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EA 129 (P271084)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271084 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01637 + VAT 01638 |
| 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 | [{disz}ri-ib]-ad-di# [qi-bi?-mi] | Rib-addi, speak! |
| 2 | [a]-na# _lugal#_ be-li#-[ia a-na _ki-ta_] | To the king, my lord: the underworld. |
| 3 | _giri3#-mesz_ 7(disz) u3 7(disz)# [am-qut{ut]} | via 7 and 7 Amqut |
| 4 | yi#-<sza>-al# _lugal#_ be-li# a-[na] _dumu#-[mesz_] | The king, my lord, should ask the sons. |
| 5 | {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir-ti# [i]-nu-ma# | Warad-Aširti when |
| 6 | ki-i lib3-bi-szu#-nu ti-i#-[pu-szu-na] | as their heart desires, you made them. |
| 7 | [mi]-ia szu-nu _ur-gi7-[mesz_] ka#-[<al>-bu] | My wife, they are lion-headed dogs. |
| 8 | [i]-nu#-ma# ti-pu-szu-na# a-na# [sza-szu-nu] | When you made them, to them |
| 9 | ma#-am-ma ku-mi-ru mi-am#-[ma sza] | Who is a fugitive? What is it that |
| 10 | _kur#-mesz lugal_ a-na _uzu#-mesz#_ qa#-[ti-szu-nu] | The king's lands for their meat |
| 11 | [_lu2]-mesz_ ha-za-ni _lugal_ [a]-na#-[ku] sza# ti-[...] | I am the king's mayors who ... |
| 12 | u3 _lu2-mesz_ we-'i3 u3 _lu2#-mesz#_ | and the we’i and the men |
| 13 | i-na-an-na sza il3#-qu2# a#-na# [qa-at] | Now, the one who took it, it belongs to |
| 14 | _{lu2-mesz}maszkim2_-ut _lugal_ be-li#-[ia] | the witnesses of the king, my lord |
| 15 | u3 ra-bi#-s,u2 _lu2_ em#-[qu2 szu-ut] | and the rabiṣu-offerings of that skilled man |
| 16 | sza ka-bu-ut ma-gal u3# [da-ku-szu] | who has a large mouth and a neck. |
| 17 | gab2# _iri-mesz#_-ia# a-na <sza>-szu#-[nu u3] | all my cities to them and |
| 18 | _iri{ki}_ bat,-ru-na ir-ti-ha#-[at a-na ia-szi] | The city Baṭruna has become frightened for me |
| 19 | u3 ti-ba-u2-na-szi la-qa#-[a] | and Tibānaši are acquired. |
| 20 | [la]-qe2-mi szi-a-ti [u3 _iri_ gub-la] | take that property and the city of Gubla. |
| 21 | [ti]-il3-qu2#-na i-nu-ma [...] | you took. When |
| 22 | pa#-ti# _uzu_ | a cut of meat |
| 23 | lib3#-[bi] | the heart |
| 24 | u3 asz [...] | and ... |
| 25 | _ugu_-szu [u3] | against him and |
| 26 | ma#-gal# a-di ti-is,-bu# [ar-na] | Greatly, as long as he lives |
| 27 | gal# i-pe2-sza u3 i-nu-[ma la-a] | he will do, and if not |
| 28 | szu#-li# t,up-pa-_mesz_ a-na _lu2-mesz_ ha#-[za-ni] | Send tablets to the mayors! |
| 29 | [u3] ti#-ba#-u2-na i-pi2-isz [ar-ni] | and Tibāna, the one who performed the extispicy |
| 30 | szum#-ma# ia-nu _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ta5# [u3] | If there are none, the troops will be released and |
| 31 | [pa]-nu-szu-nu a-na s,a-ba-ti _iri{ki#}_ [gub-la] | their faces to seize the city I set up. |
| 32 | u3 ti-iq#-bu-na s,a-bat-mi ni-[nu] | And if you command, we will seize it. |
| 33 | _iri{ki}-mesz_ gub{ub}-li u3 mi-[na] | the cities stationed, and what else? |
| 34 | ti-pu#-szu _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-tu a-[mur-mi] | I saw the work-troops and prisoners of war. |
| 35 | i-nu-ma sza-par2-mi _lugal_ be-li# | When it is sent, the king, my lord |
| 36 | a-nu-ma _erin2-mesz_ a-s,a-at u ti-iq#-[bu-na] | Now, the troops have been taken and you have said: |
| 37 | ka#-az-bu-tu :" ka-ma-mi# | kazbūtu (means) : kammamu. |
| 38 | ia-nu-mi _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ta5 la-[a] | there are no prisoners of war. |
| 39 | tu-s,u2 u da-nu _ugu_-nu | and Anu upon us |
| 40 | [szu-ma]-mi# ba-li a-s,i2 _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2#-[ti] | My name, the life of the troops, release me! |
| 41 | [i-na _mu]-sza#_-an-ti an-ni-ti | In this year |
| 42 | [u3 la]-qu2-mi _iri#-mesz#_ gub#{ub#}-la | and the deportees of the cities stationed |
| 43 | [la-qi2]-mi _iri-mesz_ gub{ub}-li | take, the cities are stationed |
| 44 | [u3 da-nu] mi#-na ti-pu-szu _erin2-mesz_ | and Anu, what have you done to the troops? |
| 45 | [a-na _ARAD2_-ka {disz}]ri-ib-ad-di | To your servant Rib-addi |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na# [a-bu-ti]-ia# _lugal-mesz_ pa-nu-u2 | To my fathers, previous kings |
| 2 | ti-na#-[s,a-ru]-na# _iri#_{ki} gub-li | Tinaṣaruna, the city of Gubli |
| 3 | u3 at-ta la-a ti-zi-ib-sze# | And yo[u] should not be afraid |
| 4 | szum-ma ia-nu _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ta5 _mu_ an#-nu | If there are no troops, release this name. |
| 5 | u3 usz-szi-ra _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ ti-il3-qu2-ni | and he took the boats. |
| 6 | qa-du _dingir-mesz_ ba-al-ti a-na _be_-ia | together with the great gods, to my lord |
| 7 | la-a-mi yi-iq-ba _lugal_ be-li2 [x] | The king, my lord, ... |
| 8 | mi-di-la s,a-ab-ta-at pa-[asz-ha-at] | “It is seized, it is inflicted, it has been seized! |
| 9 | u i-na-an-na tu#-is,-ba-tu#-[na] | And now you have seized me. |
| 10 | _{lu2-mesz}dumu-mesz#-[kin_] | the messengers |
| 11 | _lugal-mesz#_ | kings |
| 12 | _erin2-mesz_ [...] | troops ... |
| 13 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 14 | i [...] | ... oil |
| 15' | a [...] | ... water |
| 16' | _iri_ [...] | the city ... |
| 17' | _lugal kur#_ | king of the land |
| 18' | _lugal kur-mesz#_ ha#-ti i-nu-ma | king of the lands, when |
| 19' | a-na _dumu-mesz ARAD2-mesz ur-gi7-mesz_ ki-na#-[na] | to the sons, servants, and dogs of Kinana |
| 20' | yu-ha-mi-t,a2 usz-szar _erin2-mesz_ pi2#-[t,a2]-ti# | he smote. The troops were killed. |
| 21' | _lugal_ u3 yi-il3-qe2-szu-nu u3 | the king and their heirs and |
| 22' | ti-ne2-pu-usz _kur-mesz_ a-na _lugal be#_-ia# | The mountains to the king, my lord |
| 23' | mi-ia szu-nu _ur-gi7-mesz_ ka-bu szum-ma | “What are they? Dogs are in the mouth. If |
| 24' | {disz}bir#-ia-wa-zi pal-ha <isz>-tu _lugal be_-[ia] | Biria-wazi is afraid. May the king, my lord, |
| 25' | la-a la-qi2-szu-nu szum-ma _lugal_ be-[li2] | If the king, my lord, |
| 26' | yi-iq-bu a-na _{lu2}rab3 iri{ki}_ az#-[za-ti] | I said to the governor of Akkad: |
| 27' | a-na _{lu2}rab3 iri_{ki} ku-mi-di le-[qu2-mi] | to the governor of Kumidu take. |
| 28' | [u3]-la#-a-mi la-qu2-szu-nu ar#-[na] | They have taken it as a loan. |
| 29' | [ep-szu] a-na ia-szi pa-nu-szu-nu | their faces towards me |
| 30' | [na-ad]-nu-ma te9-e-te-pu-szu# | are given and you will do it. |
| 31' | [_kur-mesz_] a-na _lu2-mesz sa#-[gaz-mesz_ u3] | the lands to kill men and |
| 32' | [_iri]-mesz_-ia sza [...] | my cities of ... |
| 33' | asz# pu-hi-ir [...] | Ašpuhir |
| 34' | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] tu# a-na# [...] x ti u3 ha#-da#-at# li#-qi3-[mi] | ... to ... ... and joy may they give me. |
| 2 | [...] nu [...] lib3-bi [...] mi szu-nu i-nu-ma# ia-[nu] | ... not ... their heart ... when is there none? |
| 3 | [_erin2-mesz_ pi2]-t,a2#-tam u3 qa#-lu#-nu a-na# [...] dan#-nu la-qu2-mi {disz}pi2-wu-ri# | The captives and the prisoners were taken to a fortified city. Piwuri |
| 4 | [u3] da#-ku-szu# u3 na-ad#-nu# [pa-nu-szu-nu a-na ia-szi u3] la-qu2 i-pi2-<ri> _ki-iri_ s,u#-[mu]-ri | and their possessions to me, and they have been taken away. The ruins of the fortified city |
| 5 | [a]-na# sza-szu-nu u3 [...] {disz}pi2-wu-ri szum-ma | to them and ... Piwuri if |
| 6 | la-a yi-isz#-mu# [_lugal_ a-na ia-szi u3 usz-szi]-ra# _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ | I do not know the king to me and to make the boats |
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