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EA 247 (P271017)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 247 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271017 |
| Museum no. | CM 04792 (12236) |
| 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' | 7(disz)-ta#-[a-an am-qut] | 7 times I fall. |
| 2' | asz-szum szi#-[bi-ir-ti sza] | Concerning the letter of |
| 3' | ia-asz-pu-[ur _lugal_-ru] | I have written to the king: |
| 4' | _en_-ia a-na# [ia-szi] | my lord to me |
| 5' | isz-te-me [a-wa-at] | heard the word |
| 6' | _lugal_-ri [_en_-ia] | the king, my lord |
| 7' | ma-gal [ma-gal] | many, many |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 mi-ia#-[me] | and anything |
| 2 | [a]-na-ku _ur-[ku_ 1(disz)-en] | I am a dog, one |
| 3 | u3 la-a [isz-me a-na] | and he did not hear to |
| 4 | [i]-ri-isz-[ti _lugal_-ri] | Irishtu king |
| 5 | _en_-ia a-[nu-um-ma] | my lord, now |
| 6 | u2-sze-szi-[ru a-na] | they will bring. To |
| 7 | _lugal_-ri# [_en_-ia sza] | The king, my lord, who |
| 8 | [qa]-bi# | speak! |
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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