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EA 187 (P270962)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270962 |
| Museum no. | BM 029860(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 _lugal_]-ri _be_-ia [_dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia] | To the king, my lord: my god, my Šamaš |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma sza-ti-ya _lu2 iri#_ [e-ni-sza-si20-i] | Thus says my father, the man of the city Enishasi |
| 4 | _ARAD2#_-ka ip-ri szu-pa-al# | Your servant, send word! |
| 5 | _giri3#-mesz_-pi2 {disz}lugal-ri _be_-ia | The feet of Lugalru, my ancestor |
| 6 | [a]-na# _giri3-mesz_-pi2 _lugal_-ri _be_-[ia] | To the feet of my king, my lord |
| 7 | _dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz)-szu u3 7(disz)-[szu] | my god, my Šamaš, seven times and seven times |
| 8 | [am]-qu2-ut | he fell. |
| 9 | a-mu-ur-mi a-na-ku _ARAD2_ ki-ti# | I saw. I am a servant of truth. |
| 10 | {disz}lugal-ri _be_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}[utu_-ia] | May my lord, my god, my Shamash |
| 11 | i-na asz-ri an-ni-im | in this place |
| 12 | u3 _iri_ e-ni-sza-si20-[i?] | and the city Enišasi |
| 13 | _iri{ki} lugal_-ri _be_-ia _dingir_-[ia _{d}]utu#_-ia | The king, my lord, my god, my sun |
| 14 | [u3] a-nu-ma e-na-s,a-ru | Now they are guarding |
| 15 | [a]-szar# _lugal#_-ri _be#_-ia# [_dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia] | Where my king, my god, my Šamaš |
| 16 | [sza it-ti-ia] | who with me |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] x | |
| 6 | u3 a-nu#-[ma] usz#-szi#-ir-ti | And herewith I have set out. |
| 7 | _dumu-munus_-ia a-na [_e2]-gal#_ | my daughter to the palace |
| 8 | [a]-na _lugal_-ri _be_-ia _dingir_-ia# | To the king, my lord, my god: |
| 9 | _{d}utu_-ia | my Šamaš |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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