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EA 267 (P270999)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 267 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270999 |
| Museum no. | CM 04771 (12232) |
| 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 _lugal en_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 2 | [_dingir]-mesz_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | my gods, my Šamaš |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {disz}mil-ki-li _ARAD2_-ka-ma | thus Milki-ili, your servant: |
| 5 | ip-ri sza _giri3-mesz_-ka | the opening of your feet |
| 6 | a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 7 | _dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | my gods, my Šamaš |
| 8 | 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta2-a-an am-qu2-ut | I fall seven times seven times. |
| 9 | a-wa-at ul-te-bi-la | I have sent a word. |
| 10 | _lugal en_-ia _dingir-mesz_-ia | the king, my lord, and my gods |
| 11 | _{d}utu_-ia a-na# ia-szi | my Šamaš to me |
| 12 | a-nu-um-ma i-szu-szi-ru-szu | Now they have brought him |
| 13 | a-na _lugal en_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 14 | _{d}utu_ isz-tu _an{sza10-me}_ | Šamaš from heaven |
| 15 | u3 lu-u2 yi#-i-de9 | or he should know |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _lugal en_-ia _dingir-mesz_-ia | the king, my lord, and my gods |
| 2 | _{d}utu_-ia i-nu-ma | my Šamaš when |
| 3 | sza-lim a-szar | are well. Where |
| 4 | _lugal en_-ia sza | the king, my lord, who |
| 5 | it-ti7-ia | with me |
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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