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EA 099 (P270974)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 099 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270974 |
| Museum no. | CM 04742 (12196) |
| Collection | Cairo Museum, Cairo, Egypt |
| 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 x] x ma [...] | to ... ... |
| 2 | [_lu2] kur#_ am#-mi#-ia [...] | The man of the land of my father ... |
| 3 | qi2#-bi2-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 4 | _lugal_-ma a-nu-um#-ma# | the king, and now |
| 5 | t,up-pa an-na#-a usz#-te#-bi-la-ku | I have sent you this tablet. |
| 6 | qa2-be2-e [a]-na# ka#-a-sza | speak to you! |
| 7 | u3 us,-s,ur# lu#-u2# | and guard, whether |
| 8 | na-s,a-ra-ta asz-ru | the guardian of the sanctuaries |
| 9 | _lugal_ sza it-ti-ka | the king who with you |
| 10 | szu-szi-ir _dumu-munus#_-ka | your daughter |
| 11 | a-na _lugal en_-ka | To the king, your lord: |
| 12 | u3 szu-szi-<ir> _igi-du8-mesz_ | and Šušīcir, the gatekeepers |
| 13 | 2(u)# _ARAD2-mesz saga_-ti3 | 20 good servants |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar {gesz}gigir-mesz_ | silver for chariots |
| 2 | _ansze-kur-ra-hi-a saga_-ti3 | good horses |
| 3 | u3 li-iq-ba2-ku | and say to me: |
| 4 | _lugal en_-ka szi-ia-tu3 ba-an-tu3 | the king, your lord, has received this gift. |
| 5 | sza ta2-ad-din-szu | that you gave him, |
| 6 | _igi-du8_ a-na _lugal_ | the gatekeeper to the king |
| 7 | _egir dumu-munus_-ka | after your daughter |
| 8 | u3 lu-u2 ti-i-de9 | and you should know. |
| 9 | i-nu-ma sza-lim _lugal_ | When the health of the king |
| 10 | ki-ma _{d}utu_-szi | like Šamaš |
| 11 | i-na sza-me-e | in heaven |
| 12 | _erin2#-mesz {gesz}gigir-mesz_-szu | the troops of his chariot |
| 13 | ma-a-du ma-gal szul-mu | many, many, well-being |
Sources & licences
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- 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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