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EA 292 (P270969)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 292 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270969 |
| Museum no. | BM 037647 (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}{d!}iszkur-di-ku5 _ARAD2_-ka# | Thus says Adad-diku, your servant: |
| 4 | ep-ri sza 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_-ka | the field of your 2 feet |
| 5 | a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 6 | _dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz)-szu! | my gods, my Šamaš, seven times |
| 7 | 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qu2-ut | I fall seven times. |
| 8 | da-ag-la-ti7 ki-ia-am! | the Daʾāti, thus |
| 9 | u3 da-ag-la-ti7 ki-ia-am! | and Da’alati in this way |
| 10 | u3 la-a na-mi-ir u3 | and he is not a witness, and |
| 11 | da-ag-la-ti7 a-na mu-hi! | the Da’alati on top |
| 12 | _lugal en_-ia u3 na-mi-ir | the king, my lord, and the herald |
| 13 | u3 ti7-na-mu-szu _sig4_-tu! | and its canals, bricks |
| 14 | isz-tu szu-pal tap-pa-ti4-szi | from the rear of her companions |
| 15 | u3 a-na-ku la-a i-na-mu-szu | and I do not fear him. |
| 16 | isz-tu szu-pal 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_ | from the top of 2 feet |
| 17 | _lugal en_-ia isz-te-me2 | the king, my lord, heard |
| 18 | a-wa-ti7-_mesz!_ sza isz-pu-ur | the words which he wrote |
| 19 | _lugal en_-ia a-na _ARAD2_-szu | the king, my lord, to his servant |
| 20 | u2-s,ur-mi _{lu2}maszkim2_-ka | I have sworn by your exorcist. |
| 21 | u3 u2-s,ur _iri-didli!-hi-a!_ sza | and the guard of the city Didliḫia which |
| 22 | _lugal en_-ka a-nu-ma | The king, your lord, herewith |
| 23 | is,#-s,u2!-ru u3 a-nu-ma | they have guarded, and now |
| 24 | isz#-te-mu# _u4-kam_-ma | he heard on the day |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 mu-sza a-wa-ti7-_mesz_ sza | and the omens of |
| 2 | _lugal en_-ia u3 yi-il5-ma!-[ad] | the king, my lord, and Yalmad |
| 3 | _lugal en_-ia a-na _ARAD2_-szu | the king, my lord, to his servant |
| 4 | nu-kur2-tu4 isz-tu _hur-sag_ | the insurrection from the mountain |
| 5 | a-na ia-szi u3 ra-as,-pa-ti7 :" ba#-ni#-ti# | for me and Raṣpati |
| 6 | _e2_ 1(disz)-en _iri_ ma-an-ha-ti7 szum-szi | a house of one in the city Manhati |
| 7 | a-na szu-szi-ri a-na pa-ni | in order to bring (them) into the presence |
| 8 | _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-at _lugal en_-ia | troops under the authority of the king, my lord |
| 9 | u3 al-lu-u2 il5-qe2-szi {disz}ma!-a-ia | and Allû took. Māya |
| 10 | isz-tu qa-ti7-ia u3 sza-kan2 | From my hand and from my mouth |
| 11 | _{lu2}maszkim2_-szu i-na lib3-bi-szi! | his witnesses therein |
| 12 | u3 _nu_-id! a-na {disz}re-a-na-ap | and he did not give to Rē’anap |
| 13 | _{lu2}maszkim2_-ia u3 yu-szu-ti7-ir | my witnesses and Yašutir |
| 14 | _iri{ki}_ i-na qa-ti7-ia u3 | the city in my hand and |
| 15 | u3-szi-szu-ru a-na pa-ni | he made enter into the presence |
| 16 | _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-at _lugal en_-ia | troops under the authority of the king, my lord |
| 17 | sza-ni!-ta5! a-mur ip-szi | a second time I saw (them). |
| 18 | {disz}pe2-e-ia _dumu-munus_ gu-la-ti7# | Pēya, daughter of Gulati |
| 19 | a-na _iri_ gaz-ri _{munus}geme2_-ti7 | to the city Gazri, the female slave |
| 20 | sza _lugal en_-ia ma-ni | of the king, my lord, many |
| 21 | _u4-kam2-mesz_-ti yi-szal-la-lu#-szi# | day and night I shall praise her |
| 22 | u3 in4-ne2-ep-sza-at! [ki-ma] | and will be performed as |
| 23 | ri!#-qi2 hu!-bu-li!# | gift for a robbery |
| 24 | a-na sza-szu isz-tu# | to him from |
| 25 | _hur-sag#_ | mountain range |
| left | ||
| 1 | ip#-pa-t,a2-ru _lu2-mesz_ i-na 3(u) _ku3-babbar_ u3 isz-tu | the men for 30 (shekels of) silver and from |
| 2 | {disz}pe2-e-ia i-na 1(disz) me _ku3-babbar-mesz_ u3 li-ma-ad | Pēya for 100 (shekels of) silver and measurement |
| 3 | a-wa-ti7-_mesz ARAD2_-ka an-nu-ti | These words of your servant |
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- 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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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