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EA 300 (P271062)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 300 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271062 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01606 |
| 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}lugal] _en#_-ia# _dingir-[mesz_-ia] | To Lugal, my lord, my gods |
| 2 | [_{d}utu_-ia] _{d}utu#_ sza# isz#-[tu] | my Šamaš, the Sun who from |
| 3 | [_an{sza10-me}_ um]-ma# | the heavens, thus |
| 4 | [{disz}ia-pa-'i3] a#-mi#?-li#? | Ia-pa'i, Amili |
| 5 | [sza _iri_] gaz#-ri# _ki# ARAD2_-ka4 | of the city of Gazru with your servant |
| 6 | [ep-ri sza] 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_-ka4 | an excavated field with 2 paths |
| 7 | _lu2_ qar#-tap-pi2 sza# [_ansze]-kur#-ra-mesz_-ka4 | the herald of the horses |
| 8 | a-na# 2(disz) _giri3#-mesz# lugal# en_-ia | for 2 feet of the king, my lord |
| 9 | 7(disz)-szu u 7(disz)-ta-a-an | 7 times and 7 times |
| 10 | [am]-qut [li-de]-mi# [_lugal en_-ia] | I fall at the feet of the king, my lord. |
| 11 | [_dingir]-mesz#_-ia# i#-nu#-ma# | my gods when |
| 12 | _ti#-[la?_ hal]-qa isz#-tu# | the life of the lost one has been cut off from |
| 13 | _kur_-ia u a-<nu>-ma# ia-nu | My land and no one |
| 14 | mi#-[im]-ma# a-na ia-szi | everything to me |
| 15 | [u] lu-u2 yu-wa-sza-ar# | or Yawašar |
| 16 | _erin2-mesz#_ pi2#-t,a2-ta#-szu# | The troops are his responsibility. |
| 17 | szu-nu [...] | They ... |
| 18 | tu-szu-ru-ba-ni | you will send to me. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _iri-didli{ki}_-ni-ia | to the city of Dilmun |
| 2 | u lu#-u2# i-ru-da-am | or enters |
| 3 | _lugal en_-ia ki-ma sza | the king, my lord, as |
| 4 | _a-a_-ia u ta2#-pa2#-ti-[ia] | my father and my counsellor |
| 5 | u a-nu#-ma# el2#-te9#-ne2#-me2# | And now we are pure |
| 6 | a-na a-wa#-_ti7#-mesz# lugal# en_-ia | To the words of the king, my lord |
| 7 | u# isz-te9#-mu [a-na?] a-wa-ti7-_mesz_ | and has heard about the utterances |
| 8 | {disz#}ma#-ia# [_lu2] maszkim2# lugal#_ | Maya, the king’s enforcer |
| 9 | _en_-ia _{d}[utu_] isz-tu | my lord Shamash from |
| 10 | _an{sza10-me} dumu# [{d}]utu_ | Anzu, son of Shamash |
Sources & licences
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