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EA 216 (P271012)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 216 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271012 |
| Museum no. | CM 04784 (12202) |
| 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#-ri _en_-ia | To Lugalri, my lord |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}ba#-ia-wa _ARAD2_-ka | Thus Baiawa, your servant: |
| 4 | a-na _giri3-[mesz] lugal_-ri _en#_-ia# | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 5 | _{d}utu#_-ia# 7(disz) u3 7(disz)-ta#-an | Šamaš-ia 7 and 7 each |
| 6 | am#-qut isz-ti-mi sza-par | I fall at my right side. |
| 7 | _lugal#_-ri _en_-ia a-na _ARAD2_-szu | the king, my lord, to his servant |
| 8 | a-na szu-szi-ri i-na pa-ni | in order to bring it into the presence of |
| 9 | _erin2-mesz_ [:"] pi2-t,a2#-ti | troops, ditto, release |
| 10 | a-nu-ma [i]-szu-szi#-ru | Herewith they have brought |
| 11 | ki#-ma qa-bi# _lugal en_-ia | According to the command of the king, my lord |
| 12 | [u3] isz-ti-mu ma-gal ma-gal | and Ištīmu, great, great |
| 13 | [a]-na# a-wa-ti {disz}ma-ia | concerning the words of Māya |
| 14 | _{lu2#}maszkim lugal_-ri _en_-ia | the governor of the king, my lord |
| 15 | [u3] yu-szi-ra _lugal_ | and Yashira the king |
| 16 | _en_-ia _erin2-mesz_ :" pi2-t,a2#-[ti] | my lord, the troops |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _ARAD2-mesz_-szu | to his servants |
| 2 | _lu2#-mesz_ sza la-a ti-isz-te9-mu-na | the men whom you did not send |
| 3 | a-na _lugal lugal en_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 4 | yi-im-lu-ku a-na sza-szu-nu | they will go to them. |
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