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EA 290 (P271092)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 290 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271092 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01646 |
| 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}lugal _en_-ia | To Lugal, my lord |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | [{disz}ARAD2]-hi-ba _ARAD2_-ka-ma a-na 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_ | Abdi-Hiba, your servant, for 2 feet |
| 4 | [_lugal_]-ri _en#_-ia 7(disz)-ta-a-an u3 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qut | the king, my lord, seven times and seven times I fell. |
| 5 | [a]-mur# ip#-sza# _kur_ sza e-pu-szu-ni | Look, the opening of the land which they did. |
| 6 | {disz}mil-ki-lu u3 {disz}szu-ar-da-tu4 | Milkilu and Šūr-Adad |
| 7 | a-na _kur lugal_-ri _en_-ia | to the land of the king, my lord |
| 8 | mu-'i3-ru _erin2-mesz iri_ ga-az-ri{ki} | delivery of the troops of the city of Gašri |
| 9 | _erin2-mesz iri_ gi-im-yi{ki} | troops of the city of Gimyu |
| 10 | u3 _erin2-mesz iri_ qi2-il-yi{ki} | and the troops of Qilya |
| 11 | s,a-ab-tu4 _kur iri_ ru-bu-te{ki} | captured the land, the city of Rubute |
| 12 | pa-t,a-ra-at _kur lugal_-ri | the one who destroys the land of the king, |
| 13 | a-na _lu2-mesz_ ha-pi2-ri | to the Ḫapiru men |
| 14 | u3 i-na-an-na ap-pu-na-ma | And now I am writing to you, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _iri kur_ u2-ru-sza10-lim{ki} szu-mu-sza | the city of the land of Urušallim, her name |
| 2 | _iri e2_ {d}nin-urta | the city, the temple of Ninurta |
| 3 | _iri lugal_-ri pa-t,a-ra-at | the king's city is destroyed. |
| 4 | [a]-szar _lu2-mesz iri_ qi2-il-yi{ki} | where the people of Qilya |
| 5 | li-isz-me _lugal_-ri a-na {disz}ARAD2-hi-ba _ARAD2_-ka | May the king hear it. To Abdi-Hiba, your servant: |
| 6 | u3 lu-ma-szar _erin2-mesz_ pi-t,a-ti | and let me see the prisoners of war. |
| 7 | u3 lu-ti-ra _kur lugal_-ri a-na _lugal_-ri | and the king’s land to his king |
| 8 | u3 szum-ma ia-a-nu _erin2-mesz_ pi-t,a-tu4 | and if there are none, the troops are released. |
| 9 | pa-t,a-ra-at _kur lugal_-ri a-na _lu2-mesz_ | the king’s land to the people |
| 10 | :" ha-pi2-ri | ḫapiru (means) |
| 11 | ip-szu _kur#_ an-ni-u2 | this mountain |
| 12 | a#-na# _ka_-i {disz}mil-ki-[li] | to the mouth of Milki-ili |
| 13 | [u3 a]-na-_ka#_-i {disz}szu-ar-da#-ti# | Further, to Šūr-dati |
| 14 | [it-ti] _iri_ gin8-ti# | with the city of Ginti |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 li-is-ki-in# | and be established. |
| 2 | _lugal#_-ri a-na _kur_-[szu] | the king to his land |
Sources & licences
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