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EA 084 (P271080)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271080 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01633 |
| 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 be_-ia _{d}utu kur{ki}-didli-hi-a_ | To the king, my lord: the god Šamaš of Babylon. |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma ri-ib-ad-di _ARAD2_-ka-ma# | Thus Ribaddi, your servant: |
| 4 | _{gesz#}giri3?-gub giri3-mesz_-ka a-na _giri3-mesz {d}utu_ | Your feet to the feet of Utu |
| 5 | _be_-ia 7(disz)!-it-szu u3 7(disz)-ta-a-an | If my right and left |
| 6 | am-qu2-ut sza2-ni-tam da-mi-iq-mi | I fall at the same time. |
| 7 | a-na pa-ni _lugal be_-ia i-pi2-isz | to the presence of the king, my lord, he performed. |
| 8 | {disz}ARAD2-{d}a-szi-ir-ti _ur-gi7_ i-nu-ma | Warad-Aširti, the dog, when |
| 9 | in4-ne2-ep-sza-at _kur{ki}-hi-a lugal be_-ia# | The king, my lord |
| 10 | a-na sza-szu u3 qa-al a-na _kur-kur{ki}_-szu! | to him and the middle of his land |
| 11 | u3 a-nu-um-ma i-na-an-na | Now then |
| 12 | in4-ne2-ep-sza-at _iri_ s,u-mu-ur | the destruction of the city |
| 13 | tar-ba-as, _be_-ia u3 _e2_ [ur]-szi-szu# a-na sza-szu# | Then my ... and the house of his servant to him |
| 14 | u3 i-s,a-lu-ul a-na _e2_ ur#-[szi _be_]-ia | and a guard to the house of the herdsman, my ... |
| 15 | u3 i-pe2-ti a-szar ni-s,i-[ir-ti sza] | and the opening of the place of the secret of |
| 16 | _be#_-ia u3 qa-al mi-ia#-[mi] | My ... and the rest of me |
| 17 | [szu]-ut# _lu2-lul_ u3 _ur-gi7_ | That of a criminal or a dog |
| 18 | [u3?] da#-an sza2-ni-tam i-nu-ma# | and another strong one, when |
| 19 | [i-qa]-bu-nim _lu2-mesz#_ a-na pa-ni# [_be_]-ia# | They say: "The men before me |
| 20 | [s,a-ab-ta]-at-mi _iri_ gub-la | captured the city Gubla. |
| 21 | [_lu2_-szu? ma-an] i-de be-li2-ia [i-nu-ma] | his man, who knows my lord? When |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u2-ul il3]-ti-qu2 _iri_ gub-la | did not pass, the city of Gubla |
| 2 | [u3 la-a] qi2-ip-tum | and not a qiptu |
| 3 | [i-na] _sza3#_ u3 ma-ri-is, ma-gal# | in the midst of and in a great way |
| 4 | [a]-na# _kur#{ki}-hi-a_ be-li-ia | to the land of Hia, my lord |
| 5 | sza2-ni-tam lu-wa-szi2-ra-am _lugal [be_]-ia# | Secondly, let me make the king, my lord, rejoice. |
| 6 | _{lu2}maszkim_-szu sza da-an qa-du# [_erin2-mesz_] | his guarantor who is strong together with the troops |
| 7 | u3 li-is,-s,ur _iri{ki} be_-ia | and guard my city |
| 8 | u3 ib-lut, a-na-ku | and he will recover, I |
| 9 | u3 ur#-ra#-ad# _be_-ia _{d}utu_ | and a dog, my ... Šamaš |
| 10 | _kur{ki}-hi-a_ u3 lu-wa-szi-ra be-li-ia | the land of Hīḫu, and I may proclaim my lord. |
| 11 | _lu2-mesz_ u2 ti-il3-qu2 mi-im-mi-_mesz_ | men and livestock, all kinds of goods |
| 12 | _{d}da-mu_-ia a-na ma-har _be_-ia | my Damu before my lord |
| 13 | u3 u2-ul il3-te9-qa mi-im-ma-_mesz_ | and he has not taken anything. |
| 14 | sza# _dingir-mesz_-ka _lu2-ur-gi7_ szu-ut | of your gods, a dog |
| 15 | [u3] _saga_-mi i-nu-ma is,-bat _iri_ gub-la | and my good fortune when he took the city of Gubla |
| 16 | [a]-mur#-mi _iri_ gub-la ki-ma _iri_ hi-ku-up-ta-ah | I saw the city Gubla, like the city Hukuptah. |
| 17 | [i]-ba-sza-at a-na _lugal_-ri sza2-ni-tam | there is another king |
| 18 | [a]-mur {disz}ARAD2-nin-urta lu2_ sza usz-szir4-ti | Witness: Abdi-Ninurta, man of the extispicy. |
| 19 | it#-ti {disz}bu-he-wa _lu2_ lil-[ma-ad] | with Buḫewa, the man, may he be released. |
| 20 | u3 usz-szi-ra-szu a-na _ARAD2_-ka# | and to your servant |
| 21 | [sza2-ni-tam] a-mur {munus}um#-ma-ah#-[nu] _geme2 {d}[nin_ sza] | Secondly, I saw Ummaḫnu, the female servant of the goddess of |
| 22 | [_iri_ gub-la] _lu2_ mu-ut-szi# {disz}mil-kur-ru# | the city of Gubla, the man who the wife of Milkuru |
| 23 | x _sar_ yi-ni usz-szi-ra# [...] | ... he made ... rise ... |
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