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EA 016 (P270976)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270976 |
| Museum no. | CM 04746 (12209) |
| 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}na#?-ap#?-hu-ri-i-x-[x _lugal gal_] | To Napḫuri-..., the great king |
| 2 | _lugal kur_ mi-is,-s,a-ri _szesz_-ia qi2#-[bi2-ma] | king of the land of Miṣaru, my brother, speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}{d}a-szur-_ti-la lugal kur#_ {d}a#-szur# | Thus says Assurnasirpal, king of Assyria: |
| 4 | _lugal gal szesz_-ka-ma | the great king, your brother |
| 5 | a-na ka#-a-sza# a-na _e2_-ka u3 _kur_-ka lu szul#-mu# | May you, your house and your land be well. |
| 6 | _dumu#-mesz_ szi-ip#-ri#-ka ki-i a-mu-ru | When I saw the sons of your work, |
| 7 | ha-da-a-ku# da-ni-isz _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri-ka | I am very glad. The sons of your work |
| 8 | a-na tek#-ne2-e i-na mah-ri-ia lu asz-bu# | May I be present in my presence for the rites. |
| 9 | _{gesz}gigir_ ba#-ni-ta sza _lugal_-ti sza s,a#-[ma]-di#-ia | The first chariot of the kingship of my army |
| 10 | u3 2(disz) _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ pe-s,u2-ti sza# s,a#-ma#-di-ia-ma | and 2 horses, captives of my army |
| 11 | 1(disz) _{gesz}gigir_ la s,a-mu-ut-ta u3 1(disz) _{na4}kiszib3 za-gin3-kur_-e | 1 unbuilt chariot and 1 seal of lapis lazuli |
| 12 | a-na szul-ma-ni-ka u2-sze-bi-la-ak-ku | I am herewith sending you your greeting-gift. |
| 13 | sza _lugal gal_-bi szu-bu-ul-tu ka-an-na-a | of the great king, a sealed document |
| 14 | _ku3-sig17_ i-na _kur_-ka e-pi-ru szu-u2 | gold in your land is stolen. |
| 15 | i-is-si-pu-usz am-mi-ni-i i-na _igi-mesz_-ka | why in your eyes |
| 16 | i-sa-ah-hu-ur _e2-gal_-la _gibil_ u2-ka-al i-ip-pu-usz | a new palace he shall hold and build. |
| 17 | _ku3-sig17_ ma-la uh-hu-zi-sza | as much gold as she has gathered |
| 18 | u3 he-sze-eh-ti-sza szu-bi-la | and send it to her. |
| 19 | un-du {disz}{d}a-szur-na-din-_szesz-mesz_ a-bi | Ring of Assurnasirpal, its father |
| 20 | a-na _kur_ mi-is,-ri isz-pu-ru | to the land Miṣiru they sent. |
| 21 | 2(u) _gun ku3-sig17_ ul-te-bi-lu-ni-szu | 20 talents of gold I sent to him. |
| 22 | un#-du _lugal_ ha-ni-gal-ba-tu-u2 | Ring of the king of Hanigalbatu |
| 23 | [a]-na _ugu_ a-bi-ka a-na _kur_ mi-is,#-[ri] | To your father, to the land of Mishru |
| 24 | [isz]-pu-ru 2(u) _gun ku3-[sig17_] | 20 talents of gold |
| 25 | ul#-te-bi-la-asz-szu# | I have sent him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-nu-ma?] a-na _lugal_ ha-ni-[gal]-ba#-ti#-[i] | Now, to the king of Hanigalbati |
| 2 | [me-eh-re]-ku u3 a-na _ugu_-ia [...] | I approached, and to me ... |
| 3 | [x x _ku3-sig17_] tu-sze-eb-bi-la# | You will bring ... of gold. |
| 4 | [u3] sza# a-la-ki u3 ta-ri-im#-ma# | and of the way and the way |
| 5 | a-na# i-di sza _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri-ia | to the rent of the sons of my work |
| 6 | ul i-ma-as,-s,i | he will not be able to come out |
| 7 | szum#-ma# t,a-bu-ut-ta pa-nu-ka da-am-qi2-isz | If it is pleasing to you, your face is good. |
| 8 | _ku3-[sig17_] ma-da szu-bi-la u3 _e2_-ka szu-u2 | send gold to the country, and that house. |
| 9 | szu-up-ra-am-ma sza ha-asz-ha-ta li-il-qu-u2 | Send me, so that they may take the axes. |
| 10 | ma-ta-tu4 ru-qa-tu4 ni-i-nu | (Sum) The land is a ruqātu-demon (Akk) We are a distant land |
| 11 | _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri-ni ka-am-ma-a li-it-tal-la-ku | all the sons of our work may they go. |
| 12 | sza _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri-ka | of the sons of your work |
| 13 | u2-uh-he-ru-ni-ik-ku _lu2-mesz_ su-tu4-u2 | the Sutû |
| 14 | ra-du-szu#-nu mi-tu4 a-di asz2-pu-ru-ma | their limbs are dead, until I wrote and |
| 15 | _lu2-mesz_ su-ti-i ra-de-e il-qu-u2-ni | the Sutians who took the rites, |
| 16 | ak#-ta#-la-szu-nu _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri-ia | I captured. The sons of my work |
| 17 | lu la u2-uh-ha-ru-ni | may they not reject me. |
| 18 | _dumu#-mesz_ szi-ip-ri i-na s,i-ti | the sons of the workmen in the evening |
| 19 | am-mi-ni-i ul-ta-na-za-zu-ma | Why have they stood by you? |
| 20 | i-na s,i-ti i-ma-at-tu4 | they will die from hunger. |
| 21 | szum#-ma i-na s,i-ti i-zu-uz-zu | If in the future he dies |
| 22 | a-na _lugal_ ne2-me-lu i-ba#-asz-szi | to the king there is peace. |
| 23 | u3 li-zi-iz-ma i-na s,i#-ti#-ma# | and be present, and in the future |
| 24 | li-mu-ut a-na _lugal_-ma lu# ne2-me-lu | May it be well with the king! |
| 25 | u3 ia-a-nu-[um]-ma#-a am-mi-ni-[i] | And why are you here? |
| 26 | [i-na] s,i#-ti [i]-ma-at-tu# | they will die in the future. |
| 27 | _dumu#-mesz_ szi-ip#-ri# sza ni-il#-[tap-pa-ru] | The sons of the work that we have sent |
| 28 | [...] _dumu#-mesz_ szi-ip#-[ri-ia] | ... sons of my work |
| 29 | u2-bal#-la#-t,u3-u2 [i]-na# s,i#-[ti] | they will restore. In the future |
| 30 | usz-ma-at-tu4 [...] | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) Išmattu ... |
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