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EA 263 (P271130)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 263 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271130 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01688 |
| 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 ... be-li-ia] | To ... my lord |
| 2 | [qi2-bi2-ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma [... _ARAD2_-ka-ma] | Thus ..., your servant: |
| 4 | a-na _giri3-mesz_ [...] | to the feet ... |
| 5 | am-qu2-ut 7(disz) u3 7(disz) [...] | I fall. 7 and 7 |
| 6 | li-isz-mi be-li-ia | may my lord hear. |
| 7 | a-wa#-_te-mesz ARAD2_-szu i-nu-ma | the words of his servant when |
| 8 | i-ri#-ib#-ti a-na _e2_-ti | he entered into the house. |
| 9 | be-li#-ia la-qi2-i | my lord is acquired |
| 10 | gab2-bu isz-tu _e2_-ti _ARAD2_-ka | all from the house of your servant |
| 11 | la-qi2-i _ku3-babbar-mesz_ la-qi2-i | The silver is purchased and acquired. |
| 12 | _lu2-mesz_ la-qi2-i _udu-udu-mesz_ :" s,u2-u2-nu | The men are acquired and the sheep are taken. |
| 13 | :" ha-si2-lu _iri-mesz_-nu be-li-ia | the cities of my lord |
| 14 | u3 mi-im-mu sza na-da-an | and anything that is given |
| 15 | be-li-ia a-na | my lord |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ARAD2_-szu u3 szu-ut | his servant and that |
| 2 | la-qi2-i u3 | are acquired and |
| 3 | li-im-li-ik | may he go. |
| 4 | be-li-ia a-na | my lord |
| 5 | _ARAD2_-szu u3 qa-bi-ti | his servant and command |
| 6 | i-na qa-ti {disz}pa#-wu-ra | from the hand of Pawura |
| 7 | a-wa-ta5 an-ni-ta5 u3 | this word and |
| 8 | lu-wa-szi-ra-ni be-li-ia | let him bring to me, my lord. |
| 9 | _lu2-mesz_ :" ma-s,a-ar-ta | The men are guarded. |
| 10 | u3 _ansze-kur-mesz_ :" su2-u2-[si2-ma] | and horses |
| 11 | qa-ba be-[li-ia] | speak to my lord! |
| 12 | a-na _ARAD2_-[szu _ansze-kur-mesz_] | to his servant horses |
| 13 | [:"] su2#-[u2-si2-ma] | ditto he stretches out and |
| left | ||
| 1 | [i]-na# {disz}ta-a-gi | from Tagi |
| 2 | u3# i-na {disz}la-ab-a-ya# | and in Labaya |
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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