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EA 002 (P271034)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271034 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00148 + VAT 02706 |
| 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 {disz}ni-mu-wa-ri-ia _lugal kur_ mi-is,-ri-i _szesz_-[ia qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to Nimuwariya, king of the land of Miṣrī, my brother. |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}ka#-da#-asz-ma#-an#-en#-lil2# _lugal kur_ ka-ra-[{d}du-ni-ia-asz] | Thus (says) Kadašman-Enlil, king of Kara-Duniyash: |
| 3 | a-na ia-szi u3 ma-ti#-[ia] da-an-ni-isz [szu-ul-mu] | To me and my land, very well. |
| 4 | a-na ka-a-sza a-na _dam#-[mesz_]-ka# a-na _dumu-mesz_-ka a-[na _lu2-gal-mesz_-ka] | to you, your wives, your sons, your magnates |
| 5 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-ka _{gesz#}[gigir-mesz_-ka] u3 ma-ti-ka ga-ab#-bi-sza da-an-ni-isz lu szu-[ul-mu] | Your horses, your chariots and your land are well. |
| 6 | asz-szum _szesz_-ia a-[na a-hu-za-ti] isz-pu-ra | Concerning what my brother wrote to me about: |
| 7 | um-ma-a [_dumu-munus_-ka a-ha-sze]-eh# am-mi-ni la ta-ah-ha-az | Thus says your daughter: "Why do you not rejoice?" |
| 8 | [...]-ka# _dumu-munus-mesz_-u2-a i-ba-asz-sza-a | ... your ... are my daughters. |
| 9 | [mu-tu-szi-na lu-u2 _lugal_ u3] lu#-u2# ze-er _lugal#_-szu-nu | their name or that of the king or the anger of their king |
| 10 | [szu-nu-ma sza a-na _dumu-munus-mesz_-ia e-le-qa]-asz#-szu-nu-ti | they are those who I took for my daughters. |
| 11 | _lugal_ ma-am-ma a-na ze-er _lugal dumu-munus-mesz_-szu id#-di-in-szi-na-ti# | The king, no one, gave them to the king his daughters. |
| 12 | [_dumu-munus-mesz_-ka i-ba-asz-sza-a am-mi-ni la ta]-ad#-di-na | Why did you not give your daughters to me? |
| 13 | [... _...]-mesz#_ | ... ...s |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [... _ansze-kur]-ra-mesz saga_ | ... good horses |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | _2(u) gesz_ x [... ha-ra-ga]-ba#-asz _ku3-sig17_ | 20 ... haragabaš of gold |
| 6' | _me 2(u) gin2_ [...] | 200 shekels ... |
| 7' | a-na szu-ul-ma#-[ni-ka ul-te-bi-la]-ak-ku | I have sent you for your well-being. |
| 8' | _1(disz) szu-gin2 {na4}za-gin3#_ [a-na szu-ul-ma-an a]-ha#-ti#-ia | 1 shekel of lapis lazuli for the well-being of my brothers |
| 9' | asz#-szum# _dam_-ka szi#-[i ul-te-bil] | Concerning that wife, I have sent word. |
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