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EA 075 (P270987)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270987 |
| Museum no. | CM 04757 (12191) |
| 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#-da# [iq-bi] | Rib-adda said: |
| 2 | [a]-na _en_-szu# _lugal# [kur-kur lugal gal_] | To his lord, the king of the lands, the great king: |
| 3 | _{d}nin_ sza _iri#_ [gub-la] | the goddess of the city Gubla |
| 4 | ti-din _kal-ga_ a-[na _lugal en_-ia] | The mighty gift to the king, my lord. |
| 5 | a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}[utu_-ia] | to the feet of my lord, my Shamash |
| 6 | [7(disz)]-szu# 7(disz)-a-an am-qu2-ut# [lu-u2] | I fall seven times seven times. |
| 7 | [i]-de _lugal en_-li i-nu-[ma] | the king, my lord, knows that |
| 8 | szal-ma-at _iri_ gub-la _geme2#_-[ka] | The whole of the city, your slave woman |
| 9 | isz3#-tu! da-ri-it _u4-kam2#-mesz_ | from the eternal days |
| 10 | sza-ni#-tam _ga-kal_ nu-kur2 sza _erin2 gaz-mesz_ | Secondly, a strong one, unrivalled, of the troops killed. |
| 11 | _ugu#_-ia ga-am-ru _dumu-mesz dumu#-munus-mesz_ | the full payment of the sons and daughters |
| 12 | _{gesz}[mesz] e2-mesz_ i-na na-da-ni | the wood of the houses at the nadānu |
| 13 | [i-na] _kur_ ia-ri-mu-ta i-na | in the land of Yarimutu, in |
| 14 | i-na ba-la-at, _zi_-ti-nu# | In the life of our life |
| 15 | [_a]-sza3#_-ia _dam_ sza la mu-ta# | my field, a wife without husband |
| 16 | ma-szi-il5 asz-szum ba-li | Ašī-il because of the loss |
| 17 | i-re-[szi]-im asz-ta-pa#-ar u3 | I have written to her, and |
| 18 | [asz]-ta-ni a-na _e2-gal#_ asz-szum mur-s,i2! _ugu_-nu | to the palace concerning the illness upon us |
| 19 | [ia-nu sza] i-da-gal a-wa-te# sza#-a | If he wishes, the words that |
| 20 | [ti-ik-szu]-du-na li-isz3-me2 | may they hear his prayers. |
| 21 | [_lugal_-ru a]-wa-_te-mesz# ARAD2#_-[szu] | the king, his words, his servant |
| 22 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] BU#-ni# ka-[li] | ... all |
| 2 | [_kur-kur] lugal_-ri _en_-ia {disz}a-du#-[na] | the lands of the king, my lord, Aduna |
| 3 | [_lugal] iri_ ir-qa-ta# i-du-ku-szu#? | The king of Irqata will kill him. |
| 4 | [_lu2]-mesz gaz#?-[za?]-mesz#_ [u3] ia-nu | killed men, and there are no |
| 5 | sza <ya>-aq-bi# mi#-[im]-ma a-na | which I said, everything to |
| 6 | {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta u3 ti-il3-qu2#-na# | Abdi-Aširta and Tilquna |
| 7 | {disz}mi-ya _lu2 iri#_ a-ra-asz-ni | Miya, man of Arašni |
| 8 | is,-s,a-bat _iri_ ar-da#-ta | seized the city Ardata. |
| 9 | u3 an-nu-usz [i]-na-an-na | Now then |
| 10 | _lu2#-mesz iri_ am-mi-ia!(I) ti-du-ku | the people of my city you killed |
| 11 | _en_-szu#-[nu u3 pa]-al-ha-ti a-na#-ku# | I am their lord and fearsome. |
| 12 | li-il5#-ma#-ad _lugal_ be-li | May the king, my lord, rejoice! |
| 13 | i-nu-ma is,-s,a-bat _lugal_ ha-ti | when the king of Hatti |
| 14 | ka-li _kur-kur tukul_-ti-ti | all the lands with my support |
| 15 | _lugal kur_ mi-it-ta-ni-ma | the king of the land opposite me |
| 16 | _lugal kur_ na-ah-<ri>-ma [u3] | king of the land Naḫuma and |
| 17 | _kur# lugal-lugal_ ra-bu-[ti] | the land of great kingship |
| 18 | {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta# [_ARAD2_] | Abdi-Aširta, slave |
| 19 | _ur-gi7_ yi-il3-[qu2 a-na sza-szu] | a dog took, to him |
| 20 | usz-szi-ra _erin2#-[mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti] | he brought in. The prisoners of war |
| 21 | _ga#-kal ugu#_-[ia nu-kur2] | the strength of my lord is not diminished |
| 22 | [x x] ma# [...] | ... ... |
| 23 | [x x] ma# [...] | ... ... |
| 24 | [...] ta# [...] | ... what ...? |
| 25 | [...] a ti esz [...] | ... water ... |
| 26 | [u3 usz]-szi#-ra _lu2_ a-na _iri#_ [gub-la u3] | and the man to the city of Gubla and |
| 27 | [a-ka]-sza#-da! a-na-ku a-na [ma-har _lugal_] | I will go and greet the king. |
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