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EA 103 (P271029)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 103 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271029 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01208 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 _en_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 2 | _{d}utu_-ia um-ma {disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur | Šamaš-ia, thus Rib-Adad |
| 3 | _ARAD2_-ka-ma a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia | your servant, to the feet of my lord |
| 4 | _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-an | my Šamaš seven times seven times |
| 5 | am-qu2-ut yi-isz3-me _lugal_-ru | I fall at the feet of the king. |
| 6 | _en_-li a-wa-te _ARAD2_ | my lord, words of a servant |
| 7 | ki-ti-szu ma-ri-is, _ma-gal_ | his territory is vast, |
| 8 | a-na ia-szi _kal-ga2_ nu-kur2-tu4 | to me, my mighty one, not change |
| 9 | {disz}dumu-mesz ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ta i-ru-bu | sons of Warad-Ašir entered. |
| 10 | i-na _kur-a_-mur-ra a-<na> sza-szu-nu | in the land Amurru to them |
| 11 | ka-li _kur{ki} iri_ s,u-mu-ra | all the lands, the cities of Ṣumura |
| 12 | u3 _iri_ ir-qa-ta ir-ti-hu | and the city he conquered he plundered. |
| 13 | a-na _lu2-gal_ u3 a-nu-ma i-na | to the chief and now in |
| 14 | _iri_ s,u-mu-ra i-zi-za-ti | the city of Ṣumūru, the izzūtu |
| 15 | i-nu-ma ma-ri-is, _lu2-gal_ | when the chief of trade |
| 16 | _ugu_ nu-kur2-ti i-te9-zi#-ib# | He has sinned against the insurrection. |
| 17 | _iri_ gub-la u3 ia-[nu] | the city of Gubla and I |
| 18 | {disz}zi-im-re-da [u3] | Zimreda and |
| 19 | {disz}ia-pa-{d}iszkur [it]-ti-ia | Iāpa-Addu with me |
| 20 | a-nu-ma ki-[a]-ma# yi-isz3-tap-pa-ru | Now, as you wrote me, |
| 21 | _lu2#-gal#_ [a]-na# sza-szu-nu u3 | the chief to them and |
| 22 | la#-[a] ti-isz3-ma-na a-na sza-szu | Do not abandon him! |
| 23 | [u3] yi-isz3-mi _lugal_-ru _en_-li! | and Yashimu, the king, my lord |
| 24 | [a]-wa-te _ARAD2_ ki-ti-szu | the words of a servant of his own |
| 25 | usz#-szi-ra _til-la_-ta | he brought to an end. |
| 26 | ki#-ma ar-hi-isz3 a-na | as quickly as to |
| 27 | _iri#_ s,u-mu-ra a-na na-s,a-ri-szi# | The city of Ṣumura for its guard |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-di# ka-sza-ad _erin2-mesz_ | as far as the destination of the troops |
| 2 | bi-ta-at _lugal_-ri _{d}utu_ | the royal residence of Šamaš |
| 3 | u3 yu-sza-am-ri-ir _lugal_-ru | and Yašamir the king |
| 4 | _{d}utu lu2-mesz_ sza-ru-ta isz3-tu | Šamaš, the noblemen, from |
| 5 | lib3#-bi _kur_-szu sza-ni-tam yi-isz3-me2 | the heart of his land, secondly, I heard. |
| 6 | _lugal_-ru _en_ a-wa-te _ARAD2_-szu | the king, the lord of words, his servant |
| 7 | u3 usz-szi-<ra> _lu2-mesz_ ma-s,a-ar-ta | and the guards |
| 8 | a-na _iri_ s,u-mu-ra u3 | to the city of Ṣumura and |
| 9 | a-na _iri_ ir#-qa-ta szum-ma | to the city he shall take. If |
| 10 | in4-na-bi#-tu ka-li | all the innabītu-offerings |
| 11 | _lu2-mesz_ ma-[s,a]-ar-ti isz-tu | Guards from |
| 12 | _iri_ s,u-mu-ra# u3 | the city of Ṣumura and |
| 13 | yi-it-ru-us, i-na# pa#-ni# | I smote, before |
| 14 | _en {d}utu kur-hi-a_ u3 | Lord Šamaš, the mountain, and |
| 15 | id-na-ni 2(u) ta-pal | 20 ta-pal |
| 16 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ a-na ia-szi | horses to me |
| 17 | u3 usz-szi-ra til-la-ta | and from the end of the life |
| 18 | ki-ma ar-hi-isz3 | like a young child |
| 19 | a-na _iri_ s,u-mu-ra a-na | to the city of Ṣumura |
| 20 | na-s,a-ri-sze ka-li | the guardian of all |
| 21 | _lu2-mesz_ ma-as,-ar-ti | the guards |
| 22 | sza-a ir-ti-hu mar-s,a-<at?> | who has become frightened, |
| 23 | u3 s,e2-eh-ru _lu2-mesz_ | and the rest of the men |
| 24 | i-na lib3-bi _iri_ szum-ma | in the city if |
| 25 | la-a _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-<ta> la-a | not ‘workmen’, released, not |
| 26 | tu-wa-<szi>-ru-na u3 | Tuwaširuna and |
| left | ||
| 1 | ia-nu _iri_ sza-a ti-ir-te9-hu | there is no city that is in distress. |
| 2 | a-na ka-ta5 u3 szum-ma _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2#-[tu] | to you and if the troops are released |
| 3 | i-ba-sza-at ka-li _kur-mesz_ | all the lands |
| 4 | ni-il3-qu2 a-na _lugal_-ri | we took. To the king |
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