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EA 231 (P271056)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 231 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271056 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01599 |
| 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 _lugal en_-ia] | To the king, my lord: |
| 2 | [_{d}utu_ isz-tu _an{sza10-me-e}_] | Šamaš from heaven |
| 3 | [qi2-bi2-ma] | speak! |
| 4 | [um-ma {disz}...] | Thus (says) |
| 5 | [_lu2 iri_ ...] | the man of the city ... |
| 6 | _ARAD2#_ sza# [_lugal_-ri ip-ru] | servant of the king. |
| 7 | sza 2(disz) _giri3-mesz#_-[szu qa-qa-ru sza] | of his two feet, the ground of |
| 8 | ka-ba-szi-szu# [a-na _giri3-mesz_] | his whole body to the feet |
| 9 | _lugal en_-ia _{d}[utu_ isz-tu] | the king, my lord, Shamash from |
| 10 | _an{sza10-me-e}_ 7(disz)-[szu 7(disz)-ta-an am-qut] | I fell into heaven seven times seven times. |
| 11 | ki-ma sza yi-sza#-[ap-par] | like what I send. |
| 12 | _lugal_-ru _en_-ia [_{d}utu_] | the king, my lord, Šamaš |
| 13 | isz#-tu _an{sza10-me#-[e]}_ | From heaven |
| 14 | [u3]-s,ur#-me# _iri{ki}_ sza# | guarded the city which |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _lugal#_ [sza it]-ka [u3] | the king who is with you |
| 2 | [a]-na-s,a-ar# _iri#[{ki}_] | I keep watch over the city |
| 3 | ki#-ma sza yi-[sza-ap-par] | like what I send. |
| 4 | _lugal_-ru _en_-[ia _dingir_-ia] | The king, my lord, my god, |
| 5 | _{d}utu_-ia [...] | my Šamaš |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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