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EA 173 (P271169)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271169 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01875 |
| 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' | [u3] _{gesz#}gigir-mesz_-ti# [_ugu_] | and chariots upon |
| 2' | [_kur_] am-qi2 i-ma-qu2-ut# | The land will be plundered. |
| 3' | [u3] in-ni-ri-ri sze-[...] | and innirīru barley |
| 4' | x x _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-ni _lugal#_-[ri] | ... the king's mayors |
| 5' | [_erin2]-mesz_ pi2#-t,a2-ti 2(disz) _iri#-[mesz_] | troops dispatched, 2 cities |
| 6' | x ta-ah#-ha#-zi# _{d}utu#_ | ... the battle line of Šamaš |
| 7' | [...]-me a-na# _kaskal_-ni# | ... for our journey. |
| 8' | [...] ia# _dumu# kin#_ | ... ... son of Kin |
| 9' | [... a]-nu#-um#-[ma] | ... Now then |
| 10' | [e-te]-lim a-na ir#-zi#-[ti] | he has come to an end. |
| 11' | [_lugal_]-ri# bi-li-ia [u3] | my kingship and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [da]-a-ki-szu-nu | against them |
| 2 | [u3 a]-nu-um-ma 1(u) _lu2-mesz_ a-[si-ri] | And herewith, 10 prisoners |
| 3 | [ut]-ta#-sze-ir a-na _lugal be_-[ia] | I have written to the king, my lord. |
| 4 | [yi-_di]-lugal#_-ru bi-li a-ba#-[at] | Yiddi-sharru, the one who ... |
| 5 | [_lu2]-mesz_ a-ia-bi-szu | the men of his enemies |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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