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EA 143 (P271043)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271043 |
| Museum no. | CM 04764 + VAT 01584 |
| Collection | Cairo Museum, Cairo, Egypt; 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 en_-ia sza#-[ri] | The best of health to the king, my lord! |
| 2 | _til-la_-ia [qi2-bi2-ma] | Say to me, my life: |
| 3 | um#-ma am-mu-ni-ra# [_ARAD2_-ka] | Thus says Ammunira, your servant: |
| 4 | [u3] _sahar_-ra sza _giri3#-[mesz_-ka] | and the earth of your feet |
| 5 | [a-na _giri3]-mesz lugal en#_-[ia 7(disz) u3 7(disz)-ta-a-an] | to the feet of the king, my lord, seven times and seven times |
| 6 | [am-qu2-ut] | he fell. |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [... sza-ri _til]-la_-ia | ... of my life |
| 10 | [isz-pur] _lugal# en_-ia | I have written to the king, my lord: |
| 11 | a-na _ARAD2_-szu u3 a-na _sahar_-ra :" ha-pa-ru | to his servant and to dust |
| 12 | sza _giri3-mesz_-szu a-na szi#-pi2-ir-ti-szu | of his feet for his work assignment |
| 13 | a-szar i-ba-sza-at | where there is |
| 14 | szi-pi2-ir-ti _lugal en_-ia | work of the king, my lord |
| 15 | sza-ri _til-la_-ia u3 u2-ba-[u2]-na#-szi | the end of my life and the return of our inheritance |
| 16 | u3 usz-szi-ru-na-szi | and made her enter, |
| 17 | a-na _lugal en_-ia sza-ri _til-la_-ia | To the king, my lord, my life is long. |
| 18 | sza2#-ni#-tam# a-nu-um-ma i-na i-re-bi | Secondly, herewith, at the entrance |
| 19 | _{gesz#}ma2-hi-a_ sza _lugal en_-ia | the boat of the king, my lord |
| 20 | sza# se2-ki-pu | of sekipu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na _iri pu2-hi-a_ usz-szi-ru-na#-[szi!] | in the town of Puḫīya they brought us. |
| 2 | _munus# geme2_ sza _lugal en_-ia | the wife of the king, my lord |
| 3 | ki-ma _tar_ li#-ih 1(disz)-en | Like a pig may he be calm. |
| 4 | isz-tu# x x e-x-a-ta | After ... |
| 5 | ki-na!-an#-na# _iri pu2-hi-a_ | Kinana, the town of the reservoir |
| 6 | a-na _lugal en#_-li3# | to the king, my lord |
| 7 | u3 a-na-ku ki-ma _lu2_ ta-az#-ra#-hi | and I, like a man of Tazrahu |
| 8 | _ansze-kur-ra-hi-a_ sza | horses of |
| 9 | _lugal# en#_-ia# e-ba-sza-ku | I shall serve the king, my lord. |
| 10 | [...] um u3 | ... ... |
| 11 | [...] ki# a-na _lugal en_-ia | ... to the king, my lord |
| 12 | [x x _lugal en_]-ia# | ... the king, my lord |
| 13 | [sza]-ri# _til-la_-at,#-[ia] | My life is long! |
| 14 | [i]-na# _sza3 gesz ma2-[hi-a_ sza] | from the barge of |
| 15 | [_lugal] en_-ia usz# | the king, my lord, died |
| 16 | [sza2]-ni-tam yi-il5-ma#-[ad _lugal en_-ia] | Secondly, Yalmad, the king, my lord |
| 17 | i-nu-ma ga-am-ru# | when the flood |
| 18 | sza _lugal en_-ia [...] | of the king, my lord, ... |
| 19 | sza2-ni-tam yi-il5-ma-[ad _lugal en_-ia] | Secondly, Yalmadu, the king, my lord |
| 20 | i-nu-ma da-at-nu [...] | When ... |
| 21 | [a]-na# _ARAD2_-szu | to his servant |
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