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EA 036 (P270980)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270980 |
| Museum no. | CM 04750 (12187) |
| 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' | [...] ... [x x] | |
| 2' | [...] mi-na-ab [...] | ... what ...? |
| 3' | [... mi-i]-is, [...] | ... he cut ... |
| 4' | [...] i-pu-szu [...] | ... they built ... |
| 5' | [... as]-hu#-ur# [x] _uruda#_ ma-la# [i]-pu-szu u2-sze-bi-[lu u3] | ... I received. They sent me as much copper as they made, and |
| 6' | [i-na-na a]-na _szesz_-ia u2-sze-bi-lu 1(gesz2) 2(u)# _uruda#_ ri-hu 1(gesz2) 1(u) _uruda_ ina _gun#_ | Now, I have sent to my brother. 60 (shekels of) copper is a rihu-container. 60 (10) copper by the cubit |
| 7' | [u3] _gun#_ mim-ma ta-ah-ba-zi 3(u) [ina] _gun# uruda dar_ mat-ta-hi# | and a talent of any kind of taḫbazu-plant, 30 (measures of) copper by the cubit of a mattahayu-vessel |
| 8' | [i-na]-na# _szesz_-a sza tu-sze-bi-la ma-ar szi-ip-ri-ka ma# | Now, my brother, about whom you wrote me, before your work |
| 9' | [a-na]-ku# sza u2-sze-bi-la#-ku mi-i-is, i-na-na as#-hu-ur [u3] | I, who sent you a message, have now returned and |
| 10' | [ma]-la# li-bi-ka lu#-u2-sze!-la-ku [...] | Let me go wherever I want to go. |
| 11' | [u3] sza#-a e-ri-szu-um# szu-bi-la it-ti li-bi-ka# | And send me that of Erišum with your messenger! |
| 12' | [i-na]-na# a-na _szesz_-ia# _uruda_ ma-'a-da e-pu-usz-ma# | Now, I am making my brother a lot of copper. |
| 13' | [_{gesz}]ma2-mesz_ lu-u2-[ma]-'a#-da szu-up-ra x _uruda_ [...] | May I see the boats. Send me ... copper ... |
| 14' | x a-ti ki-[i x x] x _uruda_ i-pu-szu _sze-bar_ ia# | ... when ... copper they made, barley for me |
| 15' | [...] pi#-ha-ti sza ki-na-hi [...] | ... the reed bundles of the kinahu-festival ... |
| 16' | [...] pa#-ni-ma a-ka-la lu [...] | ... before me and the food ... |
| 17' | [...] | |
| 18' | [x x ma-ar szi-ip-ri]-ia 2(disz) sza-na-ti ta-[ak-ta-la-szu] | ... after my work for two months you have held him back. |
| 19' | [...] sza# il-qa-a u3 a-ma-[tum x x] | ... that he took, and the word ... |
| 20' | [...] | |
| 21' | [... bi]-el pu-nu-ki [...] | ... defiled your assembly ... |
| 22' | [... u3 ...] | ... and ... |
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