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EA 003 (P270975)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270975 |
| Museum no. | CM 04743 (12210) |
| 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)
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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}ni-ib]-mu#-u'-wa-re-ia _lugal kur_ mi-is,-ri#-[i _szesz_]-ia# | To Nibmuʾ-warēya, king of the land of Miṣrî, my brother: |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma {disz}ka]-da#-asz-ma-an-{d}en-lil2 _lugal kur_ ka-ra-{d}du-ni#-ia-asz _szesz_-ka-ma | Thus Kadašman-Enlil, king of the land of Kara-Duniyash, your brother: |
| 4 | [a-na ia-szi] szu#-ul-mu a-na ka-a-sza _e2_-ka _dam-mesz_-ka | To me, well-being to you, your house and your wives. |
| 5 | [_dumu-mesz_]-ka# _kur_-ka _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ka _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-ka | your sons, your country, your chariots and your horses |
| 6 | [_lu2]-gal#-mesz_-ka da-an-ni-isz lu szu-ul-mu | May your magnates be very well. |
| 7 | asz-szum {munus}s,u-ha-ar-ti _dumu-munus-a-ni_-ia sza a-na a-hu-za-ti ta-asz-pu-ra | Concerning the pregnant woman, my daughter, about whom you wrote to me, |
| 8 | _munus_ ir-ta-bi sza zi-ka-ri szi-i szu-up-ra-am-ma li-il-qu-u2 | If a woman has become pregnant, write me that she is a fugitive, so they may take it. |
| 9 | i-na pa-na _dumu_ szi-ip-ri a-bu-u2-a i-sza-ap-pa-ra-ku#-um#-ma | in the presence of the son of the work of my father they shall send to you, and |
| 10 | _u4-mesz_ ma-a'-du-ti ul ta-ka-al-la-szu ha-mu#-ut#-ta# | For many days you will not be able to hold him back. |
| 11 | tu-ka-sza-da-asz-szu u3 szu-ul-ma-na ba-na-a | you will give him, and he will establish well-being. |
| 12 | a-na a-bi-ia tu-sze-eb-bi-la-am | you will send to my father. |
| 13 | i-na-an-na a-na-ku _dumu_ szi-ip-ri ki asz-pu-ra-ak-ku | Now, I, the messenger, as I wrote to you |
| 14 | _mu 6(disz)-kam_ ta-ak-ta-la-szu u3 sza-a _mu 6(disz)-kam#_ | for 6 years he will serve him, and of 6 years |
| 15 | 3(u) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ sza ki _ku3-babbar_ ip-szu a-na szu-ul-ma-ni-ia tu-ul-te-bi-la | 30 minas of gold, which with silver he opened, for my well-being I have sent. |
| 16 | _ku3-sig17_ sza-a-szu a-na pa-an {disz}ka-si-i _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ka | that gold before Kasî, son of your messenger |
| 17 | us,-s,i-id-du-ma i-ta-ma-ar | he will keep track of it and will see it. |
| 18 | i-si-in-na ra-ba-a ki ta-asz-ku-nu _dumu_ szi#-ip-ri-ka | Great Isin, when you placed it, the son of your work |
| 19 | ul ta-asz-pu-ra um-ma-a al-ka-am-ma# [a-ku-ul] u3# szi-ti | You did not write me, saying: "Come, I will eat and drink." |
| 20 | u3 szu-ul-ma-ni sza-a i-si-in#-ni ul# [tu-sze-bi-la] | and the well-being of Isinni, you did not send me. |
| 21 | an#-nu-u2 3(u) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ sza tu-[sze-bi-la] | This is 30 minas of gold that you sent me. |
| 22 | szu#-ul-ma-ni sza-a e-em _mu-1(disz)-[kam_ u2-sze-bi-la-ak-ku ul ma-s,i]-i | The well-being which I sent to you in the first year is not missing. |
| 23 | [_e2_ esz]-sza# e-te-pu-usz i-na li#-[ib-bi _e2_-ia] | I built a new house inside my house. |
| 24 | [_{gesz}gi-ig_] ra#-bi-ta e-te-pu-usz# | I had a great door made |
| 25 | [_dumu]-mesz#_ szi-ip-ri-ka i-ta-am#-[ru u3] | the sons of your work have seen, and |
| 26 | [i-na-an]-na# te-ru-ba-at _e2_ a-sza-ka-an# | Now, enter and I will place the house. |
| 27 | [u3 at-ta?] al-ka-am-ma it-ti-ia | And you came and with me |
| 28 | [a-ku-ul] u3# szi-i-ti | I eat and drink. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ul ep-pu-usz] sza# at-ta te-pu-szu | I did not do what you did. |
| 2 | [2(u) 5(disz) _lu2-mesz_ u3] 2(u) 5(disz) _munus-mesz szu-nigin2_ 5(u) a-mi#-[lu-ta a-na] | 25 men and 25 women, total: 50 women to |
| 3 | [szu-ul-ma-ni-ka] ul-te-bi-la-[ak-ku] | I have sent you your greeting-gift. |
| 4 | [...] sza# 1(u) _{gesz}gigir-mesz gesz-mesz_ [u3] | ... of 10 chariots, wooden and |
| 5 | [1(u) _la2_ sza _ansze]-kur-ra-mesz_ a-na szu-ul-ma-ni-ka | 10 less horses for your well-being |
| 6 | ul#-te#-bi-la-ak-ku | I have sent to you |
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