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EA 140 (P271085)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 140 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271085 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01639 |
| 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 en {d}utu_-ia um-ma | to the king, my lord, saying: |
| 2 | _iri_ gub-la _geme2_-ka um-ma | the city of Gubla, your slave woman, thus |
| 3 | {disz}dingir-ra-pi2-ih _ARAD2_-ka a-na | Ilī-rapih, your servant, to |
| 4 | _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}utu_ 7(disz) u#? 7(disz)# am#-qut | I fall at the feet of my lord, Šamaš, seven and seven times |
| 5 | la-a ya-qu2-lu _lugal en_-ia | do not insult the king, my lord! |
| 6 | i-na _iri_ gub-la _geme2_-szu | in the city of Gubla his slave woman |
| 7 | _iri lugal_-ri isz-tu da-ri-ti | the royal city from the past |
| 8 | sza-ni-tam a-na mi-ni isz-szi-ir _lugal_-ru | Secondly, why did he become king? |
| 9 | i-na {disz}a-zi-ri u3 yi-pu-szu | from Aziru and his sons |
| 10 | ki-ma _sza3_-szu a-mur {disz}a-zi-ru {disz}a-du-na _lugal kur_ ir-qa-ta | As he wishes I saw Aziru and Aduna, the king of the land. |
| 11 | da-ak _lugal kur_ am-mi-ia | the enemy king of my land |
| 12 | u3 _lugal kur_ ar-da-ta | and king of the land of Ardat |
| 13 | u3 _lu2-gal_ da-ak u3 la-qa | and the chief of trade and purchase |
| 14 | _iri-mesz_-szu-nu a-na sza-szu | their cities to him |
| 15 | _iri_ s,u-mu-ra a-na sza-szu | the city Ṣumura to him |
| 16 | _iri-mesz lugal_-ri 1(disz)-en _iri_ gub-la | the cities of the king, one city of Gubla |
| 17 | is-si2-la-at! _lugal_-ri | the king’s companion |
| 18 | sza-ni-tam a-mur _iri_ s,u-mu-ra | Secondly, see the city of Ṣumurru. |
| 19 | u3 _iri_ ul-la-as3-sa3 pa-la-sza | and the city of Ullassa, her province |
| 20 | sza#-ni-tam!(AM) a-mur ar-na sza!# | Secondly, I have seen the ... of |
| 21 | [yi]-pu-isz {disz}a-zi-ru | together with Aziru |
| 22 | [i]-na# ur-ru-bi-szu | in his future |
| 23 | [a]-na# mu-hi-ka ar-nu | I have written to you: |
| reverse | ||
| 24 | [a-na mu-hi]-nu isz-szi-ir | he imposed upon us. |
| 25 | _lu2-mesz#_-[szu u2-sa]-mah# {disz}i-ta-ka-ma | his men he made great, Itaka |
| 26 | [u3] da-ak ka-li | and the full price |
| 27 | _kur#-kur-mesz_ am-qi2 _kur-mesz lugal_-ri | the lands I conquered, the king's lands |
| 28 | u3 i-na-an-na isz-szi-ir | and now he has received it. |
| 29 | _lu2-mesz_-szu i-na s,a-ba-at _kur-kur-mesz_ | his men in the control of the lands |
| 30 | am-qi2 u3 _ki-ki_ sza-ni-tam | the amqî-offering and the second kītum-offersing |
| 31 | la-a yi-pu-szu _lugal kur_ ha-at-ta | the king of Hatti |
| 32 | u3 _lugal kur_ na-ri-ma | and the king of the land of Narima |
| 33 | u3 ($ blank space $) | and |
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