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EA 093 (P271106)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271106 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01663 |
| 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 {disz}a]-ma#-an-ap-pa | to Amanappa |
| 2 | [um-ma {disz}]ri#-ib-{d}iszkur | Thus Rib-Adad |
| 3 | [a-na] _giri3#-mesz_-ka am-qu2-ut | I fall at your feet. |
| 4 | [a-mur at]-ta-sza-asz a-na-ku | I have seen and I myself |
| 5 | [:" na]-aq-s,a-ap-ti | ditto the naqṣaptu-demon |
| 6 | _ugu#_ a-wa-te-ka a-nu#-ma# | Concerning your words, herewith |
| 7 | [ka]-asz-da-ti a-na ka#-tam# | kašdātu-vessels for ka-tam |
| 8 | [ki]-a-ma ti-sza-pa-ru | just as you wrote |
| 9 | [a]-na ia-szi szi-me2 ia-szi# | to me, hear from me! |
| 10 | qi2-ba-mi a-na _lugal_-ri | speak to the king: |
| 11 | u3 yi-di-na a-na ka-ta5 | and yina to the kāta |
| 12 | 3(disz) me _lu2-mesz_ u3 ni-da#-gal | 300 men and Nidagal |
| 13 | _iri#_ u3 ni-pu-usz | the city and work |
| 14 | [...] u2-ul | ... he did not |
| 15 | ti#-ba#-[u-na] _lu2#-mesz_ | Tibana, the men |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _maszkim2#-mesz_ a-s,a _erin2-mesz_ | witnesses, aṣa troops |
| 2 | pi2-t,a2-ti _kal-ga_ | a mighty release |
| 3 | _ugu# lugal_ sza-ni-tam | against another king |
| 4 | u3 szum-ma ni-le-u2 | and if a dog |
| 5 | [s,a]-ba-at _iri_ bat,-ru-na | the governor of Batruna |
| 6 | [a]-na# ka-ta5 sza-ni-tam | to another account |
| 7 | i-te9-zi-bu _lu2-mesz_ | the men, |
| 8 | {disz}ARAD2-a-szi-ir!-ta | Abdi-Aširta |
| 9 | [u2]-ul ki-ma pa-na-nu | not like a face |
| 10 | szum#-ma _mu-kam2_ an-ni-ta | If in this year |
| 11 | ia#-nu _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ta# | there are no prisoners of war. |
| 12 | [u3] _ga-kal_ a-di | and a field, up to |
| 13 | [da]-ri#-ti | eternal life |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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