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EA 055 (P270921)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270921 |
| Museum no. | BM 029819(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}nam-mur-ia _dumu {d}utu_ be-li2-ia qi2-bi2-ma# | Speak to Nammuriya, son of Šamaš, my lord: |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}a-ki-iz-zi _ARAD2_-ka-ma | Thus Akizi, your servant: |
| 3 | 7(disz) a-na _uzu giri3-mesz_ be-li2-ia am-qut | 7 to the feet of my lord I fell. |
| 4 | be-li2 i-na asz-ri an-ni-im a-na-ku szu-u2-tu2 | My lord, in this place, am I. |
| 5 | _{lu2}ARAD2_-ka a-na sza# be-li2-ia _sil_ ur-hu ub-ta-e | Your servant, to my lord, a reed thicket covers. |
| 6 | isz-tu sza be-li2-ia# la a-bat,-tar2-me | I shall not raise a claim against my lord. |
| 7 | e-nu-ma szu-tu2-ma _lu2-mesz_ ab-bu-te-_mesz_-ia | When that man, my father-in-law |
| 8 | a-na sza _lu2-mesz ARAD2!(TI)_-ka-ma _kur_-tum an-nu-u2 _kur-hi-a_-ka | To those men, your servants, this land is your land. |
| 9 | _iri_ qat,3-na{ki} _iri_-ka a-na-ku a-na sza be-li2-ia | the city of Hatna, your city, I to my lord |
| 10 | be-li2 e-nu-ma _erin2-mesz_-szu u3 _{gesz}ma2-mesz_-szu | my lord, when his troops and his boats |
| 11 | sza be-li2 il-li-kam2 _ninda-hi-a kasz-hi-a gu4-mesz_ | which my lord came, bread, beer and oxen |
| 12 | _x-hi-a lal3-hi-a_ u3 _i3-mesz_ a-na pa-ni | ... honey and oil before |
| 13 | _erin2-mesz_-szu u3 _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ sza be-li2-ia u2-us,-s,a-ni | his troops and the boats that my lord brought |
| 14 | u3 a-nu-um-ma _lu2-mesz-gal-tum-mesz_ sza be-li2-ia | And now, the magnates of my lord |
| 15 | u3 li#-isz-al-szu-nu be-li2-ia | and ask them, my lord |
| 16 | be-li2 a-na pa-ni _erin2-mesz_-ka u3 a-na pa-ni _{gesz}ma2-mesz_-ka | my lord before your troops and before your boats |
| 17 | _kur-kur_-tum gab2-ba2 i-pal-la-kam2# | all the foreign lands will look at it. |
| 18 | szum-ma be-li2-ia _kur-kur_-tum an-nu-u2 | If my lord this land |
| 19 | a-na sza _kur_-szu i-s,a-ab-bat-szu u3 i-na _mu_ an-ni#-im# | to that of his land will seize him, and in this year |
| 20 | be-li2-ia _erin2-mesz_-szu u3 _{gesz}ma2-mesz_-szu li-wa-asz-szar | my lord, his troops and his boats may he make great. |
| 21 | u3 li-il-li-kam2 ki-i-me-e _kur_ nu-ha-asz-sze gab2-ba2-am-ma | and may he come, as the land of Nuḫašše all together |
| 22 | a-na sza be-li2-ia szum-ma be-li2 _erin2-mesz_ us,#-s,i2#-mi# | to my lord, if my [lo]rd sends troops |
| 23 | asz-szum _kam_ 6(disz) _u4_-mi i-zi-iz-mi i-na _kur#_ mar-[tu?] | Concerning the 6th day, he stood in Amurru |
| 24 | u3 lu-u2 il-te-qe3-szu-nu {disz}a-zi-ra | or has taken them, Azira |
| 25 | u3 szum-ma i-na _kam mu_ an-ni-im _erin2-mesz_-szu# [u3 _{gesz}]ma2#-mesz_-szu# | and if in this year his troops and his boats |
| 26 | sza be-li2-ia la it-ta-zi u3 la iq-[te-...] | that my lord did not rise and did not ... |
| 27 | [a-na] pa#-ni {disz}a-zi-ra i-pal-la-kam2# | before Azira he shall serve |
| 28 | [...]-ri# i-bat,-t,ar2-ru [...] | ... they will smite ... |
| 29 | [...] _lu2#-mesz#_ | ... men |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _lu2_ [x] ri# la# tu#-ub# | Do not abandon a man of ...! |
| 2 | a-na sza be-li2-ia e-nu-[ma] | to that of my lord now |
| 3 | be-li2 i-te-szu be-li2-ia [...] | (Sum) My lord, with his ... (Akk) With his .... |
| 4 | _lu2-mesz_ ab-bu-te-_mesz_-szu sza [...] | the men, his heirs, who ... |
| 5 | u3 i-na-an-na _lugal kur_ ha-at#-[te] | Now, the king of Hatti |
| 6 | i-na i-sza-ti i-szar-ri-ip-szu#-nu | in the night he will make them great. |
| 7 | _dingir-mesz_-szu u3 _lu2-mesz_ mu-te-_mesz_-szu sza _iri#_ [qat,3]-na# | his gods and the men, his wives, of the city of Hatna |
| 8 | _lugal kur_ ha-at-te il-te-qe3-szu-nu | the king of Hatti took them. |
| 9 | be-li2 _lu2-mesz [iri_] qat,3#-na _{lu2}ARAD2-mesz_-ia | My lord, the men of the city of Handana, my servants |
| 10 | {disz}a-zi-ra# szud# il-te-qe3-szu-nu u3 e ip-pa#-szu-nu | Azira took them, and he did it. |
| 11 | isz-tu _kur#_-szu# sza# be-li2-ia | from his land of my lord |
| 12 | u3 i-na-an#-na asz#-[bu]-nim# isz#-tu# _kur_-tum sza be-li2-ia | And now I have stayed in the land of my lord. |
| 13 | _uzu_ lib3#-ba-am [i-di-ba]-szu be-li2-ia | my heart's desire, my lord |
| 14 | li-wa-asz-[szar x x] sza# _lu2-mesz_ qat,3-na | ... of the handiwork of the men |
| 15 | be-li2-ia# [u3] lu#-u2 ip-t,ur-szu-nu | my lord, and I have released them. |
| 16 | iq#-bu#-ma# be-li2-ia _ku3-babbar#-mesz_ ip-te-ri-szu-nu | he said, and my lord silver he returned to them. |
| 17 | ki-i-me-e szu-u2-tu2 u3 lu-ud-din _ku3-babbar-mesz_ | If he so pleases and I shall pay the silver |
| 18 | be-li2 _{d}utu dingir_ a-bi-ia _lu2-mesz_ ab-bu-te-_mesz_-ka | My lord, Šamaš, god of my father, your servants |
| 19 | i-te-ip-pu-usz-szu-nu u3 szu-mu | they will do, and my name |
| 20 | isz-tu _ugu_-hi-szu i-szak-kan2-szu-nu | he shall place upon him. |
| 21 | u3 i-na-an-na _{d}utu dingir_ a-bi-ia | Now, Šamaš, the god of my father |
| 22 | _lugal kur_ ha-at-te il-te-qe3-szu-nu | the king of Hatti took them. |
| 23 | u3 i-te-szu-nu be-li2-ia ip-sze-it-szu-nu sza _dingir-mesz_ | and with them, my lord, he made them fall. Of the gods |
| 24 | ki-i-me-e szu-u2-tu2 u3 i-na-an-na _{d}utu dingir_ a-bi-ia | Now, Šamaš, the god of my father |
| 25 | a-na _ugu_-hi-ia i-tu-ur _uzu_ lib3-ba-am | to me returned, the heart |
| 26 | be-li2-ia i-di#-ba#-szu u3 li-id-din-szu | My lord, I will give him and give him. |
| 27 | _gin2 ku3-sig17-mesz_ ki-i ma-as,-zi-im-ma | a shekel of gold as a guard |
| 28 | a-na _{d}utu dingir_ a-bi-ia ki-i-me-e | to Šamaš, the god of my father, as I |
| 29 | e-te-pu-szu-ni u3 szu-mu [...] | they have performed against me, and my name |
| 30 | be-li2-ia asz-szum pa-na-nu-um-ma | my lord, concerning the face |
| 31 | isz-tu _ugu_-hi _{d}utu_ i-szak-kan2 | from above Šamaš he shall place. |
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