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EA 294 (P270956)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 294 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270956 |
| Museum no. | BM 029854(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}s,i-id#-qi2#-li2 _ARAD2_-ka | Thus Ṣidqili, your servant: |
| 4 | a-na# _giri3#-mesz# lugal# en#_-ia# _dingir-mesz#_-ia | to the feet of the king, my lord, my gods |
| 5 | _{d}utu_-ia# 7(disz)#-szu# 7(disz)-ta-a-an | Šamaš-ia 7 times 7 times |
| 6 | am-qu2-ut isz-te-me2 a-wa-ti7-_mesz_ | I fall at the feet of the words |
| 7 | sza _lugal en_-ia sza isz-pu-ur | of the king, my lord, which he wrote |
| 8 | a-na _ARAD2_-szu szi-me2-mi a-na | to his servant hear, to |
| 9 | <<a-na>> _{lu2}maszkim2_-ka u3 u2-s,ur | to your maškim priestess and guard |
| 10 | _iri-didli-hi-a_ sza _lugal en_-ka | Didlihia, which the king, your lord, |
| 11 | sza it-ti-ka a-nu-ma | which with you now |
| 12 | is,#-s,u2#-ru# a-wa-at sza | The word that |
| 13 | qa-ba _lugal# en_-ia a-na ia-szi | Say to me: "The king, my lord, can be glad." |
| 14 | [u3] yi-il5-ma-ad | and Yalmad |
| 15 | [_lugal] en_-ia a-na _ARAD2_-szu | the king, my lord, to his servant |
| 16 | [a]-mur# ip-szi {disz}pi2-i-ia | I have seen. Piya |
| 17 | _dumu#-munus_ gu-la-ti7 | daughter of Gulati |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ia-szi _lu2-mesz_-ia | to me, my men |
| 2 | sza# usz-szi-ir-ti a-na | who the dowry to |
| 3 | ur-ra-di i-na _iri_ ia-pu | I marched, in the city of Iapu |
| 4 | u3 a-na na-s,a-ri | and for the guard |
| 5 | _e2_-ti :" szu-nu-ti _lugal en_-ia | these houses of the king, my lord |
| 6 | u3 al-lu-u2 il5-qe2-szu-nu | and Allû took them. |
| 7 | {disz}pi2-i-ia _dumu_ gu-la-ti | Piya, son of Gulati |
| 8 | u3 yi-il5-ma-ad _lugal en_-ia | and Yalmad, the king, my lord |
| 9 | a-wa-at _ARAD2_-szu an-nu-ta5 | the word of his servant this |
| 10 | szum-ma ki-ia-am yi-iq-bu | If, as I said, |
| 11 | _lugal en_-ia a-na ia-szi | the king, my lord, to me |
| 12 | iz-zi-ib-mi _iri{ki}_-ka | he stood by your city |
| 13 | isz-tu pa-ni {disz}pi2-i-ia | from Piya |
| 14 | u3 lu-u2 iz-zi-ba u3 | or he stood, or |
| 15 | il5-la-ka u3 lu-u2 | may it be yours, |
| 16 | ur-ra-da _lugal en_-ia | Urrada, the king, my lord |
| left | ||
| 1 | _u4-kam2#_ u3 mu-sza a-di | the day and night until |
| 2 | da-ri-ia-ta | forever |
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