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EA 313 (P271009)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 313 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271009 |
| Museum no. | CM 04782 (12228) |
| 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 | [...]-ka# | ... your |
| 2 | 1(u) 3(disz) _lu2-mesz dam#?-[gar3?-mesz?_] | 13 merchants? |
| 3 | sza _kur_ mi-is,-ri{ki} | of the land of Mīṣri |
| 4 | sza me-eh-su-me | of the limbs |
| 5 | i-na na-ma-asz | in the nāš |
| 6 | _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | the slaughterers |
| 7 | at-ta-din 4(disz) me _ku3-babbar-mesz_ | I gave. 400 (shekels of) silver |
| 8 | _ugu_ 1(disz) li-me-_mesz_ | for 1 thousand people |
| 9 | a-na qa-ti sza | to the hand of |
| 10 | _lu2_ ra-bi-s,i2 _lugal#_ | the chief of the king |
| 11 | sza _ugu_-ia u3 | of my own and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | <<u3>> _lu2-mesz_ sza ip-pu-szu | the men who do it |
| 2 | ip-sza#-am# an-nu-u2 | This is an omen. |
| 3 | id-din#-szu#-nu _{d}utu_ | Šamaš gave them. |
| 4 | i-na x ri# sza | in ... of |
| 5 | _lugal_ da#-na-ti | the mighty king |
| 6 | u3 lu-u2-me 2(disz) _ARAD2-mesz_ | or 2 slaves |
| 7 | [sza] _lugal#_ la-a | of the king not |
| 8 | x x me-ih-s,u2# | ... adversity |
| 9 | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...]-ti | ...-ti |
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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