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EA 070 (P271020)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271020 |
| Museum no. | PM 1, 25,1575 |
| Collection | Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation |
| 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 | [{disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur iq-bi] | Rib-Adad said: |
| 2 | [a-na _en_-szu _lugal kur-kur{ki}-mesz_] | to his lord, the king of the lands |
| 3 | [_lugal gal {d}nin_ sza _iri_ gub-la] | great king, lady of the city Gubla |
| 4 | [ti-di-in4 _kal-ga_ a-na _lugal_-ri] | strong advice to the king |
| 5 | [_en_-ia a]-na# _giri3#-[mesz_] | my lord to the feet |
| 6 | [_en_-ia] _{d}utu_-ia# [7(disz)-szu] | my lord, my Šamaš 7 times |
| 7 | [7(disz)-ta]-an# am-qu2-ut# | 7 times I fall. |
| 8 | [x x] _x-hi-a iri_ gub-[la] | ... the city of Gubla |
| 9 | [x x (x)]-tu-nu _iri_ ma-ag#?-[da?-lim?] | ...tunu, the city of Magdalim? |
| 10 | [x x]-ti#-ka isz-tu | your ... from |
| 11 | [x x (x)]-ti li-ma-ad | ... may he measure out |
| 12 | [i-nu-ma] usz-szi-ir#-ti | when the foundations |
| 13 | [x x] x-szu u3 la-a! | his ... and not |
| 14 | [x x (x)] na?-ad!-na-ti | ... gifts |
| 15 | [x x] a-na _dumu_-szu | ... to his son |
| 16 | [yu?-pa?]-ra#?-asz#? be-ri-ku-ni# | I have sent(?) to you |
| 17 | [u3] usz#-szi-ra-ni | and imposed upon me |
| 18 | [x x _lu2-mesz] kur_ mi-is,-ri# | ... the people of the land of Mishru |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u3 x _lu2]-mesz# kur_ me-lu#-ha | and ... the people of Meluḫa |
| 2 | [x x ki?]-ma _lugal-mesz_ | ... like kings |
| 3 | [sza? na]-ad#-na-ta _{gesz}[gigir-mesz_]-szu#-nu u3 ti-na#-s,a-ru3# | that was given, their chariots and the guard |
| 4 | [a-di a]-s,i2# _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti | as far as the troops captured |
| 5 | [u3] yi#-de _lugal en_-ia | and the king, my lord |
| 6 | [i-nu-ma] _kur_ a-mur-ri ur-ra | When the land of Amurru had become hostile |
| 7 | [mu-sza] tu-ba-<u2> a-s,a _<erin2-mesz>_ pi2-t,a2-ti | “Her name is Tubācu, the herdsman of prisoners of war. |
| 8 | [i-na] _u4#-kam3-mesz_ ka-sza#?-ad#? | On the day that you are to arrive, |
| 9 | [_erin2-mesz_ pi2]-t,a2-ti _kur_ a-mur#-[ri] | troops captured by Amurru; |
| 10 | [lu?-u2? in4]-ne2-ep-sza-[at] | may they be performed(?) |
| 11 | [x x a]-na# _lugal_-ri# [_en_-ia] | ... to the king, my lord |
| 12 | [...] szu#?-nu#? x [...] | ... they(?) |
Sources & licences
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