Unread Atlas
EA 308 (P271058)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | EA 308 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271058 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01602 |
| 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' | [ip-ri sza] _giri3#-mesz_-[ka4] | Excerpted from the feet of the gate. |
| 2' | [_lu2_ qar-tab]-bi# sza# _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-ka4 | the hero of the horses |
| 3' | [a-na] _giri3#-mesz lugal en_-ia | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 4' | [_dingir-mesz_]-ia [_{d}utu_]-ia _{d}utu#_ | my gods, my Šamaš, the Sun |
| 5' | [sza] isz-[tu _an]{sza10-me-i}_ | which after the eclipse |
| 6' | [7(disz)]-szu [u 7(disz)]-ta#-a-an | 7 times and 7 times |
| 7' | lu-u2 isz-ta#-[ha]-hi#-in | may they have sworn. |
| 8' | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | u asz-szum la-ma-ad# | and because I want to see |
| 3' | [_lugal] en_-ia [_{d}]utu#_-[ia] | the king, my lord, my Shamash |
| 4' | asz-szum na-da-an | because he was given |
| 5' | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ a-na _ARAD2_-ka4# | horses for your servant |
| 6' | a-na na-s,a-ri [ma]-s,a#-ar# | for guarding |
| 7' | _lugal en_-ia [_{d}]utu#_ | the king, my lord, Shamash |
| 8' | sza isz-[tu _an]{sza10#-me-i}_ | which after the eclipse |
| 9' | u a-na iz#-zi-ir# | and to Izzir |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.