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EA 252 (P270946)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 252 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270946 |
| Museum no. | BM 029844(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 {disz}lugal-ma bi-li2-ia | to Lugal, my servant |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}la-ab-a-ya _ARAD2_-ka | Thus Labaya, your servant: |
| 4 | a-na _giri3-mesz_-pi2 be-li2-ia am-qu2-ut | to the feet of my lord I fell. |
| 5 | i-nu-ma szap-ra-ta | when the letter |
| 6 | a-na ia-a-szi u2-s,ur-mi3 | I will guard for myself. |
| 7 | _lu2-mesz_ sza s,a-ab-tu _iri_ | the men who seized the city |
| 8 | ki-i us,-s,ur-ru-na _lu2-mesz_ | when he had guarded the men |
| 9 | i-na nu-kur2-ti7 s,a-ab-ta-at-mi3 _iri_ | in the flood seized the city |
| 10 | ki-it-mi sza-li-mi3 u3 ki-it-mi3 it-ta#-mi3 | A valid claim, a valid claim has arisen. |
| 11 | 1(disz) _lu2-gal_ it-ti-ia | 1 magnate with me |
| 12 | s,a-ab-ta-at-mi3 _iri_ | captured the city |
| 13 | u3 i-li qa-bi | and the god speak! |
| 14 | qa-ar-s,i2-ia :" szi-ir-ti | (Sum) My horned horns (Akk) My chests (are) the horn of a lion |
| 15 | i-na pa-ni {disz}lugal-ma be-li2-ia | before Lugal, my lord |
| 16 | sza-ni-tam ki-i na-am-lu | Another thing: like a stag |
| 17 | tu-um-ha-s,u2 la-a | You will harness (them), not |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ti-ka-pi2-lu u3 ta-an-szu-ku | tikapilu and tanšuku |
| 2 | qa3-ti _lu2_-li3 sza yi-ma-ha-asz-szi | the hand of a man whom I have struck down, |
| 3 | ki-i a-na-ku i-sza-ha-tu | When I was angry, |
| 4 | u2-ma-an-nu-tu2 u3 | they shall give back, and |
| 5 | s,a-ab-ta-at-mi3 2(disz) _iri_-ia | captured, 2 of my city |
| 6 | sza-ni-tam szum-ma ti-qa-bu | Alternatively, if you say, |
| 7 | ap-pu-na-ma | I shall examine, and |
| 8 | nu-pu-ul-mi3 | Nupulmi, |
| 9 | ta-ah-ta-mu u3 | I am afraid and |
| 10 | ti-ma-ha-s,u2-ka | you will kill you. |
| 11 | i-pe2-<szu>-u2-s,ur-ru-na | they shall remove |
| 12 | _lu2-mesz_ sza s,a-ab-tu4 _iri_ <u3> | the men who seized the city |
| 13 | i-li szu-s,u2-mi3 a-bi-ia | (Sum) My god, raise up my father (Akk) The gods of my father |
| 14 | u3 u2-s,ur-ru-:"-szu-nu | and their shields |
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