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EA 111 (P271078)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271078 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01631 |
| 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#_-ri# [_en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia] | To the king, my lord, my Šamaš |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma {disz}]ri#-[ib-{d}iszkur _ARAD2_-ka-ma] | Thus Rib-Adad, your servant: |
| 4 | [a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia] | to the feet of my lord, Šamaš |
| 5 | [7(disz)]-szu# 7(disz)-[ta-an am-qu2-ut] | I fall seven times seven times. |
| 6 | a-nu#-ma isz#-[ta-pa-ra] | Herewith he has written: |
| 7 | [a-na _e2]-gal#_ [a]-na _lu2#-mesz#_ | to the palace to the people |
| 8 | [ma]-s,a-ar#-ti# ya# x | guardian angel ... |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [usz]-szi-ra-an-[ni-ma] | he made me enter, and |
| 11 | [x] _ansze#-kur#-ra#-[mesz_] | x horses, |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | na-s,a-[ri] | guardian |
| 2' | a-na-ku u2-ma#-al# [x x] | I am ... |
| 3' | :" ba-lu [a]-na nu-[kur2 szum-ma _u4-kam_] | “If on the day |
| 4' | an#-ni-ta ia-nu# [_erin2-mesz_] | There are no troops here. |
| 5' | pi2#-t,a2-ti u3 [en-ni-ip-szu] | Release and vigil |
| 6' | ka#-li _kur-mesz_ a-na [_lu2-mesz_] | all the lands to the people |
| 7' | _gaz#-mesz_ a-mur# _lu2-mesz_ mi#-[szi] | Look, men, what are they? |
| 8' | i-[ir-ru]-bu i-na _iri_ ak-[ka] | will enter the city of Akkad. |
| 9' | [asz]-szum# ba-li-it,# [u3] | Because he is alive and |
| 10' | hi#-szi#-ih#-ti _lugal#_ | the king's punishment |
| 11' | x x a-na mi#-ni# | why |
| 12' | x bu# [x] | ... ...; |
| 13' | [pa]-ni# _lugal#_ u3 | the mouth of the king and |
| 14' | [...] | |
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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