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EA 298 (P270935)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 298 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270935 |
| Museum no. | BM 029833(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 | [a]-na# _lugal en_-ia _dingir-mesz_-ia | To the king, 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}ia-pa-'i3# _lu2_ sza | Thus Yapaʾu, the man who |
| 5 | _iri_ ga-az-ri{ki} | the city of Gazar |
| 6 | _ARAD2_-ka ep-ri sza | your servant, the dowry of |
| 7 | 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_-ka _lu2_ qar-tap-pi2 | 2 feet of the man of Qartappu |
| 8 | sza _ansze-kur-ra_-ka | of your horses |
| 9 | a-na 2(disz) _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia | for 2 feet of the king, my lord |
| 10 | _{d}utu_ sza isz-tu sza10#-mi3-i | Šamaš, who from my heart |
| 11 | 7(disz)-szu u 7(disz)-ta-a-an | 7 times and 7 times |
| 12 | lu-u2 isz-ta-ha-hi-in | or he has seized |
| 13 | ka-bat-tum-ma u | a fever and |
| 14 | s,e-ru-ma u mi3-ma | a flock and anything |
| 15 | sza i-qa-ab-bi | that he says |
| 16 | _lugal en_-ia a-na ia-szi | the king, my lord, to me |
| 17 | isz-te9-me ma-gal ma-gal | “Our conversation is great, it is great! |
| 18 | _ARAD2 lugal_ a-na-ku | I am a servant of the king. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u ep-ri sza 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_-ka | and the footing of your 2 feet |
| 2 | li-il-ma-ad _lugal#_ | May he praise the king! |
| 3 | _en_-ia i-nu-ma | my lord when |
| 4 | _lu2-szesz_-ia _tur-tur#_ | my younger brother |
| 5 | na-ka-ar isz-tu | the nāgar-tax from |
| 6 | ia-szi u i-ru-ub | to me and enter |
| 7 | a-na _iri_ mu-u'2#?-ha-zi | to the city Mu'ḫazi |
| 8 | u na-da-an 2(disz) qa-<ti>-szu | and the gift of his 2 hands |
| 9 | a-na _{lu2}sa#-gaz{ki} | to the citizens of Sagaz |
| 10 | u a-nu-ma [_kur_-ti]-an-na _ki#_ | And now the land Tianna |
| 11 | nu-kur3-tu4 _ugu_-ia | a curse against me |
| 12 | u mi-lik a-na _kur_-ka | and counsel to your land |
| 13 | li-isz-pu-ra _en_-ia | let him write to my lord |
| 14 | a-na _lu2_ ra-bi-s,i2-szu | to his own man |
| 15 | _ugu_ ip#-<szi> an#-nu-u2 | Concerning this |
Sources & licences
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