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EA 160 (P271022)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 160 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271022 |
| Museum no. | PM 1,25,1574 |
| 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 | [a-na] _lugal_-ri _gal_-bi _en#_-[ia] | To the great king, my lord: |
| 2 | [um]-ma# {disz}a-zi-ri _{lu2}ARAD2_-[ka-ma] | Thus Aziri, your servant: |
| 3 | 7(disz)#-szu u3 7(disz)-szu a-na _giri3#-[mesz en_-ia] | 7 and 7 to the feet of my lord |
| 4 | _dingir_-ia u3 {d}utux(ERIM)-ia am-qut# | my god and my Šamaš I fell. |
| 5 | _en_-ia _dingir_-ia {d}utux(ERIM)-ia | my lord, my god (and) my army |
| 6 | a-na-ku _{lu2}ARAD2_-ka u3 _dumu-mesz_-ia | I, your servant and my sons |
| 7 | u3 _szesz-mesz_-ia _lu2-mesz ARAD2_-tu4 | and my brothers, servants |
| 8 | sza _lugal_-ri _en_-ia a-di da2-ri-ti | of the king, my lord, forever |
| 9 | a-nu-um-ma gab2-bi mi-ri-isz-te-_mesz_ | Herewith, all the tributes |
| 10 | sza _lugal en_-ia u2-sze-esz-sze-er | of the king, my lord, I made surpassing. |
| 11 | u3 sza it-ta-as,-s,i2 | and that he has seized |
| 12 | isz#-tu _uzu-ka_ pi2-i | From your fatty tissue |
| 13 | _lugal en_-ia u2-sze-esz-sze-er | the king, my lord, shall bring about. |
| 14 | a-nu-um-ma 8(disz) _{gesz}ma2-mesz#_ u3# _{gesz#?}taskarin-nu-mesz_ | Herewith, 8 boats and tamarisks |
| 15 | u3 _gesz-mesz gal_-bu-tum# [...] be#?-nu# | and the large trees |
| 16 | gab2-bi sza it-ta#-[as,-s,i2] | all that he has carried off |
| 17 | isz-tu _uzu-ka#_ [pi2-i] | After your flesh is swollen, |
| 18 | _lugal_-ri _en_-ia# [_dingir_-ia u3? {d}utux(ERIM)-ia] | my king, my lord, my god and my army |
| 19 | [a]-na#-ku lu-u2 [u2-sze-esz-sze-er?] | I shall make (them) shine. |
| 20 | [u3?] _lugal_-ri [_en_-ia] | and the king, my lord |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x] i-qa2-ab-[bi] | ... he will say |
| 2 | [x] ta#-ba2-an-ni# [...] | ... what did you give me? ... |
| 3 | [x]-ra#-am sza _en#_-[ia] | ... of my lord |
| 4 | u3 _lugal-mesz kur_ nu-ha-[asz-sze] | and the kings of the land Nuhashshe |
| 5 | na#-ak-ru-nim it-ti#-ia# | the enemy with me |
| 6 | u3 la u2-ba2-an-ni-szi | and he did not give to us. |
| 7 | _iri_ s,u-mu-ri i-na _mu-kam#_-ma | The city Ṣumuru in the year |
| 8 | a-ba2-an-ni# _iri_ s,u2-mu-ri | “Where is the city of Ṣumuru? |
| 9 | _en_-ia a-na-ku _{lu2}ARAD2_-ka a-di da2-ri-ti | my lord, I, your servant, forever |
| 10 | u3 _lugal_ a-na _lu2-mesz#_ sa-ar-ru-ti | and the king to the black-headed people |
| 11 | sza# i#-kal2#-lu-u2-nim kar3-s,i-ia | who hold my scepter |
| 12 | a#-[na pa]-ni# _en_-ia la te-sze-em-mi | Do not listen to my lord! |
| 13 | u3 _lugal_-ru _en_-ia _dingir_-ia u3 {d}utux(ERIM)-ia | and the king, my lord, my god, and my army |
| 14 | _lu2-dumu-kin_-ri-szu li-isz-pur-ra-am | his messenger send. |
| 15 | it-ti _lu2-dumu-kin#_-ri#-ia | with my messenger |
| 16 | u3 li-il-qe3#? [(x)] gab2-bi# | and he should take it all |
| 17 | sza i-qa2-ab-bi _lugal# [en?_-ia?] | which he commands the king, my lord |
| 18 | _en_-ia i-na-an-na [...] | my lord, now . . |
| 19 | [ki]-i-me-e u2-ba2-[an-ni _iri?_ sza?] | As soon as he has returned, the city of |
| 20 | [_lugal] en_-ia _dingir_-ia# [u3? {d}utux(ERIM)-ia] | the king, my lord, my god and my army |
| 21 | [u3] _lugal#_-ru _en_-ia [_lu2-dumu-kin_-ri-ka?] | and the king, my lord, your messenger |
| 22 | [it]-ti _lu2-dumu-kin_-[ri-ia?] | with my messenger |
| 23 | [i-na] ha-mut-isz usz-sze-ra-am | he quickly made enter. |
| 24 | [u3] bi-il-ta-szu sza _lugal en_-ia u2-bal# | and the debts of the king, my lord, I shall carry out. |
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