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EA 245 (P270957)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 245 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270957 |
| Museum no. | BM 029855(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 du-ub-bu-ba-ku-mi3 | Secondly, I will speak to you. |
| 2 | _ugu szesz-hi-a_-ia | against my brother |
| 3 | szum-ma-mi yi-pu-szu-mi | If they do not do it, |
| 4 | _dingir-mesz_-nu sza _lugal_-ri _en_-nu | The gods of the king, our lord, |
| 5 | u3 ni-ik-szu-du-um-mi | and the nikšudūmu |
| 6 | {disz}la-ab-a-ia u3 _til-la_-nu-um-ma :" ha-ia-ma | Lābaya and his family |
| 7 | nu-ub-ba-lu-usz-szu a-na _lugal_-ri _en_-nu | We shall bring him to the king, our lord. |
| 8 | u3 tu-sa3-ah-mi3 :" tu-ra | and Tusaḫmi |
| 9 | _ansze-kur-ra:munus_-ia u3 iz-zi-iz-mi3 | my horses and Izzizi |
| 10 | _egir_-szu :" ah-ru-un-u2 | after him : aḫrunu |
| 11 | u3 ir-ka-ab-mi | and he shall redeem. |
| 12 | it-ti {disz}ya-asz-da-ta | with Yašdata |
| 13 | u3 a-di ka-sza-di-ia | and as far as my destination |
| 14 | u3 da-ku-szu :" ma-ah-s,u2-u2 | and his limbs are swollen. |
| 15 | u3 al-lu-u2-mi3 {disz}ya-asz-da-ta | and Allumi, Yašdata |
| 16 | _ARAD2_-ka u3 szu-u2-ut! | your servant and that |
| 17 | yi-ru-ub-mi it-ti-ia# | enter with me! |
| 18 | i-na _me3_ ta-ha-[zi] | in battle |
| 19 | u3 lu-u2 yi-na-[di-nu a-na sza-szu] | or give it to him |
| 20 | _til-la_-at, _lugal_-ri# [_en_]-ia# | The life of the king, my lord, is long. |
| 21 | [u3] li-pa-asz#-[szi-ih] | and may he remove |
| 22 | gab2#-ba2 i-na [...] | The left side in ... |
| 23 | _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | the king, my lord |
| 24 | u3 {disz}su2-ra-ta# | and Surata |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | yi-il5-qe2-mi3 {disz}la-[ab-a-ia] | I took. Lābaya |
| 2 | isz-tu _iri_ ma-gid6-da[{ki}] | from the city Magida |
| 3 | u3 yi-iq-bi a-na ia-a-[szi] | and say to me: |
| 4 | i-na-mi2 _sza3 {gesz}ma2_ :" a-na-yi | When the inside of the boat |
| 5 | u2-ta-asz-sza-ru-usz-szu | they shall release him. |
| 6 | a-na _lugal_-ri u3 yi-il3-qe2-szu | to the king and his heirs |
| 7 | {disz}su2-ra-ta u3 yu-ta-szar-szu | Surata and Yatešaršu |
| 8 | isz-tu _iri_ he-na-tu-na{ki} | from the city of Henatuna |
| 9 | a-na _e2_-szu u3 {disz}su2-ra-ta | to his house and Surata |
| 10 | la-qi2-mi _ku3-babbar-hi-a_ ip-t,i3-ir-ri-szu | the silver he has paid back to him. |
| 11 | i-na _szu_-ti-szu :" ba-di-u2 | in his hand |
| 12 | sza-ni-tam mi-na-am-mi ep-sza-ku-mi3 | Secondly, what have I done? |
| 13 | a-na _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 14 | i-nu-ma _sig_-ia :" ya-qi2-il3-li-ni | when my hair : Yaqi-ilini |
| 15 | u3 _dugud_ :" yu-ka-bi-id | and the throne-bearer |
| 16 | _szesz-hi-a_-ia s,e2-eh-ru-ta5 | my younger brother, |
| 17 | u3 {disz}su2-ra-ta | and Surata |
| 18 | yu-ta-szir9 | Yatašir |
| 19 | {disz}la-ab-a-ia u3 {disz}su2-ra-ta | Labaya and Surata |
| 20 | yu-ta-szir9-mi3 {disz}{d}iszkur-me-her | Yataširmi, Adad-meher |
| 21 | a-na _e2_-szu-ni | to his house |
| 22 | u3 lu-u2 yi-de-mi | or yidemi |
| 23 | _lugal_-ru _en_-ia | the king, my lord, |
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