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EA 027 (P271181)

letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE

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DesignationEA 027
IDP271181
Museum no.VAT 00233 (+) VAT 02197bis + VAT VAT 02193 ?
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodMiddle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
Genreletter
Find spotAkhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)
Coordinates27.6400, 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.

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1[a-na {disz}na-ap-hur-ri-ia _lugal-gal lugal kur_ mi-is,]-ri-i _szesz_-ia ha-ta-ni-ia sza ; [a-ra-am-mu-usz]To Napḫurriya, great king, king of the land of Miṣrî, my brother, my friend, whom I love
2[sza i-ra-'a-a-ma-an-ni qi2-bi2-ma um-ma {disz}]du#-usz-rat-ta _lugal-gal lugal kur_ ; mi-[i-ta-an-ni]Say to the one who loves me: thus says Dušrata, the great king, king of the land.
3[e-mu-ka u3 sza i-ra-'a-a-mu-ka _szesz_-ka]-ma a-na ia-szi szul-mu a-na-ka-a-sza ; lu#-[u2 szul-mu]Your father and your mother, your brother, to me well-being. May you be well!
4[a-na {munus}te-i-e _ama_-ka a-na _e2_]-ka lu-u2 szul-[mu a]-na# {munus}ta-a-du-he2-pa _dumu#-[munus_]-ia#To Tēyu, your mother, your house, and to Taduḫepa, my daughter:
5[...] a-na _dumu-mesz_-[ka a-na _lu2]-mesz_-ka ; a-na _{gesz}gigir#-[mesz_]-ka#... to your sons, your men, your chariots
6[a-na _ansze-kur-ra]-mesz_-ka a-[na _erin2-mesz_-ka a-na _kur_-ka u3] a-na ; [mim-mu-ka] dan#-nisz2 dan-nisz2 lu-u2 szul-muYour horses, your troops, your land and all your possessions are very well.
7[{disz}ma]-ne2-e _lu2-dumu-kin_-szu sza _szesz_-ia [it-tal-ka u3] szul#-ma-a-na ; sza# [_szesz_-ia] el-te-me-maManê, the messenger of my brother, came, and he heard the well-being of [my] brother.
8ah#-da-du dan-nisz2 u2-nu-ta sza _szesz_-ia [u2-sze-e]-bi#-lu a-ta-mar-ma ah#-da#-du dan-nisz2I greatly rejoiced. The things that my brother had brought, I saw and greatly rejoice.
9_szesz_-ia a-ma-ta an-ni-ta iq-ta-bi ki#-i-me-e it-ti a-bi-ia# [{disz}]mi-im-mu-ri-iamy brother said this word: When with my father Mimmuriya
10ta-ar-ta-na-'a-a-mu-u2-mi u3 a-ka-an-na i-na-an-na ri-ta-'a-[am-me] ul#-tu4 _szesz_-iaYou keep on seeking me out, and now, I keep seeking you out. From my brother
11it-ti-ia ra-a-mu-u2-ta hasz-hu u3 a-na-ku it-ti _szesz_-ia ra-a-mu#-[u2-ta] ul hasz-ha-kuYou have become angry with me, but I am not angry with my brother.
12_ugu_ a-bi-ka i-na-an-na-ma it#-ti#-ka dan-nisz2 a-na 1(u)-szu ar-ta#-[na-'a]-amConcerning your father, now I have been very angry with you for ten days.
13u3 a-bu-ka {disz}mi-im-mu-ri-ia a-ma-ta an-ni-ta i-na t,up-pi2-szu iq#-[ta-bi-me] un-tu4 ; {disz}ma-ne2-eAnd your father, Mimmuriya, said this word on his tablet: “Return, Manê!
14ter-ha-ta ub-lu u3 a-ka-an-na _szesz_-ia {disz}mi-im-mu-u2-ri-ia iq-ta-bi#-me an-nu-u2 u2-nu-ta!#And thus my brother, Mimmuriya, said: “This is the equipment
15sza i-na-an-na u2-sze-e-bi-lu la mi-im-ma-a-me u3 _szesz_-ia la ut-ta-za-am-me mi-im-mawhich he now sent, none of anything, and my brother did not raise anything
16la u2-sze-e-bil2-me an-nu-u2 u2-nu-ta sza i-na-an-na u2-sze-e-bil2#-ak-ku-me ka-am-ma-meThis is the equipment that he now sends to you.
17ul-te-e-bil2-ak-kum-me u3 un-du _dam_-ti sza e-ri-szu _szesz_-ia i-na-an-din-ma-a-meI have sent to you, and the dowry of his sister my brother shall give to me.
18i-le-ek-ku-u2-nim-ma-me a-am-ma-ru-szi u3 1(u)-szu ma-la an-ni-i u2-sze-bil2-ak-kum-meThey will come to me. I will see her, and they will send you as much as this.
19u3 _alam-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17_ sza-ap-gu-tu4 up-pu-qu-u2-tu4 1(disz)-en _alam_ a-na ia#-szi ; u3 sza-ni-tu4 _alam_and the statues of reddish gold, one statue for me and another statue
20a-na _alam_ {munus}da-a-du-he2-e-pa _dumu-munus_-ia a-szar a-bi-i-ka-ma {disz}mi-im-mu-u2-ri-ia ; e-te-ri-iszFor the statue of Dādum-hepa, my daughter, where my father, Immuriya, entered
21u3 iq-ta-bi a-bu-ka-ma musz-x a-na sza _ku3-sig17_-ma sza-pi2-ik-ta up-pu-uq-ta ; na-ta-a-an-su2-nu-meAnd he said to your father: “... to the one of gold and a šappûtu-vessel, he has seized them.’
22u3 sza _{na4}za-gin3-kur_ a-na-an-din-ak-kum-me u3 _ku3-sig17_ ap-pu-na sza-na-a ma-'a-ta u2-nu-taand of lapis lazuli I shall give to you, and gold I have poured out, another many items
23[sza] pa-ta la i-szu-u2 it-ti _alam-mesz_ a-na-an-din-ak-kum-me u3 _ku3-sig17_ sza ; _alam-mesz lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-iaWhoever has a claim, with the figurines I shall give to you, and the gold of the statues of my witnesses
24gab2#-bi-i-szu-nu-ma sza i-na _kur_ mi-is,-ri-i asz-bu i-na _igi-mesz_-szu-nu i-ta-am-ru ; u3 _alam-mesz_ a-bu-ka-maAll of them, who were living in the land of Miṣri, saw before them, and the statues of your father
25[a]-na pa-ni _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia a-na szi-ip-ki ut-te-e-er-szu-nu i-te-pu-us-su2-nu ig-ta-mar-szu-nuBefore my messengers I returned them to the work assignment, performed them, and saw them.
26us#-se2-ek-ki-szu-nu u3 ki-i a-na szi-ip-ki du-ur-ru _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia ; i-na# _igi#-mesz_-szu-nu i-tam-ruI imposed upon them. Further, when to perform the work, my messengers saw them.
27u3 ki-i kam2-ru-ma za-gu-u2 i-na _igi-mesz_-szu-nu i-ta-am-ruand when they arrived, the zagû-offerings in their faces they saw
28u3 _ku3-sig17_ sza-nu-u2 ma-'a-du sza pa-t,a2 la i-szu-u2 sza a-na ia-szi u2-sze-e-eb#-bi-lu ; uk-te-li-im-maand another gold, many, which he did not have, that he had brought to me, he removed, and
29u3 iq-ta-bi a-na _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia a-nu-um-ma _alam-mesz_ u3 a-nu-um-ma ; [_ku3-sig17_] ma-a-ta u3 u2-nu-taand said to my messengers: "Now the statues and now the gold of the land and the utensils"
30sza-a pa-ta la i-szu-u2 sza a-na _szesz_-ia u2-sze-bi-lu u3 i-na _igi-mesz_-gu-nu am-ra-a-mewho did not have a gate, which they sent to my brother, and in front of you I saw
31u3 _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_ i-na _igi-mesz_-szu-nu i-ta-am-ruand the messengers in their presence saw
32u3 i-na-an-na _szesz_-ia _alam_ up-pu-qu-u2-du sza a-bu-ka u2-sze-e-eb-be2-lu la du-sze-e-bi-laNow, my brother, the statue of your father I made to rule, I shall not bring it.
33u3 sza _gesz-mesz_ uh-hu-zu-du du-ul-te-e-bi-la u2-nu-ta sza a-bu-ka a-na ia-szi ; u2-sze-e-eb-be2-luand of the trees I cut down, I sent to you. The items of your father to me I shall make binding.
34la# tu3-sze-e-bi-lam-ma u3 tu3-ul-te-e-disz#-is,# dan#-nisz2#-ma#Do not send me, so that I will make it very difficult for you.
35u3 a-ma-du mi-im-ma sza i-du-u2 sza a-na _szesz_-ia ah-du-u2 ia-nu-u2 i-na a-i-im-me-e ; u4-mi sza _szesz_-ia#And as for me, whatever I know, that is good for my brother, there is none. At any time in the days of my brother
36szul#-ma-an-su2 el-te-me u3 u4-ma sza-a-szu pa-ni-ta e-te-pu-us-su2His šulmānu-offering was exalted, and when he had done this before,
37u3 [{disz}]ha#-a-masz-szi _lu2-dumu-kin_-szu sza _szesz_-ia un-du a-na _ugu_-ia il-li-gu# ; u3 un-du sza _szesz_-iaand Ḫā-amašši, his messenger, whom my brother sent to me, went to me and the messenger of my brother
38a-ma-te#-_mesz_-szu iq-bu-u2-ma esz-mu-u2 u3 a-ka-an-na aq-ta-bi ki-i-me-e it-ti ; {disz}mi-mu-ri-iahis words he spoke, and he said thus: “When with Mimiriya
39a-bi-ka ar-ta-na-'a-a-mu-me u3 i-na-an-na 1(u)-szu it-ti {disz}na-ap-hur-[ri]-ia ; ar-ta-na-'a-am-meYour father I shall continually pray to you, and now 10 times with Napḫurriya I continually pray.
40dan-nisz2 u3 a-ka-an-na a-na {disz}ha-a-masz-szi _lu2-dumu-kin_-ka aq-ta-biAnd thus I spoke to Ḫāmašši, your messenger:
41u3 i-na-an-na _szesz_-ia _alam-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17_ up-pu-qu-du la u2-sze-e-bi-la u3 ; re-eh-ta u2-nu-taNow, my brother, I did not send the statues of gold, and the rest of the possessions
42sza {disz}a-bu-ka a-na szu-bu-li iq#-bu#-u2 mi-it-ha-ri-isz _szesz_-ia la u2-sze-e-bi-lam-mathat Abukka to the assembly said, half of my brother I did not send, and
43i-na-an-na _szesz_-ia _alam-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17_ up-pu-qu-u2-du sza a-na a-bi-ka e-ri-szu#Now, my brother, the statues of gold that I have fashioned for your father,
44li-id-din-am-ma lu-[u2 la]-a [...] i-gal-la-a-[szu-nu]he should give me, but ... there is no ... for them
45_kur-kur_ gab2-bi-i-szu#-[nu ... sza a]-na# na-ta-a-ni iq#-[bu-u2]All the lands, all of them, ..., which they said to us.
46u3 i-na-an-na szum-ma# [...] gab2-bi-i? [...]And now, if
47szum-ma it-til-tu4 [...] ta a-[...]If he has died, what ...?
48a-na la ta-bu-ut-[ti ...] _alam-mesz_ [sza a-na]Without interruption ... the statues which to
49na-da-ni iq-bu-[u2 ...] ru? [...]They said to me ...
50u3 i-na _kur_ sza _szesz_-[ia ... i-na _sza3_-szu] sza# _szesz_ [ia _alam-mesz_]and in the land of my brother ... in his heart that my brother figurines
51im-tar-s,a-a-ma la [it-ti-na ... a-bu]-ka#-ma a-na ia#-[szi x x]he was afraid, but he did not stay ... your father and to me ...
52{disz}ha-a-masz-szi _lu2-[dumu-kin_-szu sza _szesz_-ia x x x a-na _ugu_-ia] it-ta-al-ka# [...]Hamashshi, the messenger of my brother, came to me. ...
53mi-im-ma la u2-[sze-e-bil x ...] ka# [...]I did not bring anything. ... ...
54u3 a-ka-an-[na ...] i-ni _szesz?_ [...]And thus ... brother(?)
55[...] x x [...] i-na gal-le-[e ...] x... ... in the great ...
56[... x x i]-na# gal#-le#-[e]-em#-ma# ut-te-e-er-szu... he returned it to its original condition.
57[... x x du?]-ul-te-e-bi-la u3 er-be-e-et ma-asz-gu... I sent to you, and the four quarters of the world
58[...] x [...]-szi-i-ma _szesz_-ia _lu2-dumu-kin_-szu li-is#-al... ... and my brother, his messenger, may he ask.
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1[...] a ar#-ka#-[...] i-na-an-di-nu-ma {disz}gi-li-ia il#-[... u3] ki-i-me-[e]... after ... they gave, and Giliya ... and thus
2[... u3] a-ka#-an-na# [...] u3 {disz}tu-lu-ub-[ri ...] [al]-ta-par2-szu-nu... and I sent them to Turlubri and Tulubru.
3[x x]-im zu [...]-a-nu sza# [_ku3-sig17_ ...] [...] ma# asz-bi#?... ... of gold ...
4sza# a-bu-[...] a?of Abu-
5u3 a-ka-an-na iq-ta#-bi a-bu#-[u2]-ka# _ku3-sig17-mesz_ sza-a-szu#-nu [...]And thus he said to your father: "Those gold ...
6pa? [x x] i-na-an-na [...] ul-te-e-bil2# [...] x [...]Now ... I have sent ...
7it#-ti-ia a-na# [...]-er u3 [...] ur-te#? [...]With me to ... and ... ...
8im-ma-ti-i-me#-[e ...]-nu [...]They are ... ...
9x la u2-sze#-[bi-la ...]-ia#? li-x [...]... did not send ... my ... ...
10[...] sza#? a [...] x [...]... of(?)
11[u3? a-ma-a]-tu4# sza a-na [a-bi-i-ka a-dab-bu]-bu u3 sza [a]-bu#-u2-[ka it]-ti#-ia#And the words that I speak to your father and that your father with me
12[i-dab-bu-bu] ma-am-ma ul [i-te-szu-nu {munus}te-i-e? _ama_-ka?] {disz}gi#-li#-ia# ; [u3 {disz}ma-ne2-e a-ma-a]-tiNobody has ever spoken to them. Tēyu, your mother, Giliya, and Manê, the words
13[i-te] ma-am-ma sza-nu-u2-um-ma ul# i-te-[szu-nu _szesz_-ia?] u3 _ama_-szu# [sza _szesz_-ia] ; [i-te gab2-ba2?]-szuThere is no one else with them. My brother and his mother, of my brother, are with him.
14ki#-[i]-me-e a-bu-u2-ka it-ti-ia [i-dab2-bu-bu ra]-mu-u2-ut-[ta ...] xWhen your father speaks with me, your love ...
15ki-i-me-e a-na-ku it-ti a-bi-i-ka [a]-dab2#-bu-bu ra-mu#-[u2-ut-ta ...]Just as I speak with your father, you are a beloved ...
16[u3 i]-na#-an-na _szesz_-ia iq#-[ta]-bi# ki#-[i]-me-e it-ti a-[bi]-ia ta#-[ar-ta-na-'a-am-me u3]Now, my brother has said: "If you keep arguing with my father,
17a-ka#-na# it-ti#-[ia] ri#-[ta-'a-am]-me# u3 _szesz_-ia-ma i-mar#-an-ni ; ki-[i-me-e it-ti? _szesz_-ia?]Where are you with me? My brother will see me. How with my brother?
18ar#-ta#-na#-['a-am u3 a-na-ku? aq]-ta-bi _szesz_-ia _ama_-szu lu# [isz]-ta#-'a-[al-szi] [...]I kept asking, and I said: "My brother, his mother, should have asked her ...
19[... _szesz_-ia-ma] i-mar#-an-ni ki-i-me-e [...]... my brother will see me. Like ...
20...
21{disz}ma#-[ne2-e _lu2-dumu-kin_-szu sza] _szesz_-ia# x x-an [...] sza# a x xManê, the messenger of my brother
22a-x [...]... ...
23a-bi-[i]-szu x x ni [a] ma# a it-ti-[... el-te-me? x x]his father ...
24a-ma-te-_mesz_ [sza] _szesz_-ia u3 ah-ta#-[du] ta-[an-nisz2-ma]You are adjured by the words of my brother and my brother.
25u3 i-na-an-na [{disz}]ma-[ne2-e ...]And now Manê
26ik-ta-la-a-szu-nu [...]-_mesz_ [...]... kissed them ... ...
27u3 asz-szum an-ni-ti [...]And because of this
28u3 he2-du-u2-du ta-an#-nisz2# [...]And may they be gathered together. Give it to me!
29_ezem_ i-mar {d}iszkur u3 {d}[a]-ma#-[nu-um ...]A festival he will see. Adad and Amanum
30li-misz-x-ma a-na-ku u3 [at?-ta? ...]May I and you(?)
31a-nu-um-ma {disz}pir#-ri-iz-zi# [u3 {disz}tul-up-ri _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia x x]Now Pirrīzzi and Tulpuri, my messengers
32a-na _szesz_-ia a-na gal#-le-e-[em-ma al-ta-par2-szu-nu u3 a-na du-ul-lu-hi] ; [aq-ta-pa-a-szu-nu?]I wrote to my brother in order to heal them, and I told them to do work.
33u3 _szesz_-ia# lu-[u2] la-a [i-gal-la-a-szu-nu ha-mut-ta li-x-x-szu-nu-ma te-e]-ma#and my brother should not be there. May a terrible curse ... them and hear it.
34li-te-er-[ru]-u2-ni sza [_szesz_-ia szul-ma-an-szu lu-usz]-me-e-ma lu#-[uh-du]May they return. May I hear the well-being of my brother, and may I be well.
35u3 sza-a _szesz_-ia [...] x {disz}pi-ri-iz-zi [i]-na x ad? [...]and of my brother Pirizzi in ...
36a-na [...] il#-li-gu-ni a-na sza#-a-szu#-nu a-ta-[...]To the one who came to ..., to that one I ...
37a-ti x [...] ul-li-i is-sa2-ah-ha-ru# [...]“Ati ... ... they turned back ...
38u3 a-ka#-an-na# [{disz}ma-ne2-e _lu2-dumu-kin_-szu sza] _szesz#_-ia u2-masz-szar-szu u3 ad-du-iaAnd now Manê, the messenger of my brother, has expelled him, and he has killed me.
39_lu2-dumu-mesz-kin#_-ia# [_szesz_-ia li-x-x-szu-nu-ma u3 {disz}]ma-ne2-e a-sza-ap-par2 ; a-na he2-du-u2-timy messengers (and) my brother should ... them, and I shall send Mannê to make peace.
40a-na# [...] a-hi-i-ato ... my brother
41u3 un#?-tu4#? [... _lu2]-dumu-mesz-kin_-szu sza a-hi-i-aand ... his messengers of Ahiya
42it#-[ta-al-ku? ... a]-na# i-si2-i-ni ra-bi-i a-na ki-im-riThey went to the great river, to the quay
43a-[...] x lu-u2 ik-szu-du u3 szum-ma a-ka-an-na... may they have reached, and if the place
44a-[na _ugu_-ia? i-ka]-asz#-sza#-tu4# [u3] mi#-i-na-a e-pu-us-su2-nu-tithey will be defeated against me, and what have I done to them?
45[...] ta [...] ur? [...] i-si-ni..., what ...?
46u3 [_szesz_]-ia# _ku3-sig17_ ma-a-ta li-sze-e-bi-la [a-na i]-si#-ni ki-im-ri#and my brother the gold of the land send to me.
47[...] ma-a-ta#-a-ti [u2]-nu-u2-ti _szesz_-[ia ...]... the land, the possessions of my brother ...
48[i]-na# [_kur_ sza] _szesz_-ia [_ku3-sig17_] [ki-i] e-be-ri ma-a-[ta-at] _szesz_-ia li-ib-biIn the land of my brother gold was poured out like a river in the land, my brother's heart.
49[lu-u2 la-a u2]-szam2#-ra#-as, [_ku3-sig_ ma]-a-ta li-sze-e-bi-la [ki-i]-me-e a-na _szesz_-iaMay he not send me the gold of the land. When to my brother
50[...] ma#-[a]-ta#-a-ti [u2-nu]-ti# u2-ka-ap-pa#-ta-ni _szesz#_-ia _ugu_ a-bi-i-szu... the land, he seized the possessions. My brother against his father
51[...] ta# li-i-it-ter-an#-ni... what should he return to me?
52[a-nu-um-ma? a-na? szul-ma-ni?]-ka# _tug2#-gu2_ hur-ri 1(disz) _tug2#-gu2#-iri_ ; 1(disz) _tug2-bar-dul_ 1(disz) _na4_ [x x]Now, for your well-being, a garment of the mountain, 1 garment, 1 cloak, 1 stone
53[... 1(disz)? _szu?_] sza# [qa]-ti# _igi-mesz_-tu4 _{na4}nir2-kur_ 5(disz)? i-na ; _szid_-ti _ku3-sig17 gar_... 1(?) of the hand of the eyes, nirkur-stone, 5(?) (measured) by the weight of gold
54[1(disz) {na4}ta-pa-tu4 sza _i3]-du10-ga_ ma-[lu-u2] 1(disz)-nu#-tu4 _na4-mesz ku3-sig17 [gar_] ; [a-na] {munus}te-i-e _ama_-ka# x x1 piece of tappatu-stone of the good oil, one piece of gold ... for Tēyu your mother
55[1(disz) {na4}ta-pa-tu4 sza _i3-du10-ga_ ma]-lu#-u2 1(disz)-nu-[tu4] _na4-mesz ku3-sig17 [gar_] ; [a-na] {munus}ta-a-tu4-he2-e-pa1 piece of tappatu-stone of Iduga, one piece of gold, set for the woman Tātuhepa.
56[_dumu-munus_-ia] _dam_-ka# ul-te-bil2my daughter, your wife, I have sent.

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