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EA 121 (P271108)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271108 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01665 |
| 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 | [{disz}]ri-ib-{d}iszkur isz#-[tap]-par2# a-[na] | Rīb-Adad sent to |
| 2 | _en_-szu _lugal kur-mesz lugal gal_ | his lord, king of the lands, great king, |
| 3 | _{d}nin_ sza _iri_ gub-la | the goddess of the city of Gubla |
| 4 | ti-di-in4 _kal-ga_ a-na _lugal_-ri | strong advice to the king |
| 5 | _en_-ia a-na _giri3#-mesz# en_-ia | my lord, to the feet of my [lord] |
| 6 | _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-an | my Šamaš seven times seven times |
| 7 | am-qu2-ut i-nu-ma yi-isz3-tap-ru-na | When you have written to me, |
| 8 | _lugal_-ru _en_-ia a-na ia-szi# | The king, my lord, can be glad on account of me. |
| 9 | u2-s,ur-mi3 ra#-ma#-an#-ka# | “I am a guardian of your own free will, |
| 10 | mi-nu yi-na#-[s,i2]-ra-[an-ni] | What has he done to me? |
| 11 | a-mur _lu2-mesz_ a-[bu]-ti#-ia# | see the men of my case. |
| 12 | _lu2-mesz_ ma-s,a-ar-ti [_lugal_-ri] | the guardians of the king |
| 13 | it-ti-szu-nu u3 ba#-[la-at,] | with them and life |
| 14 | _lugal#_-ri _ugu_-[szu]-nu# [u3] | the king over them and |
| 15 | [an-nu-u2] a-na-ku# [u2-ul] | This I am not. |
| 16 | [ba]-la#-t,u2# _lu2-[mesz_] ma-s,a#-[ar-ti] | The life of the guardians |
| 17 | [isz]-tu _lugal_-ri a-na [ia-szi] | From the king to me |
| 18 | [u3] an-nu-u2 i-na-na# nu-kur2# | And this is not changed. |
| 19 | [_kal]-ga ugu_-<ia> qa-bu# _dumu-mesz_ | mighty over you, command of the sons |
| 20 | [{disz}ARAD2]-a-szi-ir-ta a-na | Warad-Aširta to |
| 21 | [_lu2-mesz] gaz-mesz_ u3 _lu2-mesz_ | killed men and men |
| 22 | [sza i]-te9-ep-szu mi-nu-[um] | what has he done? |
| 23 | [it]-ti# {disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur | with Rib-Adad |
| 24 | [u3 mi]-lik# a-na# _ARAD2#_-ka | and Ilik to your servant |
| 25 | [u3 a-na _iri_]-ia# aq-ba | and to my city I said: |
| 26 | [...] x ma-ti | ... of the land |
| 27 | [...] x-tu# | ... ...-tu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x a [...] | ... ... |
| 2 | [x] sza#-a [...] | ... of ... |
| 3 | [e]-ti-ri# [...] | ... the desert ... |
| 4 | [asz]-tap-par2 a-na# [_lugal en_-ia] | I have written to the king, my lord. |
| 5 | [usz]-szi-ir _erin2#-[mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti] | he brought about the release of the troops. |
| 6 | [u2]-ul# la-qu2 [i-na _u4-kam_] | They are not acquired. On the day |
| 7 | _kur#-mesz_ a-na _lugal#_-[ri ...] | the lands to the king ... |
| 8 | an#-nu-u2 i-na#-[na yi-isz3-me] | This is what I heard. |
| 9 | _lugal#_-ru a-wa-te _ARAD2#_-[szu] | the king, words of his servant |
| 10 | u3 yu-wa-szi-ra# | and Yawašira |
| 11 | _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti <ti>-il3#-[qe2] | I took the captives. |
| 12 | _kur lugal_-ri# a-na# _lugal_-ri# | The king's land to the king! |
| 13 | u3 [szu]-up#-szi#-ih _lu2-mesz_ | and disperse the men |
| 14 | ha-za-ni# [_lugal_] i-na _kur-kur-mesz_ | the king's mayor in all lands |
| 15 | u2-ul [tu]-da-ku | you did not know. |
| 16 | ki-ma [_ur]-ku#_ u3 qa-la-ta | like a dog and a lamb |
| 17 | szan#-i-tam# [x x ki]-a-ma | another ... like |
| 18 | [x _ma]-gal ugu_ | x minas incumbent upon |
| 19 | di#-ni# [...] te _nin#_ | My case ... ... |
| 20 | [...]-ti | ...-ti |
| 21 | _lu2-mesz_ ha-[za-ni x x]-la# | the mayors ... |
| 22 | [u3] usz# ti# | and life |
| 23 | usz#-szi-ra _lu2#-[mesz_] | he made the men live. |
| 24 | szum#-ma i-ra-am# | If he so pleases |
| 25 | [a]-na# _ARAD2_-szu [u3] | to his servant and |
| 26 | a-na sza-a-szu# | to him |
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