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EA 004 (P271101)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271101 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01657 |
| 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' | [...] it#-ti-ia _dumu-mesz#_ [szi-ip-ri ...] | ... with me, the sons of the work ... |
| 2' | [...]-i# ki-i a-[...] | ... like ... |
| 3' | [_dumu-munus]-mesz gal-mesz_ sza i-sza-ap-pa-ru-ni [...] | The great daughters whom they write ... |
| 4' | [ap-pu-na]-ma at-ta _szesz_-ia ki-i la na-da#-[ni?-im?-ma?] | I wrote to you, but you, my brother, did not give me as a gift |
| 5' | a#-na _dumu-munus_-ka a-na a-ha-zi ki-i asz2-pu-ra#-[ak-ku tal-ta-ap-ra] | When I sent you to your daughter to the cult centers, you wrote to me: |
| 6' | um-ma-a ul-tu4 pa-na _dumu-munus lugal_ sza _kur_ mi-is,-[ri-i] | "From the presence of the daughter of the king of Mishrî |
| 7' | a-na ma-am-ma ul in-na-ad-di-in am-mi-ni la#? [in-na-ad-di-in?] | Why did he not give it to anyone? |
| 8' | _lugal_ at-ta ki-i _sza3_-ka te-ep-[pu-usz?] | You are the king, as your heart desires. |
| 9' | szum-ma ta-at-ta-di-in ma-an-nu mi-na-a i#-[qa-ab-bi] | If you have given, who will say what? |
| 10' | ki-i an-ni-ta a-ma-ta iq-bu-ni a-na-ku a#-[na _szesz_-ia] | As to what you said, I myself to my brother: |
| 11' | a-ka-an-na al-ta-ap#-ra um-ma-a _dumu-munus-mesz gal-mesz#_ [sza ma-am-ma] | I have written to you thus: "The great daughters of no one |
| 12' | _munus-mesz_ ba-na-tu4 i-ba-asz-sza-a 1(disz) _munus_ ba-ni-ta ki-i# [_dumu-munus_]-ka# szi#-i szu-bi-la | If there are women born, send one woman born as your daughter. |
| 13' | ma-an-nu i-qa-ab-bi um-ma-a ul _dumu-munus lugal_ szi#-i# | "Who will say: "It is not the daughter of the king!" |
| 14' | at-ta ki-i la szu-bu-li-im-ma ul tu-sze-bi-la | You, when you did not send it to me, |
| 15' | at-ta ul ah-hu-ta-a u3 t,a-bu-ta tu-be2-'i-i-ma | You are not a stranger, but you are a pleasant one. |
| 16' | ki-i a-na a-ha-mi-isz qe2-re-bi-ni a-na a-hu-za-ti ta-asz-pu-ra | When you wrote to each other in the middle of the city, |
| 17' | u3 a-na-ku asz-szum an-ni-ti-im-ma a-na ah-hu-ti u3 t,a#-bu-ti | And I, because of this, for friendship and good fortune |
| 18' | asz-szum a-na a-ha-mi-isz qe2-re-bi-ni a-na a-hu-za-ti asz#-pu-ra-ak-ku | Concerning the mutual agreement between us, I wrote to you. |
| 19' | _szesz_-ia 1(disz) _munus_ am-mi-ni la u2-sze-bi-la | my brother, why did he not send me one woman? |
| 20' | mi-in-de at-ta 1(disz) _munus_ ul tu-sze-bi-la | Why did you not send me one woman? |
| 21' | a-na-ku ki-i ka-sza-ma-a _munus_ lu-uk-la-ak-ku-um-ma la#-[a u2-sze-bi-il-szi] | I, like you, let me kill a woman, but I did not send her. |
| 22' | _dumu-munus-mesz_-u2-a i-ba-asz-sza-a ul a-ka-al-la-ak#-[ku-usz-szi] | my daughters there are, I will not be able to help her. |
| 23' | mi-in-de-e-ma a-na a-hu-za-ti ki-i asz-[pu-ra-ak-ku u3] | Why did I write to you about the ahuztu? |
| 24' | a#-[na] u2#-ma-mi ki-i asz-pu-ra-ak-ku [at-ta ta-aq-ta-bi] | When I wrote to you, you said: |
| 25' | [...] _gal#-mesz_-ka ki#-i ha#-[mu-ut-ta ...] | ... your great ... like a lion ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | ir#-[ti _lu2] gal#-mesz_-ka iq-bu-ni x [...] | In the midst of your great men they said ... ... |
| 2' | i-na-an-na sza _dumu-munus_-ia sza u2-sze-[bal-la-ak-ku] | Now, of my daughter whom he brought |
| 3' | at-ta ze-ra-sza ul ta-s,a-ab#-[ba-at u3] | You are furious, you do not seize her, and |
| 4' | sza u2-ma-mi mi-nu-um-ma e-ri-isz-ka szu#-[bi-la] | Send me whatever news you have. |
| 5' | u3 asz-szum _ku3-sig17_ sza asz-pu-ra-ak-ku _ku3-sig17-diri_-ka# | And concerning the gold of which I wrote to you, your gold |
| 6' | ma-a'-da la-am _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-ka a-na mu-uh-hi-ia i#?-[la?-kam?] | much, not even a son of yours will come to me. |
| 7' | i-na-an-na ha-mu-ut-ta i-na _sza3 buru14_ an-ni-i | Now, I have received from this harvest. |
| 8' | lu-u2 i-na _iti szu-numun-na_ lu-u2 i-na _iti ne-ne-gar_ | either in the month of seeding or in the year of negar |
| 9' | szu-bi-la-am-ma du-ul-la sza s,a-ab-ta-ku lu-pu#-usz# | Send me the work that I have seized, so I can do it. |
| 10' | szum-ma i-na _buru14_ an-ni-i i-na _iti szu-numun-na_ u3 _iti#-[ne-ne]-gar_ | If in this harvest in the month of Dumuzi and the month Nenegar |
| 11' | _ku3-sig17_ sza asz-pu-ra-ak-ku tu-ul-te-bi-la-am# | You have sent me the gold that I sent to you. |
| 12' | _dumu-munus_-ti a-na-di-na-ak-ku u3 at-ta i-na t,u2-bi _ku3-sig17-diri_-ka szu-bi-la | and my daughter I shall give to you, and you by the favor of your gold send me! |
| 13' | u3 szum-ma i-na _iti szu-numun-na_ u3 _iti ne-[ne-gar_] | and if in month "Sowing" or month "Negar |
| 14' | _ku3-sig17_ la tu-ul-te-bi-la-am-ma du-ul-la sza s,a-ab-ta-ku la# e-te-pu-usz | Do not send me gold, and I will not do the work that I have seized. |
| 15' | u3 i-na t,u-bi a-na mi-ni-i tu-sze-bi-la-am | And why did you send me a good message? |
| 16' | ul-tu4 du-ul-la sza s,a-ab-ta-ku e-te-ep-szu | After I had done the work that I had seized, |
| 17' | _ku3-sig17_ a-na mi-ni-i lu-uh-szi-ih | the gold, why should I remove it? |
| 18' | lu-u2 3(disz) lim _gun_ sza _ku3-sig17_ szu-bi-la ul a-ma-ah-ha-ar# | send me 3 thousand talents of gold, but I will not receive it. |
| 19' | u2-ta-ar-ra#-ak-ku u3 _dumu-munus_-ti a-na a-hu-za-ti ul a-na-di#-[in] | they shall return to you, and my daughter to you I shall not give. |
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