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EA 179 (P271143)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271143 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01703 |
| 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 | ||
| 11 | u3 li#-te#-ra-mi [_lugal en_-ia] _dingir#_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | and may my god (and) my Šamaš return to me. |
| 12 | a-wa-tu2 u3 up-sza# [a-na ia-szi] | a word or an oath to me |
| 13 | _ARAD2 lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia [_{d}utu_-ia] | servant of the king, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 14 | u3 a-mur-mi _szesz_-ia | and I saw my brother |
| 15 | sza e-ba-asz-sze a-na _iri_ t,u2-bi-hi | who to the city of Ṭibiḫu |
| 16 | _lu2_ su2-u2-ru u3 yi-la-ku | the man of Sūru and Yalku |
| 17 | [a]-na e-bi-szu _iri-didli-hi-a_ | to the city of Didlihia |
| 18 | _lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-[ia] | the king, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 19 | [nu]-kur2 _kur-mesz_ a-mu-ri [u3] | enemy of the lands of Amurru and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2#-ga-mi-ir _lu2-mesz_ sza# | the men who |
| 2 | [i]-na _iri-didli-hi-a lugal en_-ia _dingir_-[ia _{d}]utu_-[ia] | In the city of Didlihia the king, my lord, my god and my Shamash |
| 3 | a-na _lu2-mesz gaz_ u3 a-na an-na | to the criminals and to An |
| 4 | e-din _dingir lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | the steppe of the god of the king, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 5 | u3 s,a-ab-ta _iri_ t,u2-bi-hi | and captured the city of Ṭubḫu |
| 6 | u3 e-ra-ar _szesz_-ia | and to my brother |
| 7 | u3 e-na-s,a-ar _iri_ t,u2-bi-hi | and he guards the city of Ṭubḫu |
| 8 | a-na _lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}[utu_-ia] | To the king, my lord: my god, my Shamash |
| 9 | u3 a-mur-mi _iri_ t,u2-bi#-[hi] | and I saw the city of Ṭubḫu |
| 10 | _iri e2_-ti a-bi-ia | the city of the house of my father |
Sources & licences
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