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EA 007 (P271036)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271036 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00150 |
| 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)
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 na-ap-hu]-ru-ri-ia _lugal gal_ szar3 _kur_ mi-is,-[ri-i] | to Naphuriya, great king, king of the land of Mishrî |
| 2 | [_szesz_-ia qi2-bi2]-ma um-ma bur-ra-bu-ri-ia-[asz] | my brother, speak! Thus Bur-raburiash: |
| 3 | [_lugal gal] lugal# kur_ ka-ra-{d}du-ni-ia-asz a-hu#-[ka-ma] | great king, king of the land of Kara-Duniaš, your brother |
| 4 | [a-na] ia#-szi u3 _e2_-ia a-na _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-ia u3 _{gesz#}[gigir-mesz_-ia] | to me and my house, my horses and my chariots |
| 5 | [a-na] ra#-ab-bu-ti-ia u3 ma-ti-ia da-an-ni-[isz szu-ul-mu] | My people and my land are very well. |
| 6 | a-na a-hi-ia u3 _e2_-szu a-na _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-szu u3 _{gesz#}[gigir-mesz_-szu] | to my brother and his house, his horses and his chariots |
| 7 | a-na ra-ab-bu-ti-szu u3 ma-ti-szu da-an-ni-isz lu# [szu-ul-mu] | May it be very well with his people and his land! |
| 8 | ul-tu _u4_-mi sza _dumu_ szi-ip-ri sza a-hi-ia ik-[szu-da] | From the day that the messenger of my brother arrived, |
| 9 | szi-i-ri ul t,a-ba-an-ni-ma _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-szu a-a-i-[ka-am-ma] | It is not good for me to be a son of his work, but there is no one to do it. |
| 10 | [i-na] pa#-ni-ia a-ka-la ul i-ku-ul u3 szi-ka-ra [ul isz-ti] | He does not eat food in my presence, and the meal is not with me. |
| 11 | [{disz}ha-a]-u2 _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ka ta-sza-'a-al-ma i-ga#-[ab-bi-ka] | “Ḫayu, son of your work, you asked, and your eyes |
| 12 | [ki-i] szi#-i-ri la t,a-ba-an-ni-ma a-na na-ab#-[la-t,i] | If it is not pleasing to me, I will die. |
| 13 | [a-di-na] mi#-im#-ma-ma la usz-[ta-la-mu] | until I have not forgotten anything. |
| 14 | [u3] ki-i szi-i-ri la t,a-ba-an-ni-ma a-hu-u2-a re-e-szi# [la i-szu-u2] | And if it is not pleasing to me, my brother has no rival. |
| 15 | a-na-ku li#-ib-ba-ti sza a-hi-ia am-[ta]-lab# | I have smashed the heart of my brother. |
| 16 | um-ma-a ki-i ma-ar-s,a-ku a-hu-u2-a ul isz-[me-e] | "When I was ill, my brother did not hear it." |
| 17 | am-mi-ni re-e-szi la isz-[szi] | Why did he not raise his head? |
| 18 | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-szu am-mi-ni la isz-pu-ra-am-ma la i-mu-[ra-an-ni] | Why has he not written to me and not seen me? |
| 19 | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri sza a-hi-ia an-ni-ta iq-ta-ba-a | the messenger of my brother said to me this: |
| 20 | um#-[ma]-a ul qa2-aq-qa2-ru ki-ir-bu-um-ma | "It is not the ground, it is a kirbû-demon |
| 21 | a-hu-ka i-sze-im-me-ma szu-ul-ma i-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-ku | Your brother will hear, and he will send you well-being. |
| 22 | ma-tum ru-qa2-at a-na a-hi-ka ma-an-nu i-qa2-ab-ba-asz-szu-um-ma | (Sum) The land is deserted, who will speak to your brother? (Akk) Who will say to your father what is unknown? |
| 23 | szu-ul-ma ha-mu-ut-ta i-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-ku | They will send you well-being and happiness. |
| 24 | ki-i ma-ar-s,a-ta-a a-hu-ka i-sze-im-me-e-ma | “As your brother hears my prayers, |
| 25 | u3 _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-szu ul i-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-ku | and the son of his work he shall not send to you |
| 26 | a-na-ku a-ka-an-na aq-ta-ba-asz-szu um-ma-a a-na a-hi-ia | I said to him thus: “To my brother |
| 27 | _lugal gal_ ma-tum ru-uq-tu-u2 i-ba-asz-szi u3 ki-ru-ub-tum i-ba-asz-szi | There is a great king of the land, a ruqtû-demon, and there is kirubtu-disease. |
| 28 | szu-u2 a-ka-an-na iq-ta-ba-a um-ma-a _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ka sza-a-al | he said thus: “The son of your work-assignment should be there. |
| 29 | ki-i ma-tu4 ru-qa2-tu-ma asz-szu-mi-ka a-hu-ka la isz-mu-u2-ma | Like a distant land, your father did not hear about your case, |
| 30 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka la isz-pu-ra | He did not write to you for your well-being. |
| 31 | i-na-an-na ki-i _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ia a-sza-lu-ma iq-ba-a | Now, when I was a son of my work assignment, he said: |
| 32 | ki-i ge-er-ru ru-qa2-a-tum li-ib-ba-at a-hi-ia ul am-la-as-sab#-ku# | I will not seize my arms like a lion's nest. |
| 33 | u3 ki-i iq-bu-ni i-na ma-ti sza a-hi-ia | And when he said, in the land of my brother |
| 34 | ga-ab-bu i-ba-asz-szi u3 a-hu-u2-a mi-im-ma-ma ul ha-szi-ih# | There is rumor, but my brother has not heard anything. |
| 35 | u3 i-na ma-ti-ia ga-ab-bu-um-ma i-ba-asz-szi | and in my land there is plenty. |
| 36 | u3 a-na-ku mi-im-ma-ma ul ha-asz-ha-[ku] | and I shall have no claim. |
| 37 | a-ma-ta ba-ni-ta sza ul-tu pa-na i-na qa2-at szar-ra-ni | “(As for) the one who removes my name from the hand of the king, |
| 38 | ma-ah-ra-nu-ma szu-ul-ma a-na a-ha-mi-isz ni-sza-ap-pa-[ra?] | We will write to each other in greeting. |
| 39 | szi-i-ma a-ma-tum i-na bi-ri-ni lu ka-a-a-na-at# | That word is constant between us. |
| 40 | [szu]-ul-mi a-na mu#-uh#-hi-ka# | Good health to you! |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | sza# [...] sza na#-ad#-nu# [...] | of ..., which was given ... |
| 4' | szu-ul-mi# [...] u3 szu-lum-ka i-qa2#-[ab-bi] | May my health and your well-being be declared. |
| 5' | at-ta i-na-an-[na] la-am te-re-ed-du-u2 szi-it-ta [_mu-kam-mesz_] | You, now then, you have been repaid. That is the year. |
| 6' | ma-ar szi-ip-ri-ia ta-ak-ta-[la] | before my work has been completed |
| 7' | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ka t,i-e-ma al-ta-ka-an-ma al-ta-ap-[ra-asz-szu] | The son of your work is good. I have set out and sent him. |
| 8' | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ia ha-mu-ut-ta t,i-e-ma szu-ku-un-ma li-il#-[li-ka] | Give the son of my workman a firm positive answer and let him come. |
| 9' | u3 ki-i iq-bu-ni-im-ma ge-er-ru da-an-na#-[tu4] | And as he said, a strong extispicy |
| 10' | mu-u2 ba-at-qu u3 _u4_-mu im-[mu] | year: “Battle was cut off and my days were lengthened.'" |
| 11' | szu-ul-ma-na ma-'a-da ba-na-a ul u2-sze-bi-la-ak-[ku] | I did not send you much well-being. |
| 12' | 4(disz) _ma-na {na4}za-gin3_ ba-na-a ki-i szu-ul-ma-an ga-ti | 4 minas of lapis lazuli, deposited, as a complete well-being |
| 13' | a-na a-hi-ia ul-te-bi-la | I have sent to my brother. |
| 14' | u3 5(disz) s,i-mi-it-ta sza si-si-i a-na a-hi-ia ul-te-bi-la | And I have sent 5 bundles of sisî to my brother. |
| 15' | ki-i _u4_-mu it,-t,i-bu _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ia ar-ku-u2 sza il-la-ka | when that day had passed, the son of my later messenger who came |
| 16' | szu-ul-ma-na ba-na-a ma-'a-da a-na a-hi-ia u2-sze-ib-bi-la | He sent a lot of well-being to my brother. |
| 17' | u3 mi-nu-u2 sza a-hu-u2-a ha-asz-hu a-hu-u2-a li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma | And what else should my brother write me about? |
| 18' | ul-tu bi-ti-szu-nu li-il-qu-ni-isz-szu | they must take him from their house. |
| 19' | du-ul-la s,a-ab-ta-ku-ma a-na a-hi-ia asz-pu-ra | I have been seized, and I have written to my brother. |
| 20' | a-hu-u2-a _ku3-sig_ ba-na-a ma-'a-da li-sze-bi-la-am-ma | my brother a large amount of gold should send me, and |
| 21' | a-na du-ul-li-ia lu-usz-ku-un | [Let me] place (it) [in my work]. |
| 22' | u3 _ku3-sig_ sza a-hu-u2-a u2-sze-ib-bi-la | and the silver of my brother I sent. |
| 23' | a-hu-u2-a a-na pa-an qa2-a-a-pa-ni ma-am-ma la u2-ma-sza-ar | My brother, no one will make it clear to me before the qapunu. |
| 24' | [ki]-sza a-hi-ia li-mu-ra-ma a-hu-u2-a li-ik-nu-uk-ma li-sze-bi-la | May my brother see it, may my brother seal it and send it to me. |
| 25' | _ku3#-sig_ ma-ah-ra-a sza a-hu-u2-a u2-sze-bi-la ki sza a-hu-u2-a ul i-mu-ur | The first silver that my brother sent, he did not see as that of my brother. |
| 26' | qa2-[a]-a-pa-nu-um-ma sza a-hi-ia ik-nu-uk-ma u2-sze-bi-lab | He sealed the qāpanum of my brother and sent it to me. |
| 27' | 4(u) _ma#-na ku3-sig_ sza na-szu-ni a-na u2-tu-ni ki-i asz-ku#-[nu] | 40 minas of gold, which he brought to us, when I deposited |
| 28' | [1(u)] sza#?-ar-ru-um-ma ul i-la-[a] | He will have no claim. |
| 29' | [u3] {disz}s,a-al-mu _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ia sza asz-pu-ra-ak#-[ku] | and Ṣalmu, son of my messenger, about whom I wrote to you |
| 30' | [szi]-ni-szu ge-er-ra-szu ha-ab-ta#-[at] | his limbs are shattered. |
| 31' | il!#-te-it {disz}bir5-ia-ma-za ih-ta-ba-[at] | Iria-maza has sinned |
| 32' | [u3] sza#-ni-ta ge-er-ra-szu {disz}pa-ma-hu-[x] | and secondly, his brother-in-law, Pamahu- |
| 33' | [sza]-ki#-in ma-ti-ka sza ma-at ki-is,-ri ih-ta-ba#-[at] | Your land, which the land of Kiṣri has plundered, |
| 34' | [u3] di-na sza-a-szu a-hu!-u2-a x x | and a lawsuit against him, my brother |
| 35' | [ki-i] _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ia a-na pa-an a-hi-ia id-[bu-bu] | When the son of my workmen spoke to my brother, |
| 36' | [i-na]-an-na {disz}s,a-al-mu a-na pa-an a-hi-ia li-it-te#-[bi] | Now Ṣalmu should come before my brother. |
| 37' | [u2]-de#-e-szu li-te-ir-ru-ni-isz#-[szu] | May they return his gifts to him. |
| 38' | [u3] hi-bi-il-ta-szu li-sza-al-li-mu#-[szu] | and his debts may they keep him alive. |
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