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EA 028 (P270967)
Lexical, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270967 |
| Museum no. | BM 037645(Egypt) |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| 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}nap-hur-i-ri-ia _lugal kur_ mi-is,-ri-[i] | to Nebuchadnezzar, king of the land of Miṣri |
| 2 | _szesz_-ia ha-ta-ni-ia sza i-ra-'a#-[ma-an-ni] | My brother, my friend, who loves me, |
| 3 | u3 sza a-ra-mu-usz qi2-bi-ma# | and of Aramuš speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {disz}tu3-usz-rat-ta _lugal kur_ mi-it-ta-a-an-ni# | Thus says Tušrata, king of the land: |
| 5 | e-mu-u2-ka sza i-ra-'a-mu-u2-ka _szesz_-ka-ma | your father who loves you, your brother |
| 6 | a-na ia-szi szul-mu a-na ka-a-sza lu-u2 szul-mu | To me, well-being to you! May you be well! |
| 7 | a-na _e2-mesz_-ka a-na {munus}te-i-e _ama_-ka u3 _kur_ mi-is,-[ri]-i | to your houses, to Tēyu, your mother, and the land of Miṣrî |
| 8 | a-na {munus}ta-a-tu4-he2-e-pa _dumu-munus_-ia _dam_-ka | To Tātu-hepa my daughter, your wife |
| 9 | a-na re-hu-u2-ti _dam-mesz_-ka a-na _dumu-mesz_-ka a-na _lu2-gal-mesz_-ka | to the remainder of your wives, to your sons, and to your magnates |
| 10 | a-na _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ka a-[na] _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-ka a-na _erin2-mesz_-ka | to your chariots, your horses, your troops |
| 11 | a-na _kur_-ka u3 a-na mim-mu-ka dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 lu-u2 szul#-mu | May you and your land be very, very well. |
| 12 | {disz}pi-ri-iz-zi u3 {disz}tul-up-ri _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ri-ia# | Pirizzi and Tulupru, my messengers |
| 13 | a-na _szesz_-ia-ana kal2-le-e al-ta-par2-szu-nu u3 a-na# | I sent to my dear brother, and to |
| 14 | du-ul-lu-hi dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 aq-ta-ba2-a-szu-nu-ti#? | I said to them “very, very, very hard work"(?) |
| 15 | u3 szu-nu mi-i-s,u2-u2-ta-am-ma al-ta-par2-szu-nu#-[ti?] | And they are missing, so I have sent them. |
| 16 | u3 a-ma-ta an-ni-ta i-na ma-ah-ri-i-im-ma# | And this word before me |
| 17 | a-na _szesz_-ia aq-ta-bi {disz}ma-ne2-e _lu2-dumu-kin_-szu sza [_szesz_-ia] | I said to my brother. Manê, the messenger of my brother |
| 18 | a-kal2-la-a-szu-u2-me a-du2 _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin?!_-ri-ia-me _szesz_-[ia] | I will feed them until my brother's sons |
| 19 | u2-masz-sza-ru-u2-ma-a-me i-il-la-ku8-u2-ni7 | they will extinguish, they will cut off. |
| 20 | u3 i-na-an-na _szesz_-ia a-na ga14-am-ra-ti-im-ma | Now, my brother to the kingship |
| 21 | la u2-masz-szar-szu-nu-ti a-na a-la-ki u3 ik-ta-la-szu-nu-ti | I will not let them go and keep them away. |
| 22 | dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_ mi-nu-u2 | The messengers, what |
| 23 | u2-ul is,-s,u2-ru-u2 ip-par2-ra-szu-u2-ma i-il-la-ku8 | They did not keep watch over him, they broke him and cut him off. |
| 24 | _szesz_-ia asz-szum _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_ am-mi-ni _sza3_-szu | my brother concerning the messengers, why is his heart |
| 25 | [i]-ik#-kal2-szu am-mi-ni ul-lu-u2 a-na pa-ni ul-li#-[i] | Why did he not go up to the face? |
| 26 | [e-sze]-ru? [ne-szu]-ru la in-ne2-esz-x u3 ul-lu-[u2] | The ešeru and nešūru are not ..., and the ullû is not. |
| 27 | [sza ul]-li-i szul-ma-an-su2 la-a i-sze-em-me-[szu] | Whose well-being he has received, he will not listen to him. |
| 28 | [lu-u3] ha-da-nu dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 u4-mi-szam3#-[ma] | May you be very, very strong, forever! |
| 29 | [_szesz_]-ia _lu2-dumu-kin_-ia ha-mut-ta li-mesz-x-[szu] | my brother, my messenger, ... his ... |
| 30 | [sza] _szesz#_-ia szul-ma-an-su2 lu#-usz#-me [u3? a-ha-ad-du?] | of my brother, may I be well, and may I have fun! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] x-u2-ti [...] | ... ... |
| 7 | [u3? _szesz_-ia?] lu#-mesz-x-szu _lu2!-dumu!-kin!_-[ia a-na] | and my brother, his ..., my messenger, to |
| 8 | [_szesz_]-ia# ki-i pa-ni-i-ti lu-usz-pur u3 [a-na-ku?] | My brother, I shall write before you, and I |
| 9 | [a-ma]-ta ba-ni-i-ta sza _szesz_-ia lu-usz#-[me] | May I hear the words of my brother. |
| 10 | a-na! _szesz_-ia da-mi-iq u3 _szesz_-ia sza# [lib3-bi-ia] | to my brother is good, and my brother of my heart |
| 11 | gab2-ba-szu-nu-ma li-pu-usz u3 lib3-bi lu la-a u2-sze#-[em-ra-as,] | May he do it all for them, but may he not bring it to an end. |
| 12 | u3 a-ma-te-_mesz_ gab2!-ba-szi-na-ma sza it-ti a-bi-ka# | and all the words that are with your father |
| 13 | ad-bu-bu {munus}te-i-e _ama_-ka i-de-e-szi-na-a-ti | I spoke to Tēyu, your mother, they knew them. |
| 14 | ma-am-ma sza-nu-u2-um-ma u2-ul i-de-e-szi-na-a-ti | Nobody knows them either. |
| 15 | u3 a-szar {munus}te-i-e _ama_-ka ti-sza-'a-al-szu-nu-ti-ma | and where Tēyu your mother gave them, and |
| 16 | li-id-bu-ba2-ak-ku ki-i-me-e a-bu-ka it-ti-ia | May your father speak with me as follows: |
| 17 | ir-ta-na-'a-am u3 a-ka-an-na _szesz_-ia i-na-an-na | and now my brother, now |
| 18 | it-ti-ia li-ir-ta-'a-am u3 sza! sza-ni-i sza ma-am-ma | May it be reconciled with me, and that of another. |
| 19 | _szesz_-ia lu la-a i-sze-em-me | my brother should not hear. |
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