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EA 053 (P270922)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270922 |
| Museum no. | BM 029820(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 | To Nammuriya son of Šamaš my lord |
| 2 | um#-ma# [{disz}a]-ki#-iz#-zi# _{lu2}ARAD2_-ka-ma | Thus Akizi, your servant: |
| 3 | 7(disz)-szu# [7(disz)-szu a]-na# _uzu# giri3-mesz_ be-li2-ia am-qut | 7 times 7 times to the feet of my lord I fell. |
| 4 | be-[li2 e]-nu#-ma# a-masz#-szar#-ma pa-li-it, u3 la-a mit [...] | My lord, when I am dead, I will die and I will not die. |
| 5 | [...] a-na sza# be-li2-ia [u3 i]-na#-an#-na be#-li2# | ... to my lord, and now my [lo]rd |
| 6 | [_lu2] ARAD2#_ sza be-li2-ia-ma i-na asz-ri _kur#_ {d}iszkur# | the servant of my lord in the temple of the land of Adad |
| 7 | [a]-mur# i-na#-an-na [ia-na] asz-ri _dingir_-ka# a x x li-it-tal#-[kam2] | Now, may he go to the place of your god ... |
| 8 | sza be-li2-ia a-[ra]-mu#-szu# [u3 i]-na#-an-na {disz}a-i-t,u#-ga#-ma# [qa-du] | of my lord I have prayed to him, and now Aiṭugama together with |
| 9 | _lugal kur_ ha-[at]-te# [a-na _ugu_]-hi#-ia yi#-iz-zi | The king of the land Hatti will stand over me. |
| 10 | u3 _uzu sag#-du#_-[ia u2]-ba-ah-a-szu | and my head he shall cut off. |
| 11 | u3 i-na-an-na {disz}[a-i-t,u-ga]-ma# a-na# ia-szi isz-ta-par | And now Aiṭugama has written to me |
| 12 | u3 iq-ta-bi# [al-kam2-mi] it#-ti ia-szi | And he said: "Come with me!" |
| 13 | a-na sza _lugal# kur_ ha-at#-[te aq-ta]-bi a-na-ku# | I said to the king of Hatti: "I am." |
| 14 | ki-i a-[mu]-ta# [la a-na sza] _lugal# kur_ ha-[at]-te# | As a gift not to the king of Hatti |
| 15 | a-na-ku a-na# _lugal#_ be-[li2-ia] _lugal# kur#_ [{disz}]is,-ri _ARAD2#_ | I myself, to the king, my lord, king of the land of Iṣri, servant |
| 16 | asz-ta-par u3 aq#-[bi ki]-ia#-[am] a-na sza# _lugal kur_ ha-at-te | I sent and said to the king of Hatti as follows: |
| 17 | be-li2 [...] | My lord |
| 18 | u3 _kur_-tum an#-nu#-[u2 ...] an# | and this land ... |
| 19 | u3 szum-ma [...] | and if |
| 20 | u3 be-li2-ia ki#-[i]-ma# [ar-hi-isz li]-wa-asz-sze-ir-szu | and my lord, quickly release him. |
| 21 | u3 li-il-li-kam2# a-na# [sza {disz}a-i]-t,u-ga-ma | and come to Aiṭugama |
| 22 | ki-i-me-e be-li2 [...] pa-nu-ka | When my lord ... your face |
| 23 | i-pal-la-ah u3 _kur_ [u2-be ib-bal]-kat# [a]-na# sza# be-li2-ia | he will be afraid and the land will revolt against me. To my lord |
| 24 | be-li2 a-mur# [{disz}a-i]-t,u#-ga#-[ma il-li-kam2] | My lord, I have seen Aiṭugama who came |
| 25 | [a]-na# sza# _kur_ ha#-[at-te ...] _lu2_ nu-kur-tum | to the land Hatti ... a non-canonical person |
| 26 | sza be-li2-ia [i]-na# lib3#-bi#-szu# [...] | which my lord in his heart |
| 27 | u3 _kur_ [u2]-be# [...] ab-bi-szu | and the land ... his fathers |
| 28 | be-li2 il#-li#-kam2# {disz}a-i-t,u#-[ga]-ma# [u3 _kur_ u2]-be# | My lord came; Aiṭugama and the land shall swear. |
| 29 | _kur-kur_-tum sza# be-li2-ia# i-na# [...]-szu#-nu# | the lands of my lord in their ... |
| 30 | u3 il-te-qe3 szu _e2_-tum# _ku3-[babbar_] | and he has taken. That house of silver |
| 31 | u3 il-te-qe3 szu 2(disz) me qa#-[aq-qa-ru] | and he took it. Hand of 200 qaqqaru |
| 32 | u3 il-te-qe3 szu 3(disz) qa#-aq#-qa#-ru# | and he took it. Hand of 3 qaqaru |
| 33 | u3 il-te-qe3 szu [1(disz) qa]-aq#-qa#-ru [...] | and he took it. Hand of one qaqqaru |
| 34 | isz-tu _e2_-tum sza# {disz}nam-ia-za# | from the house of Namiaza |
| 35 | be#-li2 i-szak-ka3-[nu] {disz}te-u2-wa#-at-ti _iri_ la#-[pa]-na# | my lord shall place. Teuwattu the city of Lapana |
| 36 | u3 {disz}ar#-za-u2-ia _iri_ ru-hi-iz-zi | and Arzāya, the city of Raḫiši |
| 37 | a-na pa-ni {disz}a-i-t,u-ga-ma u3 _kur_ [u2-a]-be | before Aiṭugama and the land he shall testify |
| 38 | _kur-kur_-tum sza be-li2-ia | the lands of my lord |
| 39 | i-na _izi-mesz_ i-szar-ri-ip szu | with fire he shall burn him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | be-li2 ki-i-me-e a-na-ku a-na _lugal_ be-li2-ia# | My lord, as I myself to the king, my l[ord] |
| 2 | a-ra-ah-am u3 ki-ia-am _lugal kur_ nu-ha-asz-sze | Araḫam and thus the king of the land Nuhašše |
| 3 | _lugal kur_ ni-i _lugal kur_ zi-in-za-ar | king of the land of Nî, king [of the land] of Zinzār |
| 4 | u3 _lugal kur_ tu-na-na-at u3 an-nu-ut-ti | and the king of the land, these and these |
| 5 | gab2-ba2 _lugal-mesz_ a-na sza be-li2-ia _{lu2}ARAD2-mesz_-ma# | all the kings to my lord servants |
| 6 | ki-i-me-e i-li-ih-e _lugal_ be-li2-ia u3 it-ta#-[as,-zi] | When the king, my lord, was afraid, he stood by me. |
| 7 | [u3] um-ma-a _lugal_ be-li2-ia la it-ta-as,#-zi# | And thus says the king, my lord: "He has not come out." |
| 8 | [u3] be-li2-ia _erin2-mesz_ bi-it-ta-te li-wa-asz-sze-ir | and my lord the troops of the settlements may he make perfect. |
| 9 | [u3] li-il#-[li-kam2] isz-tu _kur_-tum an-nu-[u2] | And he should come from this country. |
| 10 | [ki]-i-me-e be-li2# _lugal-mesz_ an-nu-ut-ti ra#-im#-tum#-szu | When my lord these kings his love |
| 11 | _lu2#-gal_-bi sza be-li2-ia u3 mi-nu-um-me-e | the chief of my lord, and whatever |
| 12 | _nig2-ba-mesz_-szu-nu li-iq-bi u3 li-it-ti-nu-nim | their property may he command, and may they keep me alive. |
| 13 | be-li2 szum-ma _kur_-tum an-nu-u2 isz-tu lib3-bi be-li2-ia | My lord, if this land from the heart of my [lord] |
| 14 | i-szak-ka3-an u3 _erin2-mesz_ bi-it-ta-te be-li2-ia | he shall place, and the troops belonging to my lord |
| 15 | li-wa-asz-sze-ir u3 li-il-li-kam2 u3 _{lu2-mesz}dumu-kin_-szu# | may he bring and come, and his messengers |
| 16 | sza be-li2-ia ik-szu-du-nim | which my lord had established |
| 17 | be-li2 szum-ma {disz}ar-za-u2-ia _iri_ ru-hi-zi | My lord, if Arzāya of the city Rahizu |
| 18 | u3 {disz}te-u2-wa-at-ti _iri_ la-pa-na i-na _kur#_ u2-be asz-bu | and Teuwatti, the city of Lapana, dwells in the land. |
| 19 | u3 {disz}da#-sza i-na _kur_ am-ki# asz-bu u3 lu-u2 i-te-szu-nu | and her daughter dwells in the land of Amki, or with them |
| 20 | be-li2-ia e-nu-ma _kur_ u2-be sza la be-li2-ia | my lord, when the land of Ube |
| 21 | i-na _u4_-mi-sza-am-ma a-na {disz}a-i-tu-ga-ma i-sza-ap-pa-ru-nim | On the day that they write to Aituga |
| 22 | u3 ki-ia-am iq-bu-nim al-kam2-mi u3 li-gi#-[mi] | And he said thus: "Come, and return!" |
| 23 | _kur_ u2-be gab2-ba2-am-ma | the entire land, |
| 24 | be-li2 ki-i-me-e _iri_ ti-ma-asz-gi i-na _kur_ u2-be | my lord, like the city of Tamašgi in the land he shall dwell |
| 25 | a-na _uzu giri3-mesz_-ka qa-ti-hi u3 ki-ia-am _iri_ qat,3-na | to your feet a hand, and thus the city of Handna |
| 26 | a-na _uzu giri3-mesz_-ka qa-ti-hu li-esz u3 be-li2-ia | May my lord be attentive to the meat of your feet. |
| 27 | a-na pa-ni _{lu2}dumu-kin_-ia _nam-til-la_ a i-ir-ri-szu# [x x] me#-e | before my messenger, for the well-being of his wife ... water |
| 28 | la pal-ha-ak-ku a-na pa-ni _erin2-mesz_ bi-it-ta#-[te sza be]-li2-ia# | I am not afraid of the troops of my lord. |
| 29 | e-nu-ma _erin2-mesz_ bi-it-ta-te sza be-li2-[ia] | When the troops of the possessions of my lord |
| 30 | ki-i-me-e u2-wa-asz-szar-an-ni u3 i-ir-[ru-bu] | as soon as he has freed me and entered |
| 31 | i-na _iri_ qat,3-na | in the city of Qaṭna |
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