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EA 101 (P270929)

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

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Designation	EA 101
ID	P270929
Museum no.	BM 029827(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	[sza]-ni#-tam mi-nu nu-kur2-tum	Another matter: what is not changed?
2	[_ugu] lugal_ u2-ul {disz}ha-ya-a	against the king I did not have Haya
3	[a-nu]-ma# la-a ti-ru-bu-na	Now, do not enter!
4	_{gesz}ma2-mesz lu2-mesz_ mi-szi a-na	the boats of men half to
5	_kur_ a-mur-ri u3 da-ku	the land Amurru and Daku
6	{disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta i-nu-ma	Abdi-Aširta when
7	ia-nu _kin_ a-na sza-szu-nu	there is no work assigned to them.
8	u3 ia-nu _gada za-gin3 {na4}mar_ :" bu-bu-mar!	And if there is a band of lapis lazuli, a šunû-stone
9	a-na sza-szu! a-na na-da-ni	to him, to give
10	_gu2-un_ a-na _kur_ mi-ta-na	talents to the land of Mitana
11	sza-ni-tam _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ sza ma-ni	Secondly, the boats of manu
12	i-zi-zu _ugu_-ia u2-ul	did not stand against me.
13	_lu2-mesz iri_ ar-wa-da	the citizens of Arwada
14	u3 al-la szu#-nu i-na-na	and alla they are now
15	it-ti-ka s,a-bat _{gesz}ma2-mesz_	with you the mooring of boats
16	_lu2-mesz iri_ ar-wa-da	the citizens of Arwada
17	sza-a i-ba-szu i-na	that there is in
18	_kur#_ mi-is,-ri sza-ni-tam i-nu-ma	the other land of Mishru, when
19	ia#-aq-bu {disz}ha-ya-a	Hayâ
20	[...] ga szum-ma la	... milk if not
21	[na-ad-nu] ni#-nu a-na _kur_ a-mur-ri#	we gave, and to Amurru
reverse
1	[x x] tu#-ba-lu#-na	... you will bring
2	[_lu2-mesz] iri#_ s,ur-ri u3 _lu2-mesz_	the people of the city of Ṣurru and the people
3	[_iri_] s,i-du-na u3 _lu2-mesz_	the city Ṣiduna and the people
4	_iri#_ be-ru-ta a-na ma-an-ni	the city of Beruta to whom
5	_iri-mesz_ an-nu-tu u2-ul a-na _lugal_	these cities I did not give to the king
6	szu-ku-un 1(disz) _lu2_ 1(disz) _lu2_ i-na lib3-bi	one man, one man among them
7	_iri_ u3 la yi-di-in4 _{gesz}ma2_	the city and did not give the boat
8	_kur_ a-mur-ri u3 da-ku	the land Amurru and Daku
9	{disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta _lugal_ isz3-ta-kan3-szu	Abdi-Aširta, the king, placed him.
10	_ugu_-szu-nu u2-ul szu-nu	against them they are not.
11	ia-aq-bi _lugal_ a-na 3(disz) _iri-mesz_	the king to three cities
12	u3 _{gesz}ma2 lu2-mesz_ mi-szi	and the men’s boats
13	u3 la-a ti-la-ku a-na	and you will not go to
14	_kur_ a-mur-ri u3 s,a-bat {disz}ARAD2 a-ni-ta5#	the land Amurru and the capture of Warad-Anati
15	u3 yi-di-in4 a-na	and the yidin-tax to
16	ka-ta5 u3 li-ma-ad	he should measure it and measure it.
17	a-wa-te _ARAD2_ ki-ti-ka	the words of the servant of your trust

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