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EA 220 (P271013)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271013 |
| Museum no. | CM 04785 (12226) |
| 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 [_{d}utu_-ia] | To Lugal, my lord, my Šamaš |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}kur2-ur-tu-ya _lu2#-iri#_ zu#-nu | Thus (says) Kurtuya, a city official: |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka _sahar-mesz_ sza _giri3-mesz_ | your servant, the earth of the feet |
| 5 | _lugal en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | the king, my lord, my Šamaš |
| 6 | u3 _im-mesz_ sza ka-pa-szi-ka4# | and the tablets of kapaška |
| 7 | a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia# | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 8 | _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz) u3 7(disz)-ta-an | my Šamaš 7 and 7 times |
| 9 | am-qut isz-ti-mi gab2-bi | I fall at my right side. |
| 10 | a-wa-ti _lugal en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | the words of the king, my lord, Šamaš, |
| 11 | mi-ia-ti a-na-ku u3 la | I myself and not |
| 12 | isz-te9-mu a-na _maszkim2 lugal en_-<ia> | he sent to the official of the king, your lord. |
| 13 | [_{d}]utu#_-ia ki-ma qa-bi | my Shamash, as it is said |
| 14 | [_lugal_]-ri _en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | my king, my lord, my Šamaš |
| 15 | [a]-nu#-ma is,-s,u2-ru | Herewith they have guarded |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _iri#_{ki} _lugal_-ri _en_-ia _{d}utu#_-ia | The king, my lord, my Šamaš |
| 2 | a-di ka-sza-di | until I reach |
| 3 | _{lu2}maszkim2 lugal_-ri _en_-ia | the official of the king, my lord |
| 4 | _{d}utu_-ia u3 li-di _lugal en_-ia | my Šamaš and the king, my lord, |
| 5 | _{d}utu_ isz-tu _an{sza10-me}_ | Šamaš from heaven |
| 6 | i-nu-ma sza-ah-ta-at-me | when the šahtātmu |
| 7 | _iri{ki}_ sza _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | the city of the king, my lord |
| 8 | _{d}utu_-ia sza it-ti-ia | my god, who with me |
| 9 | u3 mi-hi-is,-me a-bi-ia | and the debts of my father |
| 10 | u3 a-nu-ma e-na-s,a-ru | And now they are guarding |
| 11 | _iri{ki}_ sza _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | the city of the king, my lord |
| 12 | _{d}utu_-ia sza it-ti-ia | my god, who with me |
| 13 | a-di ka-sza-di | until I reach |
| 14 | _{lu2}maszkim2 lugal en_-ia | the governor of the king, my lord |
| 15 | _{d}utu_-ia a-na la ma-di# | my Šamaš to not be forgotten |
| 16 | _kur#-[mesz]-ti-mesz lugal en_-ia _{d}[utu_-ia] | the lands of the king, my lord, Šamaš |
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