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EA 251 (P270964)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 251 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270964 |
| Museum no. | BM 029862(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 | li-isz-al-szu-nu# | may he ask them |
| 2 | _lugal_-ru szum-ma la-qi2-ti7 | the king, if taken |
| 3 | mi-im-ma asz-szum _lu2_ ha-za-ni | everything concerning the mayor |
| 4 | u3 li-iq-bi | and say: |
| 5 | i-na pa-ni _lugal_-ri u3 | in the presence of the king and |
| 6 | _lugal_-ru be-li2-ia la-asz-al-ni | let the king, my lord, ask me. |
| 7 | a-nu-ma ki-i-ia-am | Herewith |
| 8 | qa-la-ta a-di-mi | “At the edge of the mountain, |
| 9 | yi-il3-ma-du _lugal_-ru | Yalmadu, the king |
| 10 | be-li2-ia a-wa-ta5 | my lord a word |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | an-ni-ta5 u3 yu-te-ru-na-ni _lugal_-ru be-li2-ia | this and yutērūni the king, my lord |
| 2 | a-wa-at yu-te-ru-na | the word that you have entered |
| 3 | u3 a-na a-wa-at | and to the word |
| 4 | _lugal_-ri isz-mu | the king heard |
| left | ||
| 1 | [x] x i-ma-x-x | ... ... |
| 2 | [x]-ib-ka a-na ia-szi | ... to me |
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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