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EA 206 (P270992)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 206 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270992 |
| Museum no. | CM 04762 (12229) |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | a-na {disz}lugal | to Lugal |
| 2 | be-li-ia | my lord |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {disz}lu2 _iri_ na-zi-ba | Thus (says) the man of the city Naziba |
| 5 | _ARAD2_-ka a-na _gir2-mesz_ | your servant to the feet |
| 6 | {disz}lugal be-li-ia | Lugal, my lord |
| 7 | 7(disz)-szu a-na pa-ni | 7 times before |
| 8 | 7(disz)-ta-ni am-qut | 7 times I fall. |
| 9 | at-ta | You, |
| 10 | sza-ap#-ra#-<ta> | from the šaprātu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na szu-szi-ri | to raise |
| 2 | a-na pa-ni _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-te | Released before the troops. |
| 3 | u3 a-nu-ma | and now |
| 4 | a-na-ku qa-du _erin2-mesz_-ia | I together with my troops |
| 5 | u3 _{gesz}gigir-mesz#_-ia | and my chariots |
| 6 | a-na pa-ni _erin2#-mesz_ | before the troops |
| 7 | pi2-t,a2-te | Released. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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