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EA 077 (P271082)

letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE

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Designation	EA 077
ID	P271082
Museum no.	VAT 01635 + VAT 01700
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 {disz}[a]-ma#-[an-ap-pa ...]	to Amānappa
2	um-ma {disz}ri-ib#-[{d}iszkur a-na _giri3-mesz_-ka]	Thus Rib-Adad: to your feet
3	am-qu2-ut {d}[a-ma-na _dingir_ sza _lugal_]	I fall at the feet of Amanus, the god of the king.
4	_en_-ka u3 _{d}[nin_ sza _iri_] gub#{ub}-la#	your lord and the lady of the city stand.
5	ti-di-<nu>-mi _tesz2#_-[ka] i-na	Give me your counsel, in
6	pa-ni _lugal en_-[ka] i-nu-ma	before the king, your lord, when
7	ta-asz-pu-ra a-[na] _uruda-mesz_ u3 a-na	you wrote, for copper and to
8	szi2-in4-ni-mi# [ti]-de _{d}nin_	“Stand by me, O lady!
9	sza _iri_ gub-la# szum-ma i#-<ba>-szu	of the city he shall serve. If he
10	_uruda-mesz_ u3 szi#-in4#-ni [a]-na#	copper and tin for
11	<<a-na>> ia-szi u3 ka# li# sze	To me and your mouth may barley
12	isz ka wa 1(disz) ul# ti#-ma-ha#-as,	“You will not slander me for one day!
13	u3 na-ad-[na]-ti# szi-in4#-na-szu	and the nadnatu of his hair
14	[i]-na# ba-la-t,i3-ia# a-na	in my life to
15	[_lugal] iri#_ s,ur-ri# at#-ta	You are the king of that city.
16	[lu-u2] ti-i-de [pu-usz]-qa#-ia	May you know my well-being!
17	[x x]-ta a-[...]-szi	from ... to ...
reverse
1	[x x] a-na mi-[nim qa]-la-ta	... as much as there is
2	[x x] UB-ri [x x] sza	... ... of
3	[ti]-na-mu-sza ka#-<li> _kur{ki}-mesz_	her life, the mouth of the lands
4	[u2]-ul ta-aq-[bu a]-na# _en_-ka u3	You did not say to your lord and
5	yu-wa-szi-ru-na#-ka# i-na	Yawaširuna, in
6	pa-ni _erin2-mesz_ pi2-[t,a2]-ti u3	in the presence of the troops, prisoners of war and
7	tu-sza-am-ri-ru _lu2-mesz gaz_	they will kill the men.
8	isz-tu _lu2-mesz_ ha#-za-nu-ti	from the mayors
9	szum-ma _mu-mesz_ an#-ni#-ta u2-ul	If these names are not
10	yu-s,a-na _erin2-mesz_ [pi2]-t,a2#-ti	Yaṣana, the prisoners of war
11	u3 in-ne2-[ep-sza]-at# ka-li	and all the deeds
12	_kur-kur{ki}-mesz_ [a-na _lu2-mesz] gaz#_	the lands to the people
13	szum-ma qa-al# [_lugal en_]-li#	If it pleases the king, my lord
14	u3 ia-nu [_erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti u3]	and there are no prisoners of war and
15	_{gesz}ma2 lu2-mesz# [iri_ gub-la]	the boat of the people of the city of Gubla
16	[_lu2]-mesz_-ka _dingir#-[mesz_ ti-il-qe2]	Your men, the gods, you took.
17	a-di mu-[hi-ka u3 i-te-zi-ib]	as long as you live and he will stay.
18	[x x] _iri#_ [gub-la a-mur]	... I saw the city of Gubla.
left
1	pal#-ha-ti _lu2-mesz_ hu-up#-[szi-ia]	the enemies of my foes
2	ul ti-ma-ha-s,a-na-[ni]	do not approach me!

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