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EA 113 (P270983)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270983 |
| Museum no. | CM 04753 |
| 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 | sza#-ni-tam [...] | Another thing: ... |
| 2 | la-a ti-li#-[u2] | do not go! |
| 3 | u3 _lu2_ ha-za-na-[szu] | and the mayor |
| 4 | sza-a-la asz-szum ha-za#-[ni] | another concerning the mayor |
| 5 | sza-ni u3 u2-ul yi#-[pu-szu] | another one and I will not do it. |
| 6 | ar-na u3 ia-asz-ku-nu# | and I imposed upon you |
| 7 | i-na lib3-bi-szu al-lu-mi | in his heart I rejoiced, |
| 8 | {disz}ia-pa-{d}iszkur i-te9#-pu#-[usz] | Ia-pa-Addu did it. |
| 9 | ar-na li-ma-ad [mi]-[na] | May he see the moonlight. |
| 10 | a-pa-asz _lugal_-ru a-na sza-a-[szu] | I pray to the king for him. |
| 11 | sza-ni-tam mi-na ip-sza-ti a-[na] | Secondly, what is my deficit? |
| 12 | {disz}ia-pa-{d}iszkur i-nu-ma ya-asz#-[ku-nu] yu-la#-[mi-nu] | Ia-pa-Adad when you were mine, you were allotment |
| 13 | lum-na lum-na-ma a-na ia-[szi] | evil, evil to me |
| 14 | a-nu-ma 2(disz) _{gesz}ma2_-ia ha-ba#-ta | Now, two of my boats have been seized |
| 15 | u3 _ud5-mesz_-ia u3 mi-im-mi-ia | and my goats and anything of mine |
| 16 | [ma]-id# ma-gal it-ti-szu | he has a lot of money with him. |
| 17 | [yu-wa]-szi-ra _lugal_-ru _{lu2}maszkim2_-szu | Yawašira the king, his guarantor |
| 18 | [u3 yu]-pa-ra-asz be-ri-ku-ni# | and yoparaš, your servants |
| 19 | [ka-li] mi-im-mi sza-a | all that |
| 20 | [iu2-ul]-qu2 isz-tu sza-a-szu x | they took. From him ... |
| 21 | [yi-il3-qe2] _ugu_ mi#-im-mi-[ia] | take over my property. |
| 22 | [sa-a] it-ti-[szu yi-sza-al] | "Why do you argue with him?" |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] _lu2#-mesz_-ia mu# x | to my men ... |
| 2 | [isz]-tu# {disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur | from Rib-Adad |
| 3 | [u3] a-na _lu2-mesz gaz-mesz_ ip-[pu-szu] | and to kill men they shall do. |
| 4 | [gab2-ba] u3 ia-nu sza-a | the breast and there is none |
| 5 | [yi-il3]-qu2 mi-im-ma-szu isz-tu | he has taken everything from |
| 6 | [_lu2-mesz_]-ia a-na mi-ni la-a | my men, why not? |
| 7 | [i]-li-u2 usz-sza-ar _lu2_-lim | the god made a man prosper. |
| 8 | [a]-na# _e2-gal_ ki-ma tap-pi2-ia | to the palace like my companion |
| 9 | _iri-mesz_-szu-nu a-na sza-szu-nu [u3] | their cities to them and |
| 10 | pa-asz-hu ya-di-in4 _{d}utu tesz2#_ | “I am afraid, I am frightened, O Šamaš, together |
| 11 | i-na pa-ni-ka u3 szu-up-szi-ih# [_kur_] | In your presence and in the assembly of the land |
| 12 | u3 la-a yi-na-mu-szu | and they will not give him. |
| 13 | isz-tu mu-hi-ka u3 | from your account and |
| 14 | {disz}a-ma-an-ma-sza qi2-ba-[mi a-na] | “Amanmaša, speak to |
| 15 | sza-a-szu u3 yi-zi-[iz] | he himself and yiz |
| 16 | it-ti-ia asz-szum a-ba-[li] | with me concerning the flood |
| 17 | t,up-pi2-ia a-na mu-hi-ka# [u3] | my tablet to you and |
| 18 | pa-t,a2-ri-ma szu-ut [u3] | it is sealed and that and |
| 19 | ia-nu sza-a yu-ba-lu [t,up-pi2-ia] | What are the contents of my tablet? |
| 20 | a-na mu-hi-ka u3 i-[di] | to you and I know. |
| 21 | _lugal#_-ru a-na {disz}a-ma#-[an-ma-sza] | the king to Amān-maša |
| 22 | [u3] yi-zi#-[iz it-ti-ia] | and stand with me |
| 23 | [...] | |
| 24 | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 {disz}ia-pa-{d}iszkur [...] | and Ia-pa-Addu |
| 2 | _til-la_ a-na _iri-mesz_ sza#-[a la-a] | he shall pay the full amount to the cities which he does not pay. |
| 3 | na-ak-ru isz-[tu mu-hi-ka] | the enemy from your head |
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