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EA 094 (P270986)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270986 |
| Museum no. | CM 04756 |
| 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]-ad#-di# isz!#-ta!#-par2# a-na _lugal# kur#-[kur{ki}_] | Rib-addi has written to the king of the lands: |
| 2 | _{lu2#}ARAD2# lugal#_ be-li2#-[ia a-na]-ku! | I am the servant of the king, my lord. |
| 3 | a-na# _giri3-mesz_ be-li2#-ia# 7(disz) u3 7(disz) am#-qut | to the feet of my lord I fell seven times and seven times |
| 4 | a-na# mi-ni la-a yi-isz-me2 be-li2# | Why does my lord not hear? |
| 5 | a-wa#-te! _ARAD2_-szu yi-de be-li2 i-nu-ma | the words of his servant I know, my lord, when |
| 6 | [ia]-a-nu-mi le-em-na i-na# [a]-wa#-te _ARAD2#_-szu# | there is evil in the words of his servant |
| 7 | ul# iq#-bu a-wa-te! sza-ru-te# [mi]-im-ma | They did not say 'no' to the noble words. |
| 8 | a-na _lugal_ be#-[li2]-ia a-wa-te i-da#-gal# | to the king, my lord, words he shall speak |
| 9 | u3 a-wa-te da-mi-iq _lugal_ be-li2 | and a favorable word of the king, my lord |
| 10 | qa-bi4-ti7 a-na _lugal_ be-li2-ia# usz-szi-ra-mi | I have spoken to the king, my lord. |
| 11 | _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti u3 ti-il5-[qe2 {disz}]_ARAD2#_-asz-ra-ta | “Troops, prisoners of war, and the takers of Warad-Ašrata, |
| 12 | mi-ia-mi yi-ma-lik i-zi-[za i]-na pa-ni | Whatever you are going to do, stand before me! |
| 13 | _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-at _lugal_ be-li2-ia | troops under the authority of the king, my lord |
| 14 | li#-iq#-bi# ti7-iq-bu-na# _lu2#-[mesz_] sza-ru-tu | may he command. The Tigris, the holy men |
| 15 | [a-wa-te sza]-ru#-te# a-[na _lugal_] be-li2-ia | I am writing to the king, my lord, very important words. |
| 16 | [...] _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti | ... of the prisoners of war |
| 17 | [...]-at | ...-at |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | sza#-ni#-[tam ...] | Secondly, . . |
| 2' | _lu2_ na-a-ru [...] | the man of the scepter . . |
| 3' | sza-ki-in _ugu#_ [...] | Set over .... |
| 4' | u3 al-lu-u2 [...] | and allû ... |
| 5' | u3 al-le _iri#_ [... _lu2_] na-a-ri | And ... the city ..., the enemy |
| 6' | szu-ut yi-de _lugal#_ [u3 ia-nu] _lu2#_ sza-na! | that of a king or another man |
| 7' | u3 _a_ me2-e i-na#-sza#-szu#-nu-ma | and water he brings to them, and |
| 8' | szu-ut yu-_til-la_-at,-szu-nu | of their own free will |
| 9' | i-nu-ma i-ka-szi-isz a-na-ku | When he is ready, I |
| 10' | _{lu2-mesz}gaz!_ nu-kur3-tu i-na ia-szi | the criminals, the evildoers, in me |
| 11' | u3 szu-ut _te-la_-at,-szu-nu-ma | and that which you have imposed upon them |
| 12' | u3 li-im-lik _lugal ARAD2_-szu | and Limlik, the king, his servant |
| 13' | li-szi-ra _lugal lu2_ ra-bi-s,a-szu | may the king, his great man |
| 14' | li#-im#-lik i-na asz-ri szu-ut | May he go to that place. |
| 15' | la#-[a]-mi yi#-isz-ta-hi-it | I have been frightened. |
| 16' | [pa]-na#-nu#-ma [i]-na# _ansze-mesz_ yi-iq-bi | Now, with the donkeys, I will tell it to you. |
| 17' | _lugal_ a-na# na#-da#-ni a-na _ARAD2_ | the king to give to a servant |
| 18' | [ki-it-ti-szu u3 ...] ia-nu mi-ma a-na [...] | his trust and ... nothing to ... |
| 19' | [...] szi i na na szu# ni# a-na [...] | ... to ... |
| 20' | [...] lu [...] | ... ... |
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