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EA 238 (P271163)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271163 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01867 |
| 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 {disz}]_lu2-gal en_-[ia] | To the chief of my lord |
| 2 | [um]-ma# {disz}ba-ya-di _ARAD2_-[ka] | Thus says Bayadi, your servant: |
| 3 | [a]-na# _giri3-mesz lu2-gal en_-ia [am]-qut# | I fell at the feet of the chief lord. |
| 4 | _iri-didli-hi-a_ sza _tar?_-id _lu2-gal#_ | Didlihia, which the chief? |
| 5 | _en_-ia i-na qa-ti-ia | my lord in my hand |
| 6 | el-ti-qu2-u2 gab2-bi _iri-didli-hi-a_ | all of the city of Didlihia |
| 7 | u3 _iri{ki}_ sza e-ba-asz-sza-ti | and the city of Ebaššati |
| 8 | i-na lib3-bi-szi la-a e-li-e'2-e | he shall not raise a claim against it. |
| 9 | na-s,a-ar-szi u3 lu-wa#-asz#-szi-ra-an-ni-mi | Guard her, and let me keep her in good health! |
| 10 | _lu2-gal en_-ia | the chief of my lord |
| 11 | 5(u) _lu2-mesz_ ma-an-s,a-ar#-[ta] | 50 guards |
| 12 | a-na na-s,a-ar# [_iri{ki}_] | to the guard of the city |
| 13 | a-di ka-[sza-di] | as far as the border |
| 14 | _lu2-gal [en_-ia] | the chief of my lord |
| 15 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 16 | _lu2_ [...] | ... a man ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ugu#_ [...] | Concerning ... |
| 2 | u3 _dumu_ {disz}sa2#-ta#-[at-na] | and son of Satātna |
| 3 | u3 {disz}ha-gu-ru# | and Ḫagru |
| 4 | u3 il5-te9-qu2-u2[...] | and they have taken |
| 5 | u3 iz-za-zu! _ugu_-[ia] | and stands against me |
| 6 | u3 il5-te9-qu2-u2 _iri-didli-hi-a#_ | and they have taken the city of Didlihia |
| 7 | sza _lu2-gal en_-ia | of the king, my lord |
| 8 | u3 li-il5-ma-ad | and Li-ilmad |
| 9 | _lu2-gal en_-ia | the chief of my lord |
| 10 | at-tu-nu tu-sza-ab-li-t,u2-na-nu | You are the one who keeps us alive. |
| 11 | u3 at-tu-nu | and you |
| 12 | ti-mi-tu-na-nu | Timitunānu, |
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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