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EA 369 (P271026)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 369 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271026 |
| Museum no. | MRAH E.6753 |
| Collection | Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium |
| 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}mil-ki-li _lu2#-iri-gaz_-ri# | to Milki-ili, the šandabakku |
| 2 | um-ma _lugal_-ma a-nu-um-ma t,up-pa an-na#-am# | Thus says the king: Herewith, this tablet |
| 3 | ul-te-bi-la-ak-ku a-na qa-be2-e | I have sent you to speak. |
| 4 | a-na ka-a-sza a-nu-um-ma | to you. Now |
| 5 | um-te-sze-ra-ak-ku {disz}ha-an-ia | I have sent to you, Haniya. |
| 6 | _lu2-<pa?>-tur3 erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti | the scouts, prisoners of war |
| 7 | qa-du mi-im-ma a-na la-qe2-e | together with everything for taking |
| 8 | {munus}_de2_ :" sza-qi2-tum _saga_ | (If) a woman gives birth to a šaqītu-bird: good. |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar-hi-a ku3-sig17-hi-a gada-mesz_ :" ma-al-ba-szi | silver, gold, linen |
| 10 | _{na4}gug_ ka-li _na4-mesz {gesz}gu-za {gesz}esi-mesz_ | carnelian, all kinds of stones, cypress, ebony, |
| 11 | qa-tam-ma ka-li mi-im-ma _saga_ | all the good things |
| 12 | _szu-nigin2_-ma sza# 1(disz) me szu-szi t,i3-ba-an | total, of 100 sixty ṭiban |
| 13 | _szu-nigin2_-ma {munus}_de2_ 4(u) | Total: 40 women. |
| 14 | 4(u) _ku3-babbar szam2_ {munus}_de2-mesz_ | 40 (shekels of) silver, the price of deeds |
| 15 | u3 usz#-szi!-ra {munus}_de2-mesz_ | and he brought out the deeds |
| 16 | _saga_ da-an-ni-isz | strong good fortune |
| 17 | sza za-pu-ur-ti i-ia-nu | who is a fugitive |
| 18 | i-na lib3-bi-szu-nu | among them |
| 19 | u3 li-iq-ba-ak-ku | and say to you: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _lugal# en_-ka | the king, your lord |
| 2 | szi#-ia-tum ba-an-tum | Šiyatum received |
| 3 | _ka_ szi-pir6-ti | the wording of a letter |
| 4 | isz-pu-ru-ka | wrote to you: |
| 5 | u3 lu-u2 ti-i-de i-nu-ma | or you know, when |
| 6 | sza-lim _lugal_ ki#-ma# _{d}utu_ | The king is well. Like Šamaš |
| 7 | _erin2-mesz_-szu _{gesz#}gigir#-mesz#_-szu | his troops, his chariots |
| 8 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-szu# ma-gal szul-mu | his many horses are well. |
| 9 | a-nu-um-ma yi-ta-din | Now, he has given. |
| 10 | {d}a-ma-nu _kur_ i-li-ti | the god Amānu, the land of the gods |
| 11 | _kur_ szap-li-ti s,i-it _{d}utu_ | the lower land, descendant of Šamaš |
| 12 | e-re-eb _{d}utu_ i-na szu-pa-al | enters the sun in the horizon. |
| 13 | 2(disz) _giri3 lugal_ | 2 via Lugal; |
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