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EA 015 (P271024)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271024 |
| Museum no. | MMA 24.2.11 |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA |
| 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 | a-na _lugal kur_ mi#-[is,-s,a?-ri] | to the king of the land of Mishsharu |
| 2 | qi2-bi-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}{d}a-szur-_ti-la# [lugal kur_ {d?}a]-szur-ma | Thus says Assurnasirpal, king of Assyria: |
| 4 | a-na ka-sza _e2_-ka a-na _kur_-ka | to you, your house, to your land |
| 5 | a-na _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ka u3 _erin2-mesz_-ka | to your chariots and your troops |
| 6 | lu-u2 szul-mu | May it be well. |
| 7 | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ia al-tap-ra-ak-ku | I have sent you my messenger. |
| 8 | a-na a-ma-ri-ka u3 _kur_-ka a-na a-ma-ri | to see you and your land to see |
| 9 | a-di an-ni-sza ab-ba-u2-ia | until now, my fathers |
| 10 | la isz-pu-ru | did not send |
| 11 | u4-ma a-na-ku al-tap-ra-ak-ku | Now I am writing to you: |
| 12 | 1(disz) _{gesz}gigir saga_-ta 2(disz) _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ | 1 good chariot, 2 horses |
| 13 | u3# 1(disz) _{na4}u2_-hi-na sza _{na4}za-gin3 kur_-e | and 1 stone of lapis lazuli from the mountain |
| 14 | [a]-na# szul-ma-ni-ka | To your well-being |
| 15 | [u2]-sze-bi-la-ku# | I have sent to you. |
| 16 | [_dumu_ szi]-ip-ri sza asz-pu-ra-ku-ni | the messenger about whom I wrote to you |
| 17 | [...] a-na a-ma-ri | ... to see |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la#? tu4-ka-as-su | do not abandon him! |
| 2 | li#-mu-ur u3 li-it-tal-ka | May he see and come. |
| 3 | t,e2#-em-ka u3 t,e2#-em | Your report and the report |
| 4 | ma-ti-ka li-mur | May he see your land. |
| 5 | u3 li-it-ta-al-ka | and he should come. |
Sources & licences
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