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EA 116 (P270982)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270982 |
| Museum no. | CM 04752 |
| 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 | [{disz}ri-ib-{d}]iszkur# isz-ta-par a-na# | Rib-Adad has written to |
| 2 | [_en_-szu] _lugal# gal lugal kur-mesz lugal_ | his lord, great king, king of the lands, k[ing] |
| 3 | [ta]-am-ha-ar _{d}nin_ sza _iri_ gub-[la] | the praise of the lady of the city of Gubla |
| 4 | [ti]-di-in4 _kal-ga_ a-na _lugal_-ri# | strong advice to the king |
| 5 | [_en_]-ia a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia# _{d}utu_ | my lord, to the feet of my Lord Šamaš |
| 6 | [7(disz)-szu] 7(disz)-ta-an am-qu2-ut lu-u2 i-de | I fall seven times seven times. May he know. |
| 7 | [_lugal_]-ru _en_-li i-nu-ma _kal-ga_ ma-gal nu-kur2 | the king, my lord, when he was mighty and great, |
| 8 | _ugu#_-nu i-nu-ma yi-qa-bu-na i-na | Concerning you, when you say, in |
| 9 | [pa]-ni-ka i-ba-sza-at-mi | your face is swollen |
| 10 | _iri#_ s,u-mu-ra a-na _lugal_-ri yi-de | I know the king's city, Ṣumura. |
| 11 | _lugal#_ i-nu-ma ma-ka4-ti-ma a-<na> _un_-nu | The king, when he arrives, to the people |
| 12 | u3 s,a-ab-tu-sze _dumu-mesz_ {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta# | and his capture, sons of Arad-Aširta |
| 13 | u3 ia-nu sza-a yu-ba-lu a-wa-tam# | And what is it that the king, my lord, commands? |
| 14 | [a]-na _lugal_-ri u3 mi-lik i-nu-ma | to the king and counsellor when |
| 15 | _ARAD2#_ ki-ti-ka a-na-ku u3 ka-li# | servant of your trust, I and all |
| 16 | sza-a esz-mu asz-pu-ru a-na _en_-[ia] | I have written to my lord what I have heard. |
| 17 | sza-ni-tam mi-lik a-na _iri_ s,u-mu-[ra] | Secondly, I went to the city Ṣumura. |
| 18 | ki-ma _muszen_ sza i-na lib3-bi hu-[ha-ri] :" ki-lu-[bi] | Like a bird that in the middle of a ditch, ditto its wings |
| 19 | sza#-ak-na-at ki-na-na | the one who establishes truth |
| 20 | i-ba-sza-at _kal-ga_ ma-gal [nu-kur2] | the mighty one, the great one, is not changed. |
| 21 | u3 _{lu2-mesz}dumu_ szi-ip-ri sza# [al-ku] | and the messengers who went |
| 22 | isz-tu _e2-gal_ la#-a ti-li#-[u2] | they did not go out of the palace |
| 23 | i-ri-ba [a]-na _iri#_ s,u-mu-ra | he conquered, to the city Ṣumura |
| 24 | mu-sza# szu#-ri-ib-ti-szu-nu | the night of their eponymy |
| 25 | u3 {disz}ia-[pa]-{d}iszkur ki-na-na-ma | and Ia-pā-Addu are true. |
| 26 | u2-ul [ta]-ri#-is, it-ti-ia | You did not trust in me, |
| 27 | ka-sza#-di#-ma _lu2_-ia u3 | I will conquer, and my man and |
| 28 | ra-ak-sza#-szu u3 [tu]-ta-na | he is free from claims and claims. |
| 29 | ki-ti-ia ma-id ma-gal u3 | my territory is vast and |
| 30 | an-nu-u2 _lu2-mesz maszkim2 lugal_-ri | These are the king’s witnesses. |
| 31 | yu-wa-szi-ru-na _lugal#_-ru u3 | Yawashiruna, the king, and |
| 32 | ia-aq-bi _lugal_-ru a-na sza-szu-nu | the king to them |
| 33 | u3 tu-pa-ri-szu be-ri-ku-ni | and its tuparīšu is yours. |
| 34 | szum-ma ia-di-nu _lugal_-ru a-na _ARAD2_-szu | If he gave, the king to his servant |
| 35 | u3 i-di-in4 u3 szum-ma ap-pu-na#-ma | and he gave, and if he wishes |
| 36 | yi-il3-qe2 _lugal_ gab2-ba a-na sza-szu# | he took. The king, all of it, |
| 37 | sza-ni-tam ka-li _iri-mesz_-ia | Secondly, all my cities |
| 38 | in4#-ne2-ip-szu a-na _lu2-mesz gaz#-[mesz_] | they shall kill the men. |
| 39 | u3 ka-li-szu-nu [ma-gal nu-kur2] | and all of them are not changed. |
| 40 | it-ti-ia u3 [{disz}ia-pa]-{d}iszkur#_ | with me and Iāpa-Addu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lum-na lum-na-ma [ya-asz-ku-nu] | Evil, evil for you |
| 2 | _ugu_-ia ia-nu mi-im#-ma# a-na | nothing against me |
| 3 | sza-szu-nu sza-a 2(disz) sza-a 3(disz) a-pi2-il3# | Those two, those three, Apil |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ ip-t,i3-ri u3 yi-isz3-mi _lugal#_-ru | the silver he received, and Yašmi the king |
| 5 | a-wa-te _ARAD2_ ki-ti-szu u3 | the words of a servant of his own and |
| 6 | ia-di-in4 ba-la-ta a-na _ARAD2_-szu | I gave. Life to his servant |
| 7 | u3 _geme2_-szu _iri_ gub-la sza-ni-tam | and his slave woman a second Gubla city |
| 8 | da-mi-iq a-na ia-szi u3 | Good for me and |
| 9 | i-ba-sza-ti it-ti-ka u3 | there is with you and |
| 10 | pa-asz-ha-ti al-lu-u2 {disz}a-zi-ru u3 | “Ašḫati, allû, Aziru, and |
| 11 | {disz}ia-pa-{d}iszkur la-qu2 a-wa-ta be#-ri-szu-nu | Ia-pa-Adad is acquired and the word of their owners |
| 12 | _ugu_-ia u3 la-a i-le-u2 [i]-pe2#-esz | against me, and he does not know, he will do. |
| 13 | mi-im-mi u3 ip-szu-szu-nu [_kur2_-nu]-tum# | all that and their possessions are hostile. |
| 14 | it-ti-ia ki-na-na ma-ri#-[is, ma]-gal | With me, a firm positive answer was given. |
| 15 | a-na ia-szi sza-ni-tam a-mur ni-[nu _ARAD2_] ki-ti | To me, another, see, we are the true servant. |
| 16 | _lugal_-ri isz-tu da-ri-ti# [_u4-kam]-mesz#_ | The king, from distant days, |
| 17 | sza-ni-tam a-mur a-na-ku _ARAD2_ ki-ti#-[ka] | Secondly, see, I am your trusted servant. |
| 18 | u3 marx(HAR)-s,a-ma a-na ia-szi a-[mur] | and I will see to me. |
| 19 | a-wa-ta an-ni-ta a-mur a-na#-[ku] | Look at this matter, and I myself |
| 20 | ip-ru sza-a _giri3-mesz_-ka _lugal#_-[ru] | Receive from your feet a royal gift. |
| 21 | a-mur a-bu-ka la-a a-s,i2 [u3] | I have seen your father, but he has not gone out and |
| 22 | la-a i-da-gal _kur-kur{ki}-mesz_ [u3] | the lands and |
| 23 | ha-za-ni-szu u3 an-nu-u2 na-ad#-[nu-ka] | his mayor and this is given to you. |
| 24 | _dingir-mesz_ u3 _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}nin#_ | the gods and Šamaš and the Lady |
| 25 | sza _iri_ gub-la u3 asz-ba#-[ta] | of the city of Gubla and Assyria |
| 26 | a-na _{gesz}gu-za e2_ a-bi-ka | to the throne of your father’s house |
| 27 | a-na _kur_-ka mi-ia-mi szu-nu# | to your land, what are they? |
| 28 | _dumu-mesz_ {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta u3 | sons of Arad-Aširta and |
| 29 | la#-qu2 _kur lugal_ a-na sza-szu-nu | the king's land to them |
| 30 | _lugal kur_ mi-ta-na szu-nu u3 _lugal_ | they are kings of the land of Mitanu, and the king |
| 31 | _kur#_ ka-szi u3 _lugal kur_ ha-ta | the land Kašu and the king of the land Ḫata |
| 32 | yu#-wa-szi-ra _lugal erin2-mesz_ | Yawashira, king of the troops |
| 33 | pi2-t,a2-ti {disz}ia-an-ha-<mu> qa-du | Release of Yanḫāmu, together with |
| 34 | [qi2]-pa#-ni _kur_ ia-ri-mu-ta | from the border of the land of Yarimmu |
| 35 | [u3] _maszkim2 iri_ ku-mi-di[{ki} ...] | and the governor of Kumidu |
| 36 | [it-ti]-szu u3 la-qu2 [...] | with him and taken ... |
| 37 | [_lu2-mesz sa]-gaz#-mesz sza3#_ | the slain men of the heart |
| 38 | [x]-du _lugal#_ | ...du the king |
| left | ||
| 1 | _iri#_ gub-la | the city of Gubla |
| 2 | [...] a-na _ARAD2_ ki-ti-[szu] | ... to his trusted servant |
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