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EA 127 (P271129)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271129 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01687 |
| 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 | [...] x | |
| 2 | [...] bar | ... outer |
| 3 | [...] ia# | ... for me |
| 4 | [...] _ARAD2_ ki-ti-szu | ..., servant of his family. |
| 5 | [... u3] bi#-ki-mi# | … and my body. |
| 6 | [... _iri_] s,u#-mu#-ur | ... the city of Sumur. |
| 7 | [u3 {disz}ha-ib na-da]-an# _iri#_ s,u-mu-ur | and Ḫāb, the guarantor of the city of Ṣumur |
| 8 | a-na# [_{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_] u3 qe2-bi-ir qa-al | to the sag-priests and the qebīr-officials |
| 9 | [...] gab2-bi | ... its chest |
| 10 | [...] an-nu-u2 i-qa-bu-nim | This ... they say |
| 11 | [...] ki# | ... earth |
| 12 | [... {disz}ya-ab]-ni#-{d}iszkur us,-s,i2 | ... Byabni-Addu went out |
| 13 | _erin2#-mesz_ pi2#-t,a2#-[ti u3] il3-qi2-nu szi-si#-mi | The prisoners are released and they have taken a copy. |
| 14 | pa#-ni#-nu _ugu# iri#_ gub#-la u3 ma-an-nu | before us, over the city of Gubla, and who |
| 15 | u3 a-nu-ma gab2-<bu>-mi a-na muh#-hi#-ia | Now, my whole body to me |
| 16 | [u3] ma#-an#-nu# i-re-s,a#-an-ni | and who will take me away? |
| 17 | [al-lu]-mi la-qe2# _iri_ gub-la{ki} | Allûm, taken. Gubla |
| 18 | [u3] ia-nu-um _lu2-mesz kur_ mi-is,-ri | and there are no people of the land of Miṣri |
| 19 | [sza] i-ri-bu-nim an-na-kam2 | which he erected is this. |
| 20 | [ti-ni]-ip#-sza-mi _iri_ gub-la | Tinipshami, the city of Gubla |
| 21 | [a-na _lu2] sa#-gaz#-mesz#_ u3 ia-nu#-um# | to the criminals, and there is none |
| 22 | [_erin2-mesz_ ka]-sza# sza ir#-bu-nim | The troops of the lady who entered |
| 23 | [u3 al]-lu-mi {disz}ia-an-ha-mu# | and Allumi, Yanhamu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [it-ka] _lugal_ i-sza-al-szu | The king will ask him. |
| 2 | [a-na] ka#-ar-s,i2 _iri_ gub-la _iri_ ki-ti-mi | to Karṣu, the city of Gubla, the kītimu-city |
| 3 | szum#-ma lib3-bi# _lugal_ be-li-ia | If the heart of the king, my lord |
| 4 | a-na# na-s,a-ar# _iri_-szu u3 ya-di#-nam# | to guard his city and to give |
| 5 | _be_-ia _lu2-mesz#_ ma-s,a-ar-<ti> a#-na# _iri#_ | If a guard to the city |
| 6 | u3 na-as,-ra-at | and the guarantor |
| 7 | u3 an-nu-u2 i-qa-bu _be_-ia | and this he says, my ... |
| 8 | ki-ma pa-na-nu-um i-te9-lu {disz}ARAD2-asz-ra#-tu4 | As before, Abdi-Ašratu |
| 9 | a-na s,e2-ri-ia da#-na#-ku | I shall go to my country. |
| 10 | u3 an-nu-u2 ri-hi-is,-mi# _lu2-mesz_-ia | And this is the rejoicing of my men. |
| 11 | u3 sza-ni# u3 is-sa3-la#? ma-s,a#-ku :" s,i2-ir-ti | And he and I are guarded(?) |
| 12 | u3 li-di-nam be-li-ia | and let him give, my lord, |
| 13 | [1(disz)] me _lu2-mesz_ u3 1(disz) me# _erin2#-mesz kur_ ka-szi | 100 men and 100 Kassite troops |
| 14 | u3 3(u) _{gesz}gigir-mesz_ u3 lu-u2 a-na-s,a-ar | and 30 chariots I shall guard. |
| 15 | [_kur]{ki#}_ be-li-ia a-di a-s,i2 | the land of my lord as far as the sea |
| 16 | [_erin2]-mesz#_ pi2-t,a2-ti ra-bi-ti | the troops under the command of the chief treasurer |
| 17 | [u3 il3]-qu2 _be_-ia# _kur_ a-mur-ri | and he has taken my land Amurru |
| 18 | [a-na] sza#-szu [u3] pa#-asz-ha-at | to him and he is responsible. |
| 19 | [...]-x-ia | ...-ia |
| 20 | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] _lugal#_ sza# | ... king of |
| 2 | [... _iri_] gub#-la{ki#} | ... the city of Gubla |
| 3 | [... _lu2]-sa#-gaz-mesz_ [u3] mi-ta-[ti] | ... the sagaz-priests and the dead |
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