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EA 297 (P270936)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270936 |
| Museum no. | BM 029834(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 _en_-ia _dingir-mesz_-ia | To Lugal, my lord, my gods |
| 2 | _{d}utu_-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Šamaš, speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}ia-pa-'i3 _ARAD2_-ka#-ma# | Thus Yapaʾu, your servant: |
| 4 | ep-ri sza 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_-ka# | a field of 2 feet |
| 5 | a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 6 | _dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz)-szu | my gods, my Šamaš, seven times |
| 7 | 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qu2-ut | I fall seven times. |
| 8 | mi-im-ma sza qa-ba | all that is said |
| 9 | _lugal en_-ia a-na ia-szi | the king, my lord, to me |
| 10 | isz-te-me2-szu ma-gal | his hearing was great, |
| 11 | _saga_-isz sza-ni-ta5 u3 | a second one and |
| 12 | in4-ne2-ep-sza-ti7 | he made it happen. |
| 13 | ki-ma ri-qi2 _uruda_ :" si2-ri | like a copper reed bundle |
| 14 | hu-bu-ul-li | |
| 15 | isz#-tu qa-at | From the hand of |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _lu2-mesz kur_ su#-ti7-_mesz_ | the people of the land of the Sutians |
| 2 | u3 a-nu-ma isz-te-me2# | Now, hear me! |
| 3 | sza10-ri sza _lugal du10-ga_-ta | the šāru of the good king |
| 4 | u3 it-ta-s,a-at | and he has seized |
| 5 | a-na ia-szi u3 pa-szi-ih | To me and to the one who reveres me |
| 6 | lib3-bi-ia ma-gal | my heart greatly |
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