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EA 250 (P270998)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 250 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270998 |
| Museum no. | CM 04769 (12204) |
| 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 | [a]-na# {disz}lugal _en_-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Lugal, my lord: |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}{d}iszkur-ur-sag _ARAD2_-ka-ma | Thus says Adad-qarrād, your servant: |
| 3 | a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia 7(disz)-szu u3 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qut | I fell at the feet of the king, my lord, seven times and seven times. |
| 4 | yi-de-mi _lugal_-ru _en_-ia [i]-nu#-ma | The king, my lord, knows that |
| 5 | tu-ur-ri-s,u2-mi3# 2(disz) _dumu lu2_ ar-ni _lugal#_ be#-li2-ia | I have returned. Two sons of a man, the debts of the king, my lord |
| 6 | 2(disz) _dumu_ {disz}la-ab-a-ya# pa-ni-szu-ni | 2 sons of Labaya, his face |
| 7 | a-na hal-li2-iq _kur lugal#_-ri _en_-ia | to destroy the land of my lord |
| 8 | _egir_-ki sza hu-li2#-iq# _lu2_ a-bu-szu-[ni] | After the one who has lost a friend, |
| 9 | u3 yi-de-mi _lugal_-ru _en_-ia i-nu-ma | and the king, my lord, when |
| 10 | ma-ni _u4-kam2#-mesz#_ tu-be2#-'u5#-na _ugu_-ia | If the day reaches me, |
| 11 | 2(disz) _dumu_ la-ab-a-ya am-mi-nim-me | 2 sons of Labaya I named. |
| 12 | na-ad-na-ta _iri_ gi-ti-pa-da-al-la | given over to the city Gitipadal |
| 13 | [i]-na# _szu lugal_-ri _en_-ka _iri{ki}_ | By the hand of the king, your lord, the city |
| 14 | sza la-qi2-mi {disz}la-ab-a-ya _lu2_ a-bu-nu | which Lābaya, the father-in-law |
| 15 | u3 ki-ia-am ti-iq-bu-na | And you said thus: |
| 16 | 2(disz) _dumu_ la-ab-a-ya a-na ia-szi i-pu-usz-mi3 | 2 sons of Labaya for me he made |
| 17 | nu-kur-ta5 i-na _lu2-mesz kur_ gi-na _ugu_ da-ku-mi3 | a nukurtu-demon among the men of the land, a regular offering on account of death |
| 18 | _lu2_ a-ba-nu u3 szum-ma nu-kur2-ta5 la-a ti-pu-szu | a man a father and if a nukurtu you did not perform |
| 19 | u3 nu-kur2-tu4-ka ni-nu-um u3 ip-pal-szu-ni | “And your nukurtu-demon, the ninû-disease, and what he has done to him, |
| 20 | yi-ki-im-ni-mi _dingir_-lim sza _lugal en#_-ia# | May the gods of the king, my lord, be at peace with me! |
| 21 | asz-szum i-pi2-isz nu-kur2-ti i-na _lu2-mesz# kur#_ gi#-na | because of the insurrection and rebellion among the people of the land |
| 22 | _ARAD2-mesz lugal en_-ia u3 yi-it-ru#-us,# | the servants of the king, my lord, and I have sent. |
| 23 | i-na pa-ni _lugal en_-ia u3 lu-[u2] ia#-asz-pur#-me# | in the presence of the king, my lord, and I shall write. |
| 24 | 1(disz)-en _lu2-mesz gal_-szu a-na {disz}bir5-ia-wa-za | one of his great men to Biriya-waza |
| 25 | [u3 yi]-iq#-bi a-na sza-a-szu | and yiqbi to him |
| 26 | til#-la-ku#-na-mi3 a-na mu-hi 2(disz) _dumu_ la-ab-a-ya | Tillakunami for the two sons of Labaya |
| 27 | u3 _lu2_ ar-ni _lugal_-ri at#-ta | and you, the king’s servant, |
| 28 | u3 _egir_-szu a-di ia-asz#-pu#-ra# _lugal_-ru _en_-ia | and after that, until I write to the king, my lord, |
| 29 | a-na# [ia]-szi# i-[pu-usz]-mi ip-szi | he did to me, and he made it. |
| 30 | _lugal# en#_-ka _ugu_ 2(disz) _dumu#_ la#-ab-a-ya | The king, your lord, is concerned with the two sons of Labaya. |
| 31 | [...] x x yi# sza#-[a]-nu# | ... that one |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [... szu?]-ri#-ba# {disz}mil-ki-li3 | ... Milki-ili |
| 2 | [a]-na# mu#-hi#-szu#-ni yi-in4#-na-pi2-isz# | to him, I have sworn. |
| 3 | [szu-ul]-ma!#-nu#-um# i-na# lib3-bi-szu-ni | There is peace among them. |
| 4 | [u3] ki#-[ia]-am# a-s,e-et _uzu-zi_ | And as for me, the flock of oxen |
| 5 | {disz}mil#-[ki]-li3# a-na [szu]-ri#-ib 2(disz) _dumu_ la-ab-a-ya | Milki-ili to Šurib 2 sons of Labaya |
| 6 | [i]-na# _iri#_ pi2#-<hi>-li3# a-na# hal-li2-iq# _egir_-ki#-ti# | in the city of Pi<hillî, for the destruction of the hinterland |
| 7 | _kur# lugal# en#_-ia# it#-ti#-szu#-ni _egir#_-ki | The land of the king, my lord, is with him. After that |
| 8 | sza hu!-li2-iq# {disz}mil#-ki#-lum! u3 {disz}la-ab-a-ya# | of the loss of Milki-lum and Labaya |
| 9 | u3 ki-ia-am ti-iq#-bu-na 2(disz) _dumu#_ la#-ab#-[a]-ya | And as you said, two sons of Labaya |
| 10 | i-pu-usz-mi ni-kur-tu2 ki-ma _lu2_ a-bi-nu | he made a nīkurtu-gift like a man of our father |
| 11 | i-na _lugal en_-ka i-nu-ma yi-iz-zi-iz | When I stood before the king, your lord, |
| 12 | _ugu iri_ szu-na-ma u3 _ugu iri_ bur-qu2#-na | against that city and against the city of Burquna |
| 13 | u3 _ugu iri_ ha-ra-bu u3 | and against the city of Harabu and |
| 14 | yi-is-su2-uh lem-ni :" ia-an#-szu# ke-en-ni# | The evil yissuḫu-demon is his true name. |
| 15 | u3 yi-is,-bat-mi _iri_ gi-ti-ri-mu-ni-ma | and seized the city of Gitrimuni, and |
| 16 | u3 yu-pa-at-ti :" u2-gar2#-ri _lugal en_-ka4 | and yupattu, the king, your lord, |
| 17 | u3 ip-pal-szu-ni yi-ik#-ki#-im-ni-me | and he has listened to us, our agreement |
| 18 | _dingir_-lim sza _lugal en_-ia asz#-szum# i-pi2-isz | the gods of the king, my lord, because he performed |
| 19 | nu-kur-ti i-na _lugal en_-ia _lugal_-ra _en_-ia | May there be peace among the king, my lord. |
| 20 | i-ru-du a-na-ku u3 _szesz-mesz_-ia | I and my brothers |
| 21 | sza ti-isz-ti-mu-na a-na ia-szi | of Tištimuna to me |
| 22 | u3 la-a yi-nam-mu-szu _{lu2}dumu_ szi-ip-ri# | and he does not name him, the messenger |
| 23 | {disz}mil-ki-li3 isz-tu4# mu-hi 2(disz) _dumu_ la-ab-a-ya# | Milki-ili from the son of Labaya |
| 24 | u4-ma an#-nu-um a-na hal-li2-iq | When this to be destroyed |
| 25 | _kur lugal en_-ia yu-ba-a'2-u2 {disz}mil#-ki#-li2# | the land of the king, my lord, Yabaʾu, Milki-ili |
| 26 | u3 i-ia-nu-um pa-nu-ta5 sza-nu#-ta5 | and Iyanum, a second one |
| 27 | a-na ia-szi _lugal_-ra _en_-ia | To me, the king, my lord: |
| 28 | i-ru-du u3 a-wa-at yi-qa-bu | he entered, and the word that I speak |
| 29 | [_lugal_]-ru _en_-ia isz-te9-mu | The king, my lord, heard this. |
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