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EA 130 (P271071)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 130 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271071 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01624 |
| 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# _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | {disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur _ARAD2_-ka-ma | Rib-Adad is your servant. |
| 4 | _{d}nin_ sza-a _iri_ gub-la | the goddess of the city Gubla |
| 5 | ti-di-in4 _kal-ga_ a-na | mighty advice to |
| 6 | _lugal_-ri _en_-ia a-na | To the king, my lord: |
| 7 | _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | the feet of my lord, Šamaš, |
| 8 | 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-an am-qu2-ut | I fall seven times seven times. |
| 9 | i-nu-ma yi-isz-tap-pa-ra | when he sends |
| 10 | _lugal_-ru a-na ia-szi a-nu-ma | the king to me now |
| 11 | {disz}i-ri-ma-ia-asz-sza | Irimayaša |
| 12 | ia-ak-szu-du-na a-na | Yakšudūna to |
| 13 | mu-hi-ka u2-ul ka-szi-id | I will not be able to achieve your goal. |
| 14 | a-na mu-hi-ia i-nu-ma | to me. When |
| 15 | yi-isz3-ta-pa-ra _lugal_-ru | Yaštapara the king |
| 16 | a-na ia-szi u2-s,ur-mi3 | I will guard for myself. |
| 17 | ra-ma-an-ka u3 | your love and |
| 18 | u2-s,ur _iri lugal_-ri sza-a | the king's city that |
| 19 | it-ti-ka ma-an-nu | nobody with you |
| 20 | yi-na-s,i2-ra-ni | Yanaṣirani |
| 21 | [a]-mur pa-na-nu _lu2-mesz_ a-bu-ti-ia | see the face of my enemies. |
| 22 | da#-nu nu-kur2 a-na sza-szu-nu# | Anu, unrivaled among them |
| 23 | [u3] ma-s,a-ar-ti | and guards |
| 24 | [_lugal_] it-<ti>-szu-nu ba-la#-[at,] | The king lives with them. |
| 25 | [_lugal] ugu_-szu-nu [u3] | the king over them |
| 26 | [i-na-na] _kal-ga# [nu-kur2_] | Inana, the mighty one, the enemy |
| 27 | [a-na mu-hi-ia u3] | to me and |
| 28 | [ba-la-at, _lugal_] | the reign of the king |
| 29 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [u3 ma-s,a]-ar#-[ti _lugal_] | and the watch of the king |
| 3 | ia#-nu a-na# ia-szi mi#-[na] | Why to me? |
| 4 | [i]-pu-szu-na a-nu-ma | they performed. Now |
| 5 | [{disz}]ha-za-nu-tu ti-du-ku-[na szu]-nu | They are the mayors of Tidunu. |
| 6 | _iri_-la-nu szu-nu ki-ma | the city of Lanu, as |
| 7 | _ur-gi7_ u3 ia-nu | a dog or an ox |
| 8 | sza-a yu-ba-u2 ar-ki-szu-nu | of Yabau after them |
| 9 | mi-na i-pu-szu-na | What have they done? |
| 10 | a-na-ku sza-a asz-ba-ti | I am the one who resides in |
| 11 | i-na lib3-bi _lu2-mesz gaz-mesz_ | among the dead men |
| 12 | szum-ma i-na-na ia-[nu] | If there is none |
| 13 | ba-la-at, _lugal_-ri | life of the king |
| 14 | a-na ia-szi u3 ul-ta-na-na# | to me and I have given. |
| 15 | _lu2-mesz_ hu-up-szi-ia | the men of Huppšiya |
| 16 | ka-<li> _kur-mesz nu-kur2_ a-na ia-szi | the mouth of the foreign lands to me |
| 17 | szum-ma lib3-bi _lugal_-ri [a]-na# | If the heart of the king to |
| 18 | na-s,a-ar _iri_-szu u3 | guard of his city and |
| 19 | _ARAD2_-szu usz-szi-ra | his servant he made to live. |
| 20 | _lu2-mesz_ ma-s,a-ar-ta | the guards |
| 21 | u3 ti-na-s,i2-ru _iri_ | and Tinaṣiru the city |
| 22 | [i]-na-s,i2-ru i-na | they will guard. In |
| 23 | ba#-la-t,i3-ia i-nu-ma | my life when |
| 24 | [a]-mu-ta mi-nu | What is the word of your father? |
| 25 | yi#-na-s,a-ru-sze | to Yaṣaruše |
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