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EA 021 (P271178)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271178 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00190 |
| 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}ni-im-mu-ri-ia _lugal gal_ | To Nimmuriya, the great king |
| 2 | _lugal kur_ mi-is,-ri-i _szesz_-ia | king of the land of Mishrî, my brother |
| 3 | ha-ta-ni-ia sza a-ra-am-mu-usz | “I want to say a prayer to you’s greatness, |
| 4 | u3 sza i-ra-'a-a-ma-an-ni qi2-bi2-ma | And say to me what he loves: |
| 5 | um-ma {disz}du-usz-rat-ta _lugal gal_ | Thus Dušrata, the great king: |
| 6 | _lugal kur_ mi-ta-an-ni _szesz_-ka e-mu-ka | the king of the land of Mitanni, your brother and your father |
| 7 | u3 sza i-ra-'a-a-mu-ka-ma | and that he loves you |
| 8 | a-na ia-szi szul-mu a-na _szesz_-ia u3 a-na ha-ta-ni-ia | To me, well-being to my brother and to my neighbor. |
| 9 | lu-u2 szul-mu a-na _e2-mesz_-ka a-na _dam-mesz_-ka | Good health to your houses and to your wives! |
| 10 | a-na _dumu-mesz_-ka a-na _lu2-mesz_-ka a-na _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ka | to your sons, your men, your chariots |
| 11 | a-na _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-ka a-na _kur_-ka | to your horses, to your land |
| 12 | u3 a-na mim-mu-ka dan-nisz2 lu-u2 szul-mu | May everything you do be very well. |
| 13 | sza _szesz_-ia sza a-ra-am-mu-usz | of my brother whom I love |
| 14 | _dam_-su2 _dumu-munus_-ti at-ta-an-na-asz-szu | his wife and daughter I have given to him. |
| 15 | _{d}utu_ u3 {d}inanna a-na pa-ni-sza li#-il#-lik | May Šamaš and Išar go before her. |
| 16 | ki-i lib3-bi sza _szesz_-ia# li-me-esz#-[szi]-lu#-usz# | like the heart of my brother, may they be reconciled. |
| 17 | u3 _szesz_-ia i-na u4 sza#-[a-szi?] | and my brother on that day |
| 18 | li-ih-du _{d}utu_ u3 {d}inanna# [a-na] | May Šamaš and Ishtar rejoice over |
| 19 | _szesz_-ia ka-ra-ba ra-[ba-a u3] | my brother, the great one, and |
| 20 | he-du-u2-ta ba-ni-i-[tu2?] | he smote, |
| 21 | li-id#-din-u2-nisz2-szu lik#-[ru-bu-szu] | May they give him. May they bless him. |
| 22 | u3 _szesz_-ia lu-u2 bal-t,a2#-[ta] | and my brother may you be alive! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na da-a-ra-a-tim-[ma] | forever |
| 2 | {disz}ma-ne2-e _lu2-dumu-kin_-szu sza# [_szesz_-ia] | Manê, the messenger of my brother |
| 3 | u3 {disz}ha-ne2-e tar-gu-ma-an-[na-szu] | and Hanê, his rival |
| 4 | sza _szesz_-ia ki-i i-li ur-te-eb#-[bi-ma] | of my brother, like a god he made enter, and |
| 5 | _nig2-ba-mesz_ ma-'a-ta at-ta-ta-ad-din-[szu-nu-ma] | many gifts I have given to them and |
| 6 | ub-te-en-ni-szu-nu dan-nisz2 | he made them strong. |
| 7 | ki-i te-em-szu-nu ba-nu-u2 asz-szum ka-li-szu-nu | “As soon as they have established their name, because of all of them, |
| 8 | a-mi-lu-u2-ta sza ka-an-na ep-szu | “Amilūtu-disease, which is constantly performed— |
| 9 | im-ma-ti-ma u2-ul a-mur _dingir-mesz_-ia | I did not see my gods. |
| 10 | u3 _dingir-mesz_ sza _szesz_-ia li-is,-s,u2-ru-szu-nu | and the gods of my brother may they guard them. |
| 11 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}na-ah-ra-ma-asz-szi# | Herewith Naḫr-amašši |
| 12 | sza ta-am-ra a-na e-be-szi a-na _szesz_-ia | which you have seen, to my brother |
| 13 | al-ta-par2-szu u3 1(disz)-en ma-ni-in-nu | I wrote to him, and he gave me one. |
| 14 | sza _{na4}za-gin3-kur {na4}za-gin3-kur na4#-kur_ | of a lapis lazuli, a blue-purple stela |
| 15 | u3 sza _ku3-sig17_ a-na szul-ma-ni | and of gold for the greeting-gift |
| 16 | sza _szesz_-ia ul-te-bil2 | of my brother I have sent |
| 17 | u3 a-na 1(disz) me-at li-im _mu-mesz_-ti | and for 100 thousand years |
| 18 | a-na ti-ik-ki sza _szesz_-ia | for the protection of my brother |
| 19 | lu-u2 na-ti | or a friend |
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