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EA 068 (P271031)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271031 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01239 |
| 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 | [{disz}ri]-ib-ha-ad-da# | Ribhada |
| 2 | [iq]-bi a-na _en_-szu | said to his lord: |
| 3 | [_lugal] kur{ki}-hi-a lugal gal_ | king of the land of Hia, great king |
| 4 | [{d]}_nin_ sza _iri_ gu-ub-la | the lady of the city Gubla |
| 5 | ti-id-di-in4 du-na | “I am going around, I want to go around. |
| 6 | a-na _lugal_ be-li-ia | to the king, my lord |
| 7 | a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | to the feet of my lord, Šamaš, |
| 8 | 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qut | 7 times 7 I fell. |
| 9 | lu-u2 i-de _lugal en_-ia | may he know. The king, my lord |
| 10 | i-nu-ma szal-ma-at _iri_ gub-la | when the whole of the city was destroyed |
| 11 | _geme2_ ki-it-ti sza _lugal_ | the true slave woman of the king |
| 12 | u3 _kal-ga ma-gal_ nu-kur2-tu4 | and mighty, great, unrivalled |
| 13 | sza _erin2-mesz sa-gaz-mesz_ | of the slaughtered troops |
| 14 | _ugu#_-ia u3 la-a ia!(A)-qul2-mi3 | against me, and I shall not be negligent |
| 15 | _lugal en_-ia isz-tu | the king my lord from |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _iri#_ s,u-mu-ur{ki} [u3] | the city of Ṣumur and |
| 2 | la#-a in4-ne2-pu-usz gab2#-bu# | he did not do it all. |
| 3 | a-na _erin2-mesz sa-gaz-mesz_ | to the troops killed |
| 4 | i-na _{lu2}maszkim2 lugal_-ri | by the king’s official |
| 5 | sza i-szu-u2 i-na _iri_ s,u-mu-ur | that he in the city of observation |
| 6 | ba-al-t,a2-at _iri_ gub-la | the life of the city of Gubla, |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}pa-ha-am-na#-ta | Now, Pahamnata |
| 8 | _{lu2}maszkim2 lugal_ sza i-na# | the governor of the king who in |
| 9 | _iri_ s,u-mu-ur{ki} i-de-mi3 | the city Ṣumur he conquered. |
| 10 | pu-usz-qam2 :" ma-gal! | “It is enough, it is enough!’ |
| 11 | sza _ugu iri_ gub-la | who over the city of Gubla |
| 12 | isz-tu _kur_ ia-ri-im-mu-ta | from the land of Yarimmu |
| 13 | nu-bal-li-it, | may he not live. |
| 14 | _kal-ga ma-gal_ nu-kur2#-tu4 | mighty, great, unrivalled |
| 15 | _ugu#_-nu u3 u2-ul | against us and not |
| 16 | [ia]-qul2-mi3 _lugal_ isz-tu# | Iaqulmi, the king, from |
| 17 | _iri#-didli{ki}_-szu | his city Didli |
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