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EA 166 (P271183)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 166 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271183 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00250 |
| 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# {disz}ha-a-i _szesz_-ia | to Ḫayu, my brother |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}a-zi-ri _szesz_-ka-ma | Thus Aziri, your brother: |
| 3 | a-na _ugu_-ka lu-u2 szul-mu | May it be well with you! |
| 4 | u3 isz-tu _erin2-mesz_ s,a-bi pi2-t,a2-te | and released from the troops. |
| 5 | sza _lugal en_-ia ma-gal lu-u2 szul-mu | The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| 6 | mi-i-na-am ap-pu-na-ma | What did I write to you? |
| 7 | u2-ba2-a'-i pa-ni _lugal en_-ia | he shall contest before the king, my lord. |
| 8 | ba2-nu-ta u2-ba2-a'-i | he shall remove from the storehouse. |
| 9 | a-na-ku u3 _dumu-mesz_-ia | I and my sons |
| 10 | u3 _szesz-mesz_-ia gab2-bu _lu2-mesz ARAD2_ | and all my brothers, servants |
| 11 | sza _lugal en_-ia ba2-ni | of the king, my lord, created |
| 12 | a-nu-um-ma a-na-ku u3 {disz}ha-ti-ip | Now, I and Hatip |
| 13 | ni-il-la-ka3-am i-na-an-na-ma | Now, let us go! |
| 14 | i-na ha-mut-isz {disz}ha-a-i | in the wrath of Ḫayu |
| 15 | _uzu_ lib3-ba2-ku-nu lu-u2 i-de4 | your heart may know. |
| 16 | i-nu-ma ka3-asz-da2-ku | when Kašdaku |
| 17 | isz#-tu a-ma-_te-mesz en_-ia | After the words of my lord |
| 18 | la a-pa-at,-t,ar | I shall not release. |
| 19 | u3 isz-tu a-ma-te-_mesz_-ku-nu | and from your words |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku _{lu2}ARAD2_ sza _en_-ia | I, the servant of my lord |
| 2 | _lugal kur_ ha-at-te i-na _kur_ nu-ha#-asz-sze | king of the land Hatti, in the land Nuhashshe |
| 3 | a-szi-ib u3 pal-ha-ku | I dwell and I am afraid. |
| 4 | isz-tu pa-ni-szu as-surx(AMAR)-ri-mi | I removed it from his presence. |
| 5 | i-na _kur mar-tu_ i-la-<ka3>-am | in the land Amurru he shall ride. |
| 6 | u3 szum-ma _iri_ tu3-ni-ip | and if the city he conquered |
| 7 | isz-hi-it,-ma 2(disz) 1(disz)-tim _kaskal_-nu i-na a-szar a-szi-ib | he cut off and two and one-thirds of the road in the place where he resides |
| 8 | u3 pal-ha-ku isz-tu pa-ni-szu | and I am afraid from his presence. |
| 9 | u3 _ugu_ a-ma-ti szu-wa-ti | and concerning those words |
| 10 | iz-za-az a-di pa-t,a2-ri-szu | he will stand until his release. |
| 11 | u3 a-nu-um-ma i-il-la-ka3-am | Now he is coming. |
| 12 | i-na ha-mut-isz-ma | in a hamuttu |
| 13 | a-na-ku u3 {disz}ha-ti-ip | I and Hatip |
Sources & licences
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