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EA 044 (P271100)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271100 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01656 |
| 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 be-li2 _lugal kur iri#_ mi-is,-ri-i# | to my lord, the king of the land of Miṣrî |
| 2 | a-bi-ia ki-bi2-ma# | my father in the same way |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}zi-i-da2#-a _dumu-lugal_ | Thus Zidâ, the king’s son |
| 4 | _dumu_-ka-ma | your son |
| 5 | a-na ma-har be-li2 a-bi-ia | before my father, my lord |
| 6 | gab2-ba lu-u2 szul-mu | May everything go well! |
| 7 | i-na mah-ri-i _kaskal_ a-i-u2-ti3 | in front of the road of the enemy |
| 8 | _dumu-mesz-kin_-ri-ka a-na _kur iri_ ha-at-ti | your messengers to the land of Hatti |
| 9 | it-tal-ku u3 ki-i-me-e a-na muh-hi-ka | and when to you |
| 10 | it-ta-as-ha-ru u3 a-na-ku-ma | they have sinned, and I |
| 11 | a-na ak-ka-a-sza a-bi-ia | to Akkad, my father |
| 12 | szul#-ma-na asz-pur u3 szu-bi-il5-ta | I have sent a message of well-being to you, and you have sent it to me. |
| 13 | [a]-na# muh-hi-ka ul-te-bil2 | I have sent to you. |
| 14 | [...] _dumu#-mesz-kin_-ka | ... your sons |
| 15 | [...] x [...] | |
| 16 | [...] asz-sze#? | ... to the sheepfold(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] a-nu-um#-ma _dumu-mesz-kin_-ri-ka# | ... Now, your messengers |
| 3 | [...] _kur iri_ ha-at-ti a-na muh-hi-ka | ... the land of Hatti to you |
| 4 | [x x] x-su2-nu-ti u3 a-na-ku-ma | their ... and I |
| 5 | it#-ti _dumu-mesz-kin_-ri-ka at-tu-ia _dumu-mesz-kin_-ri-ia | With your messengers, you are my messengers. |
| 6 | a-na muh-hi a-bi-ia asz-pur-szu-nu-ti | I sent them to my father. |
| 7 | u3 szu-bi-il5-ta 1(u) 6(disz) _lu2-mesz_ | and Šubi-ilta 16 men |
| 8 | a-na szul-ma-ni-ka ul-te-bil2-ak-ku | I have sent you for your well-being. |
| 9 | u3 a-na-ku _ku3#-sig17_ ha-asz-ha-ku | and I am a goldsmith, |
| 10 | u3 a-bu-ia _ku3-sig17_ szu-bi-la | and my father gold, send! |
| 11 | u3 mi-nu-um-me-e be-li2 a-bi-ia | and whatever my lord, my father, |
| 12 | ha-asz-ha-ta2 szu-up-ra-ma u2-sze#-bal-ak-ku | Send ḫašhatu-flour to me, so that I can send it to you. |
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