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EA 253 (P271047)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271047 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01589 |
| 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}]_lugal#_-ri# [_en_-ia] u3 | To Sargon my lord and |
| 2 | [_{d}utu_]-ia um-ma [{disz}la]-ab-a-ya | Šamaš-ia, saying: “Lābaya |
| 3 | [_ARAD2_]-ka u3 ip#-[ru] | your servant, and he will pay back. |
| 4 | [sza] ka-ba2-sze#-[ka] | of Kabaše |
| 5 | [a]-na# _giri3-mesz lugal#_-ri# _en#_-ia | to the feet of my lord |
| 6 | 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qut | 7 times 7 I fell. |
| 7 | [isz]-te-me a-wa-te-_mesz_ | He heard the words: |
| 8 | sza# _lugal_-ru _en_-ia | of the king, my lord |
| 9 | [i]-na lib3-[bi] t,up-pi2 | from the tablet |
| 10 | isz#-tap-ra-an#-ni# | wrote to me: |
| 11 | [a]-mur# [a]-na#-ku# _ARAD2 lugal_-ri | I am a servant of the king. |
| 12 | [ki-ma a]-bi#-ia u3 | like my father and |
| 13 | [a]-bi# a-bi#-ia _ARAD2_-du | my father, my grandfather, servant of Du. |
| 14 | sza# _lugal#_-ri# isz-tu | of the king from |
| 15 | pa#-na#-nu#-um# u3 | before and |
| 16 | la#-[a] ar-na#-ku# | I am not a slave |
| 17 | [u3] la-a ha-t,a2-ku | and I shall not be negligent |
| 18 | an-nu-u2 ar-nu-ia | This is my curse. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 an-nu-u2 | and this |
| 2 | hi#-t,u2-ia i-nu-ma | my sin, when |
| 3 | ir-ru-ba-ti# i-na | he entered, in |
| 4 | _iri_ gaz-ri{ki} | the city Gazri |
| 5 | um-ma a-na#-ku#-mi | Thus I: |
| 6 | yi-en-ni-nu-nu-mi | yeninunumi |
| 7 | _lugal_-ru u3 a-nu-ma | the king, and now |
| 8 | e-na-an-na ia-nu | Now, no one |
| 9 | pa-ni sza-nu-ta5 isz-tu | another face from |
| 10 | ur-ru-ud _lugal_-ri | In the future, my king |
| 11 | u3 mi-im-ma sza | and anything that |
| 12 | yi-iq-ta-bu | they shall speak. |
| 13 | _lugal#_-ru isz#-te-mu | the king heard |
| 14 | li#-ip-ki-id-ni-me# | may they bind me. |
| 15 | _lugal#_-ru i-na | the king in |
| 16 | _szu# {lu2}maszkim2_-ia | from the hands of my witch |
| 17 | [a-na] na-s,a-ri _iri# [lugal_] | for guarding the city of the king |
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