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EA 304 (P270924)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 304 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270924 |
| Museum no. | BM 029822(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 _dingir-mesz_-ia] | To Lugalri, my lord, my gods |
| 2 | _{d}utu_-ia _{d}utu_ sza | Šamaš-ia |
| 3 | isz-tu _an{sza10-me-i}_ | From heaven |
| 4 | um-ma {disz}szu-ba-an-di | Thus Šubandi: |
| 5 | _ARAD2_-ka ip-ri | Your servant, Ipru |
| 6 | sza _uzu giri3-mesz_-[ka] | of your feet |
| 7 | _lu2_ gu-zi sza [_ansze-kur-ra]-mesz_-ka | the herdsman of your horses |
| 8 | a-na _uzu giri3-mesz [lugal_] | for the feet of the king |
| 9 | _en_-ia _{d}utu_ [sza isz]-tu | my lord, Šamaš, who from |
| 10 | _an{sza10-me-i}_ [7(disz)-szu] | Anšami 7 times |
| 11 | u3 7(disz)-ta-a-an | and 7 times |
| 12 | isz#-ta#-ha#-hi-in | he smote |
| 13 | _uzu_ [ka]-bat#-tum-ma | a fatty tissue |
| 14 | u3 _uzu_ s,i#-ru-ma | and the flesh is thick. |
| 15 | isz-te-me a-wa-te-_mesz_ | heard the words: |
| 16 | sza t,up#-pi2 _lugal en_-ia | of the tablet of the king, my lord |
| 17 | sza isz-tap#-ra-an-ni | which he wrote to me |
| 18 | u3 a-nu-ma | and now |
| 19 | [i]-na-s,a-ru-me | they will keep watch |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-szar _lugal_-ri | where the king |
| 2 | _en_-ia sza it-ti-ia | my lord who with me |
| 3 | u3 _lugal_-ru i-de-ma# | and the king knows, and |
| 4 | [a]-na# _kur{ki}-mesz_-szu | to his lands |
Sources & licences
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