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EA 011 (P271037)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271037 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00151+ VAT 01878 |
| 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 {disz}na-ap-hu-ru-ri-a _lugal kur_ mi-is,-ri-i _szesz#_-[ia qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to Napḫururia, king of the land of Miṣrī, my brother. |
| 2 | um-[ma {disz}bur]-na-bu-ri-ia-asz _lugal kur_ ka-ra-du-ni-ia#-[asz _szesz_-ka-ma] | Thus says Burnaburiaš, king of the land of Carchemish, your brother: |
| 3 | a-[na ia-szi] szu#-ul-mu a-na ka-a-sza _dam-mesz_-ka _e2_-ka# [_dumu-mesz_-ka] | To me, well-being to you, your wives, your house, your sons. |
| 4 | [a-na _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_]-ka# _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ka da-an-ni-isz lu szu#-[ul-mu] | May your horses and chariots be very well. |
| 5 | [ul-tu asz-sza-at] a#-bi-ka qu-ub-ba-tu4 {disz}hu-u'-a _dumu_ szi#-[ip-ri-ia] | From the house of your father, the quay of Hu'a, the son of my messenger |
| 6 | [... ta-ar]-gu#-ma-an-na al-ta-ap-ra#-[ak-ku] | ... I have sent you a message. |
| 7 | [a-ka-an-na al]-ta#-ap-ra um-ma-a _dumu-munus lugal_ sza [...] | I have written to you thus: "The daughter of the king who ... |
| 8 | [x x a-na a-bi-ka il]-qu#-u2-ni sza-ni-ta-am-ma li-il#-[qu-ni-ku] | ... they took to your father. Let them also take another one. |
| 9 | [u3 at-ta {disz}ha-a-ma-asz]-szi _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ka u3 {disz}[...] | And you, Hamašsi, son of your messenger, and |
| 10 | [u3 {disz}mi-hu-ni ta-ar-gu-ma-an]-na# ta al-ta-ap#-[ra] | And Mihuni, what have I written to you? |
| 11 | [... asz-sza-at a]-bi-ia qu-ub-ba-a-tu4 an#-[na-a-tu4] | … the wife of my father, these are these supplications. |
| 12 | [... a]-ma-tu4 an-na-a-tu4 sza [...] | ... these words of ... |
| 13 | [... a]-mi-il-ta sza-a-szi a-[...] | ... there is a curse ... |
| 14 | [... i]-na# mu-ta-ni mi-ta-[at ...] isz#-szi | ... on the right is the property of ...; |
| 15 | [... al-ta-ap]-ra um-ma-a a-mi-il-ta sza-[a-szi li-il-qu-ni-ku?] | ... I have written to you, saying: "Let them take that amiltu-gift!" |
| 16 | [{disz}ha-a-ma-asz-szi _dumu_ szi]-ip-ri-i-ka u3 {disz}mi-hu-ni ta#-[ar-gu-ma-an]-na# | Hamašshi, son of your messenger, and Mihuni, the targumana |
| 17 | [_dumu-munus_-ti ki-i] u2-ka-li-mu-szu-nu-ti a-na qa-qa-ad# _dumu#-munus#_-[ti-ia] | when I had a daughter, to the midst of my daughter |
| 18 | _i3#-[gesz_ it]-ta#-du-u2 u3 sza a-na mu-uh-hi-i-ka# | oil they have poured out, and that to you |
| 19 | <i>-le-qu#-[u2?-szi] ma#-an-nu i-li-qa-ak-ku-usz-szi it-ti {disz}ha-a-a | <they> will take her, (saying:) "Who shall take her with Ḫaya?" |
| 20 | 5(disz) _{gesz}gigir_ i-na 5(disz) _{gesz}gigir_ i-li-qu-ni-ik-ku-usz-szi i-na-an-na-a-ma | 5 chariots out of 5 (mana wool for) Iliqu-nikkušu now |
| 21 | [i-na _e2_]-ia# lu-sze-bi-la-ak-ku-usz-szi _lugal-mesz_ sza li-mi-ti-ia | Let me send her into my house. The kings of my time |
| 22 | [...] um#-ma-a _dumu-munus lugal gal_ i-na 5(disz) _{gesz}gigir#_ [a]-na ; _kur_ mi-is,-ri-i na-szu#-u2-szi | ... the following: "The daughter of the great king with 5 chariots to the land of Miṣri brought. |
| 23 | [u4-um a-bu-u2-a-a _dumu-munus_-su] a-na a-bi-ka u2-sze#-[bi-i]-lu | When my father sent his daughter to your father |
| 24 | [...]-i-ka 3(disz) lim _erin2-mesz#_ [it]-ti#-i-szu | ... 3,000 troops with him |
| 25 | [...] lu#-ul-li# [x x] a-bu-u2-a-a | ... let me sing ... my father |
| 26 | [...] pa#-ar | ... he will be punished. |
| 27 | [...] qi# | ... ..., |
| 28 | [...] szu#-up-ra-am-ma | Send me ..., and |
| 29 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-_mesz_-szu-nu | ... their ... |
| 2 | [...] asz-szu | ... because |
| 3 | [...] il-pu-tu4 | ... they performed |
| 4 | [...] li#-il-qu# [...] il-pu-tu4 | ... may they take ... they have performed |
| 5 | [sza a-na ...]-_mesz#_ ba-al-t,u2-ti# [ma-asz-lu] li-il-qu-ni | May they take what is necessary for ..., so that he may be healthy. |
| 6 | szum-ma la-bi-ru-tu4 ga-am-ru-tu4 i-[ba-asz]-szu# x ha#-[mu-ut]-ta# szu-bi-i-la | If there is a liar and a widow there, send me a report! |
| 7 | szum-ma la-bi-ru-tu4 ia-a-nu esz-szu-u2-ti li-il-pu#-tu-u2-ma | If there are no older ones, they must make new ones, and |
| 8 | {disz}s,a-al-ma _dam-gar3_ szu-bi-i-la szum-ma {disz}s,a-al-mu _dam#-gar3_ it-ta-at-la-ka | If Ṣalmu the merchant has gone |
| 9 | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-i-ka sza il-la-ka li-il-qa-a | the son of your work that comes may he take. |
| 10 | _gesz-mesz_ sza szi-in-ni li-il-pu-tu4 u3 li-is,-ru-u2-pu | may the wood of the šinnu-trees be plundered, and may they be pruned. |
| 11 | sza-am-mi sza s,i-e-ri sza a-na a-ha-mi-isz ma-asz-lu sza szi-in-ni | The šammu of the mountains, which is divided equally among the mountains. |
| 12 | li-il-pu-tu4 u3 li-is,-ru-pu-u2-ma li-il-qu-ni | They must tear it out and they must cut it down and they should take it. |
| 13 | {disz}ha-a-a ra-ba-a-ka sza ta-asz-pu-ra _{gesz}gigir_ u3 _erin2-mesz_ it-ti-i-szu mi-i-s,u | Haya, your great lord, about whom you wrote, the chariot and the troops with him were wounded. |
| 14 | [_{gesz}]gigir#_ u3 _erin2-mesz_ ma-'a-da szu-up-ra-am-ma {disz}ha-a-a-ma _dumu-munus lugal#_ [li-il]-qa#-ak-ku | Send me a chariot and many troops, so that Hayama, daughter of the king, may take it. |
| 15 | [ra]-ba#-a sza-na-am-ma la ta-sza-ap-pa-ra _dumu-munus lugal_ sza _i3-gesz_ [a-na qa]-qa#-di-sza | The second one, do not send me the daughter of the king with oil to her head. |
| 16 | [id-du]-u2 i-tu-u2-a-a la uh-ha-ar szu-up-ra-am-ma ha-mu-ut-ta# | If he does not receive my payment, write me and I will pay you back. |
| 17 | [u3] szum#-ma i-na _sza3_ sza-at-ti an-ni-ti _{gesz}gigir_ u3 _erin2-mesz_ ta-sza-ap-pa-[ra] | And if in this year a chariot and troops you send |
| 18 | [_dumu]-kin#_ ki-i ka-al-li-e li-s,a-am-ma t,i-e-ma li-iq-ba#-[a] | May a later son come out and tell me the news. |
| 19 | [ki-i a]-bu-ka a-na ku-ri-gal-zu _ku3-sig17_ ma-'a-da u2-sze-bi-i-lu [...] | When your father to Kurigalzu many gold he sent ... |
| 20 | [...] sza ku-ri-gal-zu mi-nu-u2 i-ta-ti-ir-ma i-na _e2-gal_ [a-bi-ia] | ... of Kurigalzu, what has he done? In the palace of my father |
| 21 | [mi-nu-u2] in#-da-t,i asz-szum _lugal-mesz_ sza li-mi-ti sze-mi-e um-ma-a [_ku3-sig17_] | When the kings of the four quarters heard that gold |
| 22 | [i-na] _lugal-mesz_ ah-hu-tu4 t,a-bu-tu4 sa-li-mu u3 a-ma-tu4 [ba-ni-tu4] | among the kings, good, peace, and old news |
| 23 | [szu-u2-ma?] ka-bi-it _na4-mesz_ ka-bi-it _ku3-babbar_ ka-bi-it [_ku3-sig17_] | he is the owner of the stones, the ownership of the silver, the possession of the gold |
| 24 | 1(u) ku#-ur-ba-ni-e sza _{na4#}za-gin3 kur_ a-na szu-ul-ma-ni-ka ul#-[te-bi-la-ak-ku] | I have sent you 10 kurbānû-stones of lapis lazuli from the mountain for your protection. |
| 25 | a-na be-el-ti _e2_-ka 2(u) ti-im-bu-e-ti sza _{na4}za-gin3 kur_ [ul-te-bi-la-asz-szi] | to the lady of your house 20 timbītu of lapis lazuli I have sent to her. |
| 26 | ki-i {munus}ma-ia-tu-ma la i-pu-sza-an-ni sza a-na-ku szu-ul#-[lu-ma-ku] | When a woman did not provide for me, that I am well-being |
| 27 | u3 szi-i ri-e-szi la isz-szu-u2 ki-i du-lu-uh-ti#-[isz] | and if she does not take care of her work, |
| 28 | _ku3-sig17_ ma-'a-da at-tu-ka-a-ma li-il-qu-ni [...] | You are a great goldsmith, may they take ... |
| 29 | li-il-qu-ni a-na ku-ta-al sza-at-ti [an-ni-ti-im-ma] | May they take me to this place. |
| 30 | du-ul-li ha-mu-ut-ta lu-uk-szu-ud u3 ti# | May my work be completed, and may I live! |
| 31 | la i-qa-ab-bi um-ma-a szu-ul-ma-na ma-'a#-[da ba-na-a] | He does not say: "There is much well-being." |
| 32 | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ka il-te-qi szu-u2 a-hi [...] | the son of your work he has taken, that brother ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] ki-i lu-sze-bi-la-ak-[ku _ku3-sig17_ ma-a'-da szu]-bi#-la-am-ma | When I send you ..., send me many gold, so that |
| 2 | [a-na-ku-ma szu-ul]-ma#-na ma-a-da a-na ka#-[a-sza lu-sze-bi-la-ak-ku] | I am well; let me send the land to you. |
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