal-ri _en_-ia | to Giri-šarri, my lord |
| 5 | ma-aq-ti-ti 7(disz) _giri3-mesz lugal_-ri _en_-ia | 7 feet of the king, my lord |
| 6 | u3 7(disz) mi-la an-na | and 7 half-measures of An |
| 7 | u3 ka-ba-tu-ma u3 s,u2-uh-ru-ma | and the kabtu-shield and the shield |
| 8 | u3 yi-il5-ma-ad _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | and Yalmad, my lord |
| 9 | ki-ma da-na-at _kur2_-nu _ugu_-ia | like a fierce enemy against me |
| 10 | u3 yi-da-mi-iq | and Yadāmiq |
| 11 | i-na pa-ni _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | in the presence of the king, my lord |
| 12 | u3 yu-wa-szi-ra | and Yawašira |
| 13 | 1(disz) _lu2-gal_ a-na na-s,a-ri-ia | 1 chief for my guard |
| 14 | sza-ni-tam a-wa-ti | Another matter: |
| 15 | sza-pa-ar _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| 16 | a-na {disz}ia-szi | to Iaši |
| 17 | u3 isz-te-mu | and he heard |
| 18 | gab2-bi a-wa-ti _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | all the words of the king, my lord |
| 19 | isz-te-mu | has heard |
| 20 | a-nu-ma | Herewith |
| 21 | 1(u) _munus-mesz_ | 10 women |
| 22 | :" mi-ki-tu | ditto miktu |
| 23 | :" ia-pa-aq-ti | ditto “to sneer, |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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