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EA 185 (P271160)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271160 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01725 |
| 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_-ri _en_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia# | To the king, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ma#-ya-ar-za-na _lu2 iri_ ha-si2{ki} | Thus Mayarzana, man of the city of Hasi: |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka ip-ri szu-pa-al _giri3-mesz_-pi2 | your servant, a šupal of the feet |
| 5 | [{disz}]lugal#-ri _en_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia# | my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 6 | qa-qa#-ri# sza ka#-pa#-szi-szu# a-na _giri3-mesz_-pi2 | The ground on the left side to the feet |
| 7 | [{disz}lugal]-ri# _en#_-ia# _dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | Lugalri, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 8 | [7(disz)-szu] u3 7(disz)-szu am-qu2#-ut | 7 times and 7 times I fall |
| 9 | [u2] li#-i#-de4# {disz}lugal-ru _en_-ia | let him eat. Lugalru, my lord |
| 10 | _dingir#_-ia# _{d}utu#_-ia ip#-szi# i-pu-usz | my god, my Šamaš, I did. |
| 11 | {disz}a-ma-an-ha-at-pi2 _lu2 iri_ tu-szu-ul-ti{ki} | Amman-ḫat-pi, man of Tušulti |
| 12 | _ugu iri#-didli-hi-a{ki}_ {disz}lugal-ri _en_-ia | Lugalru, my lord, against the city of Didlihia |
| 13 | i-[nu]-ma i#-pu#-szu#-mi# _erin2-mesz {lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | When he had done it, the troops of the sag-priests |
| 14 | nu-kur2-ta _ugu_-ia u3 [s,a]-ab-tu-mi | a rebellion against me and seize me |
| 15 | _iri-didli-hi-a{ki}_ {disz}lugal-ri _en_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | The city of Didlihia: Lugalri, my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 16 | u3 s,a-ab-tu-mi# _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | and seize me, the sagbabtu |
| 17 | _iri_ ma-ah-zi-ib#-ti{ki} _iri{ki}_ {disz}lugal#-ri# _en_-ia | the city Mahzibti, the city of Lugalri, my lord |
| 18 | u3 i-sza-la-lu-<szi>-mi u3 usz-szi-ru#-szi-mi | and they shall pay it to her and he shall redeem her. |
| 19 | i-na _izi#_ :" i-sza-ti u3 a-na mu-hi | with fire, and on top of |
| 20 | {disz}a-ma-an#-[ha-at]-pe2# i-ri-bu-ni _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | Amān-ḫat-pi, the slaughterers |
| 21 | u3 s,a-ab-tu#-mi# _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | and captured, the sagbabtu-officials |
| 22 | _iri_ gi-lu#-[ni]{ki} _iri{ki}_ {disz}lugal_ en_-ia | the city Giluni, the city of Lugal, my lord |
| 23 | u3 i-sza-la-lu-szi u3 usz-szi-ru-szi-mi | and they shall pay her back, and he shall redeem her. |
| 24 | i-na _izi_ u3 _e2_ 1(disz)-en ga-rib | with fire and a house, one washed, |
| 25 | pa-li-it,-mi isz-tu _iri_ gi-lu-ni{ki} | who reveres from the city of Giluni |
| 26 | u3 a-na ma-har {disz}a-ma-an-ha-at-pe2 i-<ri>-bu-mi | and before Amān-ḫat-pi they shall swear. |
| 27 | _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | the slaughterers |
| 28 | u3 i-s,a-<ab>-tu-mi _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | and Iṣābtumi, the murderers |
| 29 | _iri#_ ma#-ag-da#-li{ki} _iri#{ki}_ | the city Magdala, the city |
| 30 | [{disz}]lugal#-ri _en_-ia _dingir_-ia _{d}utu_-ia# | my lord, my god, my Šamaš |
| 31 | u3 i-sza-la-lu-szi-mi u3 usz-<szi>-ru-szi# | and they shall pay it to her and he shall redeem her. |
| 32 | i-na _bil_ :" i-sza-ti | from the bill means "he will die." |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 _e2#_ [1(disz)]-en ga#-rib# pa-li-it,-mi | and a house of 1 full-grown male lamb, |
| 2 | isz-tu _iri_ ma-ag-[da]-li | from the city Magdalu |
| 3 | u3 a-na mu-hi# {disz}a-ma-[an]-ha#-at-pe2 | and against Amān-ḫatpe |
| 4 | i-ri#-bu#-na _{lu2}sa#-gaz#-mesz_ | the sagbabtu-priests |
| 5 | u3 _iri_ usz-te{ki#} _iri#[{ki}_ {disz}]lugal-ri _en_-ia | and the city Ušte, the city of Sargon, my lord |
| 6 | s,a-ab-tu-mi _sa-gaz#-mesz_ u3 i-sza-la-lu#-szi# | seized, killed, and slain her. |
| 7 | u3 usz-szi-ru-szi i-na _izi#_ u3 [a]-na | and they have caused her to die in fire and to |
| 8 | ma-har {disz}a-ma-an-ha-at#-[pe2] i-ri-bu-na | before Amān-hat-pi entered |
| 9 | _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | the slaughterers |
| 10 | u3 a-mu-ur#-mi _{lu2}sa-gaz#-mesz_ | and I saw the slaughtered men |
| 11 | isz-hi-tu-mi _iri_ ha-si2{ki} _iri#{ki#}_ | he conquered. The city of Hasi, the city |
| 12 | {disz}lugal-ri _en_-ia u3 ni-pu-usz-mi | Lugalri, my lord, and we did |
| 13 | ta-ha-za i-na _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ u3 | battle with the sag-priests and |
| 14 | ni-da-ak-szu#-nu u3 il#-[li-ku]-mi#?-[ri-bu]-mi# | We will kill them and they will go with us. |
| 15 | 4(u) _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ a-na mu-hi# {disz}[a-ma-an-ha]-at-pi2 | 40 slaughterers against Amān-hat-pi |
| 16 | u3 il3-ki#-mi [sza] a-s,a# [u3 i-na] _iri_ pa-ah-<ru>-mi | and my ilku-duty which I carried out and in the city of Paḫrumu |
| 17 | u3 _{lu2}sa-gaz#_ [{disz}a-ma]-an#-ha-at-pi2 | and the slaughterer Amman-hat-pi |
| 18 | u3 ni-isz#-mi# [i-nu]-ma# [e]-ba-szu-mi | and a gift when he arises |
| 19 | _{lu2}sa-gaz#-[mesz_] it#-ti {disz}a-ma-an-ha-at-pi2 | The slaughterers with Amman-hat-pi |
| 20 | u3 ti#-[na-am]-mi-szu _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ta | and his chariots |
| 21 | _szesz-[mesz_]-ia# _dumu-[mesz_]-ia _ARAD2-mesz_-ka | my brothers, my sons, your servants |
| 22 | a-na# ma#-har# {disz}a-ma#-an-ha-at-pi2 u3 | before Amān-ḫatpi and |
| 23 | ti-iq#-bu-mi _szesz#-mesz_-ia a-na {disz}a-ma-an#-ha-at-pi2 | my brothers to Amman-ḫat-pi |
| 24 | id-na#-mi _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz lu2_ sza-ri-_mesz_ | The sag-priests, the šarû-officials |
| 25 | {disz}lugal-ri# be-li-nu [ni]-sza-al-szu-nu-mi | Lugalri, our lord, we asked them |
| 26 | sza# i-[ri]-bu-mi it-ti-ka _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | who were angry with you, the murderers |
| 27 | pu-ha-at# [i]-s,a-ba-tu _iri-didli-hi-a{ki}_ {disz}lugal-ri _en_-ia | Lugalru, my lord, captured the territory of Iṣātu. |
| 28 | u3 i-sza#-ra#-pu#-ni-na i-na _izi_ | and he burns them with fire |
| 29 | u3 [i]-ma-gar# na-da-an | and he will place, he shall give. |
| 30 | _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ u3 il3-qe2-szu-nu-mi a-na mu-szi | the sag-priests and took them to night |
| 31 | u3 in-na-bi-it#-mi a-na _{lu2}sa-gaz-mesz_ | and he gave to the sagbabtu |
| 32 | [u3] a-mu-ur-mi# {disz}a-ma-an-ha-at-pe2 _lu2_ sza-ru | And I saw Amān-ḫat-pi, the šarû |
| 33 | [u3] li-isz-al#-szu-mi | and ask him |
| 34 | [{disz}]lugal-ru# _en_-ia im-ru-ur#-mi | Šarru, my lord, was furious |
| 35 | isz-tu sza-szu# la-a i-qa-al {disz}lugal-ru | Without him, Lugalru |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | _en_-ia ba-lu sza#-a-al {disz}a-ma#-an-ha-at-pi2 | my lord, the life of Amān-hat-pi |
| 2 | _lu2_ sza-nu u3 la-a szi-ri#-bu# | another man and not a slave |
| 3 | _lu2_ sza-ru-ta-_mesz_ | the nobles |
| 4 | a-na _kur#_ ki-ti {disz}lugal-ri _en_-ia | to the land Kītu of Lugalru my lord |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | u3 sza#-a-lu#-[mi {disz}lugal]-ru _en#_-ia | and the rest of Lugalru, my lord |
| 2 | {disz}a-ma-an-ha-at#-[pe2] _lu2#_ sza-ra | Amān-ḫat-pi, the slave |
| 3 | u3 szu-um-ri#-[ir] isz#-tu | and Šumrīrī from |
| 4 | sza-a-szu [u3 ni]-isz-mu-mi u3 a-mu-ur a-na-ku _ARAD2_ ki-[ti] | he himself and we heard, and I, the servant of the truth, |
| 5 | {disz}lugal-ri _en_-ia | Lugalri, my lord |
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