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EA 041 (P270977)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270977 |
| Museum no. | CM 04747 (12207) |
| 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 | [um-ma _{d}utu_-szi] {disz}szu-up-pi2-lu#-li-u-ma _lugal gal#_ | Thus (says) Šamaš-šī, Shuppiluluma, the great king: |
| 2 | [_lugal kur?] iri#?_ ha#?-at#?-ti{ki} a-na {disz}hu-u-ri-i-ia#?-[e] | king of the land of the city Ḫatti to Huriya |
| 3 | [_lugal kur? iri?_ mi]-is,-ri-i{ki} _szesz_-ia qi2-bi2-ma# | king of the land of the city of Iṣri, my brother, speak! |
| 4 | [a-na ia-szi] szul#-mu a-na mah-ri-ka lu-u2 szul-mu# | To me, well-being. May you be well! |
| 5 | [a-na _munus?-mesz_]-ka# _dumu-mesz_-ka _e2_-ka _erin2-mesz_-ka _{gesz}gigir_-ka# | to your women, your sons, your house, your troops, your chariot |
| 6 | [u3 i]-na# lib3#-bi-ka dan-nesz lu-u2 szul-mu | May it be well with you! |
| 7 | _lu2#-mesz-dumu-kin_-ri-ia sza a-na a-bi-ka asz-pu-u-ru | my messengers whom I sent to your father |
| 8 | u3 mi-ri-isz-ta sza a-bu-ka e-ri-szu i#-na bi-ri#-ni | And the limbs of your father, his wife, in between us |
| 9 | at-te-ru-ut-ta#? lu-u2 ni-ip-pu-usz#-mi u3# _lugal#_ | I have entered, let us do it, and the king |
| 10 | la-a ak-ta#?-la#? mi-nu-me-e sza a-bu-ka id-bu-ba2# | I did not hide anything that your father said |
| 11 | _lugal_ gab-ba2!#-ma# lu-u2 e-pu-usz u3 mi-ri-isz-ta x x | All the kings should do, and ... |
| 12 | sza# a-na a-bi-ka e-ri-szu a-bu-ka me-im-ma u2-ul | that to your father, his father, nothing |
| 13 | ik#-la gab-ba2-am-ma lu-u2 it-ti-na | All is well; may it be with us! |
| 14 | un-du a-bu-ka bal-t,u3# szu-bi-la-a-te-e | Ring of your father, live! Send them here! |
| 15 | sza u2-sze-bi-la _szesz_-ia am-me-ni tak2-la-asz-szu-nu-ti | which I sent to my brother, why did you hold them back? |
| 16 | i-na-an-na _szesz_-ia a-na _{gesz}gu-za_ sza a-bi-ka | Now my brother to the throne of your father |
| 17 | te#-e-te-li u3 ki-me-e a-bu-ka u3 a-na-ku | You have risen up, and when your father and I |
| 18 | szul-ma-na i-na be2-e-ri-ni ha-asz-ha-a-nu-ma | May it be well with you! |
| 19 | u3 i-na-an-na-ma at-ta u3 a-na-ku i-na be-ri-ni | Now, you and I in our midst |
| 20 | ka-an-na lu-u2 t,a-a-ba2-a-nu u3 mi-ri-isz-ta | May he be happy, and may he become happy. |
| 21 | a-na-ku# a-na a-bi-ka aq-bu-u2 a-na _szesz_-ia-ma | I said to your father, to my brother |
| 22 | [a-qab-bi?] us-sa3-ta i-na be2-e-ri-ni i ni-ip-pu-usz | I said, “We shall do it in our midst. |
| 23 | [mi?-im?]-mah#? sza a-na a-bi-ka e-ri-isz-ta | Immaḫ?, who was sent to your father. |
| 24 | [e-ri-szu?] _szesz#_-ia la-a ta-ka3-al!-la-a-szu | his brother, do not hold him back! |
| 25 | [x x 2(disz)?] s,a#?-al!-ma-a-ni sza _ku3-sig17_ 1(disz)-en | ... 2 ... of gold, one |
| 26 | [...] 1(disz)-en li-szi-ib u3 2(disz) _alam-mesz_ sza _munus-mesz_ | ... let one live, and two statues of women |
| 27 | [sza? _ku3]-babbar#?_-ma u3 _{na4}za-gin3_ ra-bi-ta u3 a-na | of silver and large lapis lazuli and to |
| 28 | [x x] x ka3#-an-na-szu-nu ra-bu-u2 _szesz_-ia [li-sze-bi-la?] | ... their large ... may my brother send. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] isz#? [x] e? x a P3 [...] | ... ... |
| 2 | [... ul?]-te#?-bi-la-ma# u3 [...] | ... I have sent to you and ... |
| 3 | [...] x u3 szum-ma _szesz_-ia [ha-szih? a-na?] | ... ... and if my brother has seized to |
| 4 | [na?-ta?-ni?] _szesz#_-ia li-it-ti-in#?-ni#?-szu-nu-ti#-[ma?] | Let my brother give them back to me! |
| 5 | [u3? szum?]-ma#? _szesz_-ia a-na na-a-ta-ni-szu-nu-[ti?] | and if my brother to their protection |
| 6 | [la]-a# ha#-szi-hi ki-me-e _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ia a-na | “I have not been negligent, my chariots to |
| 7 | [na?]-sze#? _gada#_ hu-uz-zi! i-gam2#?-ma-ru-ma a-na _szesz_-ia | “The scepter(?) and the hushzi prayer(?) are completed, and to my brother |
| 8 | u2-ta2-a-ar-szu-nu-ti u3 mi-nu-um-me-e | he shall return them, and whatever |
| 9 | sza _szesz_-ia ha-asz-ha-ta szu#-u-up-ra-am-ma | Send me a copy of what my brother wrote me, so that |
| 10 | lu-sze-bil2-ak-ku | let me send to you. |
| 11 | a-nu-um-ma a-na szul-ma-ni-ka 1(disz) bi-ib-ru | Herewith, for your well-being, one ... |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ lu-lum 5(disz) _ma-na ki-la2-bi_ 1(disz) bi-ib-ru | The silver, the goods, 5 minas its weight, 1 bibru |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar udu-ubur3?_ P3 pu-u-hi-lu! 3(disz) _ma-na ki-la2-bi_ | the silver of the sheep and goats, ..., 3 minas its weight |
| 14 | 2(disz) ka3#-ak-ka3-ru _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na ki-la2-bi_ | 2 kakkaru of silver, 10 minas its weight |
| 15 | 2(disz) {gesz}ni-kip-tum ra-a-bu-tim ul-te-bil2-ak-ku | 2 large nikliptu-beams I sent to you. |
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