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EA 293 (P271002)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 293 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271002 |
| Museum no. | CM 04774 (12231) |
| 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 [qi2-bi2-ma] | speak to my gods, my Šamaš: |
| 3 | um#-ma {disz}[iszkur]-di#-ku5 _ARAD2#_-[ka] | Thus Adad-diku, your servant: |
| 4 | ep#-ri sza _giri3-mesz_-ka | the footing of your feet |
| 5 | a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 6 | _dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz)-szu | my gods, my Šamaš, seven times |
| 7 | 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qu2-ut | I fall seven times. |
| 8 | [isz]-te-me2 a-wa-at | heard the word |
| 9 | sza isz-pu-ur _lugal en_-ia | which he sent to the king, my lord |
| 10 | a-na _ARAD2_-szu u2-s,ur-mi | to his servant he shall guard |
| 11 | asz-ri _lugal_ sza it-ti7-ka | the king who with you |
| 12 | a-nu-ma is,-s,u2-ru | Herewith they have guarded |
| 13 | _u4-kam_-ma u3 <<_u4_>> mu#-sza# | day and night |
| 14 | i-nu-ma | when |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_lu2? kur2?] lugal# en_-ia | enemy of the king, my lord |
| 2 | [x x]-_mesz_ x x _te_ | ...s ... |
| 3 | a [x x] szu# a-nu-ma | ... now |
| 4 | [x x]-_te_-szi a-di# | ... her ... until |
| 5 | [...] sza-ad | ... he conquered |
| 6 | [...] ta# szi#? asz?-te9#-me2# | ... what did I learn? |
| 7 | [...] _en_-ia# | ... my lord |
| 8 | [...]-kasz-szi-id | ... conquered |
Sources & licences
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- 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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