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EA 181 (P271070)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 181 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271070 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01623 |
| 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' | [...] ku# x x | ... ... |
| 2' | [_lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia] _{d}utu_-ia# | my god, my Šamaš |
| 3' | [...] _lu2#-mesz_-szu | ... his men |
| 4' | [...]-li usz-szi-ra# | ... brought forth |
| 5' | [_lugal en_-ia _dingir_]-ia# _{d}utu_-ia | my god, my Šamaš |
| 6' | [...] u3 ni-na-s,a-ar# | ... and we will keep watch |
| 7' | [_iri lugal en_-ia] _dingir_-ia# _{d}utu_-ia# | the city of the king, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 8' | [... _lugal] en#_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}[utu_]-ia# | ... the king, my lord, my god, my Shamash |
| 9' | [...] ab u2-di# [x x] | ... until ... |
| 10' | [x _lugal en_-ia _dingir_]-ia _{d}utu_-ia# | ... the king, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 11' | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-x | |
| 2' | [...]-isz# | ...-iš |
| 3' | [...]-a | ...-a |
| 4' | [...]-ia | my ... |
| 5' | [...]-ia | my ... |
| 6' | [x _lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia] _{d}utu_-ia# | ... the king, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 7' | [...]-ab# | ...-abba |
| 8' | [x x _lugal en_-ia _dingir_]-ia# _{d}utu#_-[ia] | the king, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 9' | [...] lu-wa#-asz-sza#-[ar] | ... I shall make great. |
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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