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EA 056 + 361 (P271150)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 056 + 361 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271150 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01714 |
| 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 | [a-na _lugal_ be-li2-ia qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to the king, my lord: |
| 2 | [um-ma {disz}... _ARAD2_-ka-ma] | thus , your servant: |
| 3 | [a-na _giri3-mesz_ be-li2]-ia [am-qut] | to the feet of my lord I fell. |
| 4 | [a-mur na]-ak#-ru i-rib#-an-ni [...] | Look at the enemy who came to me, . . |
| 5 | [u3 asz]-pur# a-na be-li2-ia _lugal kur_ [mi-is,-ri] | I wrote to my lord, the king of Egypt. |
| 6 | [u3 be]-li2#-ia iq-ta#-bi i-na mi# | and my lord said: "Why |
| 7 | [a-na] _ugu#_-ia la ta-asz-pur | You did not write to me. |
| 8 | [u3 be]-li2-ia la it#-ta-as,-s,i2 | and my lord has not gone out |
| 9 | [u3 a]-na#-ku _ARAD2_-ka u3 be-li2-ia | and I, your servant, and my lord |
| 10 | [isz-tu] _szu_-ti-szu lu-u2 la tu-wa-asz-szar#-[an-ni] | May you not release me from his hands! |
| 11 | [u3 a-na]-ku# isz-tu sza be-li2-ia la [i-bat,-t,ar] | And I will not release him from my lord's presence. |
| 12 | [u3 a-na] sza# be-li2-ia _erin2-mesz_-szu | and to my lord his troops |
| 13 | [u3 a-na] _{gesz#}ma2-mesz_-szu ta#-ak-la-ak-ku | and to his boats you shall sail. |
| 14 | [...] mi# be-li2#-ia i-ha-asz-sza [...] | ... my lord will rejoice ... |
| 15 | [... u3 a]-na lib3-bi be-li2-ia [...] | ... and to my lord ... |
| 16 | [... u3] a-nu-um-ma {disz}ta-asz-szu | ... and now Tašu |
| 17 | [...] a-na _ugu_-ia gi-ru# | ... to me is a curse. |
| 18 | [...] uh-ir-szu | ... his brother |
| 19 | [...]-ni sza al-ta-[pa-ru] | ... which I have sent |
| 20 | [...] _szu#_-ti-ia# | ... my hand |
| 21 | [...] | |
| 22 | [...] us,-s,a-[...] | ... he will ... |
| 23 | [a-mur-ma {disz}a-taq]-qa-ma s,ab-tu# | I saw, and Ataqqa was captured |
| 24 | [...] ni#-i-nu _ARAD2_ [...] | ... ninu, servant of ... |
| 25 | [...] _{lu2}ARAD2-mesz_ sza [be-li2-ia] | ... the servants of my lord |
| 26 | sza# _iri_ er#-ru-hi-zi [...] | of the city Erruhizu ... |
| 27 | it-ti# {disz}a-taq#-[qa-ma] | with Ataqqama |
| 28 | im#-ta#-na [...] | He ... from his cella |
| 29 | u3 am-mi# | and the wild bull |
| 30 | _dumu-mesz_ [...] | sons of ... |
| 31 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 32 | la isz [...] | ... not ... |
| 33 | it-ti na [...] | with ... |
| 34 | sza be-li2-ia ir-ku#-[ub] | which my lord entered |
| 35 | _ARAD2_-ka i-kasz-szad-an-ni# | your servant will surpass me. |
| 36 | u3 _{lu2}dumu-kin_-ri-szu sza be#-li2#-[ia] | and the messengers of my lord |
| 37 | a-na _ugu_-ia it-tal-kam2 | to me has come |
| 38 | u3 ki#-ia-am iq-ta-bi | and he said thus: |
| 39 | i-na _kur_ mi-it-ta-an-ni [ad]-tal#-[la-ak] | I went to the land opposite me. |
| 40 | u3 _lugal-mesz_ 3(disz) u3 4(disz) na-ak#-[ru a-na] | and the kings 3 and 4 enemy to |
| 41 | sza# _lugal kur_ ha-at-te sza gab2#-[bu-u2] | of the king of the land Hatti, which all |
| 42 | [a-na] pa-ni-ia sza-ak-nu | are placed in my presence. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u3] be#-li2-ia iq-ta-bi [...] ri#-szu-nu | and my lord said ... their hearts |
| 2 | [...] _kur_ mur#-ri [...] | ... the Urartian ... |
| 3 | [...]-hi# a-ma#-te# [...] | ... words ... |
| 4 | [...] a-la# | ... ala |
| 5 | [...] be# sza# [...] | ... that ... |
| 6 | [...] szu-[nu] | ... they are. |
| 7 | [...] sza# _lugal#_ be#-[li2-ia] | ... of the king, my lord |
| 8 | [...] _ugu#_ [...] | ... over ... |
| 9 | [...]-nim | ...-nim |
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