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EA 134 (P270984)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270984 |
| Museum no. | CM 04754 (12189) |
| 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 | [usz-szi-ra]-mi [_erin2-mesz_] | I sent. The troops |
| 2 | [a-na _iri_] gub#-la u2-ul# | to the city of Gubla is not |
| 3 | [yi-il3]-qi2-szi {disz}a-zi#-[ru] | Aziru took her. |
| 4 | a-mur isz-tu da-ri#-[ti] | I have seen from afar. |
| 5 | la-a i-te9-li-yu# | did not come down to me |
| 6 | i-na _iri_ gub-la _dingir-mesz#_ | in the city Gubla of the gods |
| 7 | [i]-na-an-na usz-szi-[ir] | Now he has set |
| 8 | [{disz}]a-zi-ru _erin2-mesz_ a-na# | Aziru, the troops to |
| 9 | [s,a]-ba-ti-isz3 i-nu-ma# | captured him. When |
| 10 | na#-ad-nu _dingir-mesz_-nu [u3] | the gift of the gods and |
| 11 | [a]-s,a#-u2 u3 ia-nu [_erin2-mesz_] | As for me, there are no troops. |
| 12 | [i]-na _iri_ a-na da-ki# | in the city for killing |
| 13 | [_ARAD2] lu2#? ur-ri_ lim-ni# | servant of the herald, eponym year of |
| 14 | [u2]-ul# ti-tu-ru-na | do not return! |
| 15 | [mi]-na i-pu-szu-na [a-na-ku] | whatever they have done, I |
| 16 | [i]-na i-di-ni-ia [_lu2-mesz_] | with my help the men |
| 17 | sza# i-ba-szu i-[na] | which there is in |
| 18 | [_iri_]-lim pa-at,-ru gab#-[bu] | The whole city is deserted. |
| 19 | [la]-qi2 ba-la-t,i3#-[szu-nu] | They are purchased and acquired. Their life |
| 20 | [a]-na# sza#-[a-szu] | to him |
| 21 | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [u3] usz#-szi-ru [_lu2-mesz_] | and made the men rise. |
| 2' | [ma-s,a]-ar a-na _iri#_-[ka] | Watch over your city! |
| 3' | [...]-ku u3 _iri#_ [gub-la] | ... and the city of Gubla |
| 4' | [_iri_] ki-ti _lugal_-ri# | The royal city. |
| 5' | _lu2#_-ia an-nu-u2 usz-szi#-[ir-ti] | This is my man. |
| 6' | a-na _e2-gal_ a-na mi-ni# | to the palace, why |
| 7' | la-a esz-tap-pa-ar _lugal#_ | The king should not be negligent. |
| 8' | pa#-na-ni a-na ka-tu# | Before me, at the kātu. |
| 9' | u3 esz-tap-pa-ar i-na#-[na] | and he will pay back in full. |
| 10' | nu-kur2 _kal-ga ugu_-ia | mighty enemy against me |
| 11' | u3 pal-ha-ti al-[lu-u2] | and fearsomeness are plentiful. |
| 12' | la-qa-a _iri_ s,u-mu-ra# | taken from the city of Ṣumura. |
| 13' | mi-nu qa-ba mi-im-ma | What is it that you command? |
| 14' | a-na sza-a-szu ki-na-ma# | It is true that |
| 15' | na#-da-an pa-ni-szu a-na# | he will give his face to |
| 16' | [_iri_ gub]-la yi-isz3-ta-[...] | The Gubla city ... |
| 17' | [...] ka#-ra-szu# | ... his ... |
| 18' | [...]-lu [...] | ... ... |
| 19' | [...] tu# | ... ... |
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