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EA 029 (P271184)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271184 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00271 + VAT 01600 + VAT 01618 + VAT 01619 + VAT 01620 + VAT 02192 + VAT 02194 + VAT 02195 + VAT 02196 + VAT 02197 |
| 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.
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| 1 | [a-na {disz}nap-hu-u-ri-ia _lugal kur_ mi-is,-ri-i _szesz_]-ia# ha-ta-ni-ia sza a-[ra]-am#-mu-u2-usz u3 sza i-ra-['a-ma-an-ni] | To Napḫūrīya, king of the land of Miṣri, my brother, my friend, whom I love and who loves me |
| 2 | [qi2-bi2-ma um-ma {disz}du-usz-rat-ta _lugal] kur_ mi-it-ta-an-ni# _szesz#_-ka-ma e-mi-ka sza i-ra-'a-mu-ka a-na ia-szi szul-mu# [a-na ka-a-sza] | Thus says Dušratta, king of the land of Mittannu: your brother, your son, who loves you, to me. Good health to you! |
| 3 | [lu-u2 szul-mu a-na] {munus}te-i-e lu#-[u2] szul#-mu# [a]-na {munus}ta-a-du-he2-e-pa _dumu-munus_-ia# _dam_-ka lu-u2 szul#-[mu] | Good health to Tēyu, good health to Taduhepa, my daughter, your wife! |
| 4 | [a-na _dam-mesz_-ka re-e]-he2#-ti# lu-u2 szul-mu a-na _dumu-mesz_-ka a-na _lu2-mesz gal-mesz_-ka a-na _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ka a-na _ansze#-kur-[ra-mesz_-ka] | to your remaining wives. Good health to your sons, your great men, your chariots and your horses! |
| 5 | [a-na _erin2-mesz_-ka a-na] _kur#_-ka u3 a-na mim-mu-ka dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 lu-u2 szul#-[mu] | May you, your troops, your land, and all of your things be very, very well. |
| 6 | [isz-tu _sag] lugal#_-ru-ti-ia a-di# {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia-ma a-bu-ka a-na ia-szi il-ta-nap-pa-ra el su2-lu-um#-me#-[e] | from the beginning of my royal majesty until Nimmuriya your father to me has written to me. Above all the people |
| 7 | [u2-ul il-ta-nap-par2] mi-im-ma sza-nu#-[u2] sza il-ta-nap-pa-ru ia-nu mi-nu-um-me-e a-ma-a-tu4 gab2-ba2-szi-na#-a-[ma] | All the other things that they keep sending, no matter what the words are, all of them |
| 8 | [sza {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri]-ia# a-bi-ka sza# [a-na] ia-szi il-ta-nap-<pa!>-ru u3 {munus}te#-[i]-e _dam_-at ; {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia ra#-bi-tu4 | of Nimmuriya your father, who to me has repeatedly sent, and Teye the wife of Nimmuriya the great |
| 9 | [ra-'i-im-tu4] _ama_-ka gab2-ba2-szu-nu-ma i-de4-szu-nu a-na {munus}te-i-e-ma _ama_-ka ; gab2-ba2-szu-nu-ma szi-ta#-[a]-al#-szu-nu-ti | Your mother loves them all and knows them. To Tēʾu, your mother, all of them and the rest of them |
| 10 | [sza il-ta-nap-pa-ru] a-bu-u2-ka a-ma-a-te-_mesz_ sza it-ti-ia id-da2-na-am <ab>-bu-bu | Whoever keeps writing to you, your father, will speak the words that he gave to me. |
| 11 | [ra-a'-mu-tu? it-ti? _szesz_]-ia 1(u)-szu dan-nisz2-ma sza it-ti {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia a-bi-i-ka sza ni-ir-ta-na-'a-a-mu | “I am very angry with my brother(?), my father, who was with Nimmurīya, your father, whom we love, |
| 12 | [u3 mi-nu-um-me-e sza] {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia a-bu-ka it-ti-ia id-da2#-nab-bu-bu szu-u2 ia-szi lib3-bi i-na mi-ni-im-ma# | And whatever Nimmuriya, your father, has said with me, he is my heart. |
| 13 | [a-ma-ti u2-ul ul-te]-im-ri-is, u3 mi-nu-um-me-e a-ma-tu4 sza a-qab2-bu-u2-ma u3 am-mi-tu4 i-na u4-mi sza-a-szu | I have not recited the word, and whatever word I say and what happens on that day |
| 14 | [i-te-pu-usz u3 a-na-ku] ad-du-szu _sza3_-szu i-na mi-ni-im-ma a-ma-ti u2-ul ul-te-im-ri-is, u3 mi-nu-um-me-[e] | he did, and I gave him, but his heart in nothing, I did not let go of anything. |
| 15 | [a-ma-tu4 sza i-qab2-ba]-am#-ma u3 am-mi-tu4 i-na u4-mi sza-a-szu-ma e-te-pu-usz# | The word which he says and the word that he does on that day |
| 16 | e-nu-[ma {disz}x ...] a-bu-szu sza [{disz}ni]-im-mu-u-ri-ia a-na {disz}ar#-ta-ta-a-ma a-ba2 a-bi-ia isz-pu-ru u3 _dumu-munus_-su2# | When ..., the father of Nimmuriya, to Artatama, my father, sent, and his daughter |
| 17 | sza [a-pa a-bi-ia a-ha-at] a-bi-ia i-te-ri#-is-si2 5(disz)-szu 6(disz)-szu il#-ta-par2 u3 u2-ul id-di-na-asz#-szi# im-ma-ti-i-me-[e] | That which my father, the brother of my father has returned, five times six times he has sent, but he did not give to her, they will die. |
| 18 | 7(disz)-szu# a-[na a-pa a-bi-ia il]-ta#-par2 u3 i-na e-mu-u2-qi2-im-ma it-[ta]-din-szi un-du {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia a-bu-ka a-na {disz}szut-tar#-[na] | 7 times to the mouth of my father he sent, and in battle he gave her. Ring of Nimmuriya your father to Šutana |
| 19 | a-bi-ia# [ki-i isz-pu]-ru# u3 _dumu-munus_-su2# sza a-bi-ia a-ha-a-ti at-tu-ia ki-i i-ri-szu 3(disz)-szu u3 4(disz)-szu il#-ta#-[par2] | When my father wrote to me, and his daughter of my father, the brothers, when he had three or four sons, he sent |
| 20 | u3 [u2-ul id-di]-na-asz-szi im-ma-ti-i-me-e 5(disz)-szu u3 6(disz)-szu il-ta-par2 u3 i-na e-mu-u2-qi2-im-ma it#-[ta-din-szi] | but he did not give to her. Five or six times he has sent, and in battle he gave her. |
| 21 | un#-[du] {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia [a]-bu#-ka# a-na ia-szi ki-i isz-pu#-ru u3 _dumu-munus_-ti ki-i i-ri-szu u3 u2-[ul-la] | Ring of Nimmuriya your father to me, when he sent, and my daughter as he wishes, and now |
| 22 | [la-a] aq-bi i-na ma-a-ah-[ri-im-ma a-na _lu2?]-dumu-kin_-ri-szu aq-ta-bi um-ma-a ; a-na-an-din-asz-szi-i-ma-a-ku _dumu-kin_-ka i-na sza-nu-ut-tim#-[ma] | I did not say in the past, but to his messenger I said: "I will give them to you." Your messenger in another year |
| 23 | [ki-i] il-li-ka u3 [_i3]-mesz_ [a-na] qa#-aq-qa-di#-sza it-ta-ab-ku# u3 te#-er#-ha-ti-i-sza ki-i el-qu2-u2 u3 at-ta-din#-[szi] | When he came, he poured oil on her head, and when he took her milk, I gave her. |
| 24 | [u3 te]-er-ha-tu4 sza {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri#-[ia a-bi-i]-ka sza [u2-sze]-bi#-lu _za3-mesz_ la i-szu _an_ u3 _ki_ usz#-te-el-li la-a [aq-bi] | And the extispicies of Nimmuriya, your father, which he sent, I did not have, heaven and earth had been shattered, but I said: |
| 25 | [u2]-ul# a-na-an-din-asz-szi u3 {disz}ha-a-ma-asz#-szi# [x] sza _szesz_-ia#-ma# a-na gal-le#-[e] a-na# {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia al-tap-ra-asz-[szu] | I did not give it to him, and Hamašu ... of my brother I sent to Nimmuriya. |
| 26 | [u3 i]-na 3(disz) _iti_ [a]-na ha-mut-ti dan-nisz2-ma [...] u3 4(disz) _kusz#-[mesz] ku3#-sig17#_ ma-lu-[u2] ul-te#-[bil2-ma?] | and in 3 months for a severe epidemic ... and I sent 4 multicoloured leather bags, and |
| 27 | [musz]-szir3# szu-kud-du [sza] a-bi#-[i-ka] a-he-in-na _ta-am3_ sza u2-sze-[bi-lu] | The one who sings the sukuddu prayer of your father, together, what did they send? |
| 28 | [im]-ma-ti#-i-me#-[e _dumu]-munus#_-ti at-ta-din#-szi u3 ki-i ub#-la-asz-szi u3 ; {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia a-bu-ka ki-i i-ta-mar-szi x [x x] | I gave her a daughter. When he brought her and Nimmuriya your father saw her ... |
| 29 | [u3 mi-im-ma u2]-ul# ih-du [u3] ih-ta-du [dan-nisz2?] dan-nisz2-ma u3 iq-ta-bi _szesz_-ia um-ma-a i-na ku8-u2-ul _sza3_-szu# | and anything he did not eat, or he ate very much, and he said to my brother, saying: “Without eating his heart |
| 30 | [...] it#-ta-din-szi u3 i-te-pu-usz u4-mu am-mi-tu4 pa-ni#-i-tu4 it-ti _kur_-szu-ma i-na muh-hi _dumu-kin_-ia | ... has given to her, and she has done so. That first day, with his land, on behalf of my son |
| 31 | [... ki-i]-me-e a-mi-lu-tu4 me-he2-er#-[szu] ki-i i-mu-ru u3 u2-kap-pa-as-su2 u3 ka-an-na {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia | “... like a flood, its flanks, when they saw it, they covered it, and the neck of Nimmuriya |
| 32 | [_lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia ki-i] me-eh-ru-ti u3 ki-i it#-ba2-a-[ru]-ti uk-te-te-eb#-bi-it u3 i-na _sza3 e2-mesz_-ti sza a-na {munus}ta-du-he2-pa | my messengers, as soon as they have arrived and when they have departed, they have been taken away, and in the houses which to Dādu-ḫepa |
| 33 | [... _lu2-dumu-mesz]-kin#_-ia gab2-ba2-szu-nu-ma sza asz-bu [us?]-se2-eh-he2-er u3 i-na lib3-bi _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia sza i-ru-bu | ... my messengers, all of them, who were stationed, I gathered, and from among the messengers who entered |
| 34 | [... id]-di#-nu ia-nu sza {disz}gi-li-ia [li?]-sza-a-an-szu# sza# _ku3-sig17_ sza 1(disz) li-im _su_ i-na _ki-lal-bi_ it-ta-din | ... they gave, no one of Giliya his ... of gold for one thousand (shekels) of weight he gave. |
| 35 | [... ma?]-lu-u2 {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia a-na [{munus]}ta#-[a-du]-he2#-e-pa it-ta-din ; u2 {munus}ta-a-du-he2-e-pa | ... Nimmuriya gave to Tadu-hepa, and Taddu-Hepa |
| 36 | [...]-ia it-ta-ta-ad-din# u3 a-[na _lu2-dumu-mesz]-kin#_-ia ; {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia i-na ra-'a-a-mi | ... my ... he gave, and to my messengers, Nimmuriya in love |
| 37 | [...] uk-te-te-eb-bi-is#-su2#-nu [u3 {disz}ni-im-mu]-u-ri-ia {disz}ni-i-u _lu2-dumu-kin_-szu il-ta-par2-szu | ... they have seized them, and Nimmuriya, his messenger, has sent him. |
| 38 | [...] sza ad-du-ia u3 it-ta#-[bal-szu-nu a]-na# gal-le-e i-na ma-ah-ri-ia 7(disz) _su-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17-mesz_ | ... of my father-in-law, and he has transferred them to the gallê-priest in my presence. Seven rings of gold |
| 39 | [ma-lu-u2 it-ta-ta2-ad-di u3 1(disz) li]-sza-a-nu sza# [_ku3-sig17_] sza# [1(disz) lim _su_ i-na _ki-lal-bi_ sza {disz}gi-li-ia u3 a-ka-an-na] | a lot of silver, and one lišānu of gold, of 1,000 (shekels) weight, belonging to Giliya, and here |
| 40 | [...] x _a-mesz_ [... ra]-a-'a-mi u2-te-te-et-te-er la#-am# _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia | ... ... water, ... love, I have returned. Before my messengers |
| 41 | [... a]-na musz-szu#-[ri ...] aq-ta-pa#-a ul-la-a ; u2-sze-bi-la a-na# gal-e-e | ... I said to the mushshuru-priestess ..., and then I sent it to the chiefs. |
| 42 | [...] u3 te#-e-ma il-tak2#-na-asz#-[szu] ki#-[i]-[me-e x x] ta#-ak-ka-al i-na gal-le-e i-na sza-pa-a-ri-szu | ... and you know that he has sinned against him. Like ... you will hold ... on his lips. |
| 43 | [... u2]-ul# u2-sze-e-bil2-an-ni-ma sza# mi-im#-ma# mi# [...] sza# u2-sze-bi-lu pa-ta la i-szu u3 a-ka-an-na | ... he did not send to me, and that which ... I sent, he has no access, and why |
| 44 | [{disz}ni-im-mu-u]-ri-ia a-bu-u2-ka i-na mi-im-ma# a-ma-[ti a-di? 1(disz)]-en pa-ti a-na szu-um-ru-s,i u2-ul um-te-esz-x | Nimmuriya, your father, in everything that I have said up to one side I did not ... |
| 45 | [u3 a-ma-te-_mesz_] sza# a-qab2-bu-u2 gab2-ba2-szu#-nu#-ma ma-am-ma# [sza-na]-am-ma ; szi-i-bu-u2-ta u2-ul a-qab2-bi {munus}te-i-e-ma | And the words that I speak to all of them, no one else shall speak a second time. |
| 46 | [_ama_-ka] szi-[i]-it sza a-qab2#-bu-u2 u3 {munus}te-i-e-[ma _ama_]-ka szi-ta-a-al-szi szum-ma i-na a-ma-ti sza a-qab2-bu-u2 | Your mother is that of what I say and Teye, and your mother is hers. If by the word that I speak |
| 47 | [1(disz)]-en a-ma-tu4 la# ki#-i-na-ti i-pa#-asz-szi-ma [szum-ma a-ma]-tu4 sza la ; {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia a-bi-i-ka szum-ma | One of the untruthful words he made, and if a word that is not of Nimmuriya your father if |
| 48 | [{disz}ni-im-mu]-u-ri-ia a-bi-i-ka it-ti-ia# a-ha#-misz# [ra-a-ma u2-ul u2]-ne2-ep-pi2-isz szum-ma {disz}ni-im-mu#-u-ri-ia a-bi-i-ka | Nimmuriya, your father, with me mutually I did not do anything. If Nimmuriya your father |
| 49 | [u2]-ul# iq-bi# im-ma-ti-i-me-e _ku3-sig17-mesz_ sza [_kur_ mi-is,]-ri#-i i-na _kur_ ; ha-ni-gal-bat u2-sze#-em#-s,i u3 sza-ar-ru-um-ma | The gold of the land Mishrî in the land Ḫanigalbat he brought out, and it was high. |
| 50 | [x _x]-mesz_ u2-ul u2-sze-eb-bal# e-te#-ri-isz [2(disz) _alam]-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17_ up-<pu>-ku-u2-tu4 musz-szu-ru-tu4 a-szar {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia | I did not carry off the ...s. I returned. Two figurines of gold, embellished with splendor, where Nimmuria |
| 51 | [a-bi]-ka u3 iq-ta-bi# {disz}ni#-im-mu-[u]-ri-ia a-bi#-[i-ka] mi#-nu-u2 _alam-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17-mesz_ sza# la mi-im-ma-ma | your father and said to Nimmuriya your father: What are the statues of gold without anything? |
| 52 | [sza] _szesz#_-ia i-ri-szu musz-x sza [_ku3-sig17_-ma] u3 sza# [_{na4}]za-gin3-kur_ e-ep-pu-usz-ma u2-sze-e-bil2-ak-ku# | of my brother a snake of gold and of lapis lazuli I made and I sent to you. |
| 53 | [u3] a-ka-an-na {disz}ni#-im-mu-u-ri-ia [a]-bu#-ka i-na a-ma#-ti a-i-im#-ma a-ma-ti a-na la a-ma-ti la ut-te-e-er | Now, Nimmuriya, your father, in this matter, I did not return the word to the original. |
| 54 | [u3] lib3-bi i-na a-ma-ti a-i-im-ma u2-ul u2-sze-em-ri-is, | and my heart, by this word, I did not send out. |
| 55 | [u3 _szesz_]-ia# {disz}[ni]-im#-mu-u-ri-ia a-na szi-i-im-ti-i-szu ki-i il#-li-ku iq-ta-bu-usz u3 sza# iq-bu-u2 | and my brother Nimmuriya to his fate when he went, he said to him, and that which they said |
| 56 | [la-a mim]-ma [...] i-na# ru-uk-ki ul-te-eb-szi-il u3 a-na-ku i-na u4-mi sza-a-szu ab-ta-ki | I have freed you from any obligation, and I have set you free on that day. |
| 57 | [i-na qa-bal mu-szi at]-ta#-sza-ab _ninda-mesz_ u3 _a-mesz_ i-na u4-mi sza-a-szu u2-ul el#-hi#-im# u3 am-ta-ra-as, | In the middle of the night I sat down. The bread and water on that day were not pure and I drank. |
| 58 | [um-ma-a lu-u2 mi-ta-ku a]-na-ku-ma u3 lu-u2 mi-i-it [x] i-na _kur_ ad-du-ia u3 i-na [_kur] szesz#_-ia 1(disz)? _gaszan?-mesz_-ma | “Whether I am dead or alive, whether in the land of Addûya or in the country of my brother, one lady? |
| 59 | [u3 _szesz_-ia sza a-ra-am-mu-u2]-usz# u3 sza# i-ra-'a-ma-an-ni lu#-u2 pa-li-it, it-ti _an_ u3 ; _ki#_ [...] sza# ni-ra-'a-a-mu | May my brother, who loves me and loves me, be reconciled with heaven and earth, ... of my love. |
| 60 | [...] am-mi-tu4# i-na lib3-bi-ni [u3] lu#-u2 nu-u2-ur-ri-ik | ... ... in our hearts, and may we return. |
| 61 | [... {disz}]nap#-[hu-u-ri]-ia#-me _dumu_-szu ra#-bu-u2 sza {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia sza {munus}te-i-e _dam_-szu | Napḫuriyame, the great son of Nimmuriya, daughter of Teye, his wife |
| 62 | [...] x sza#-ru#-ta i-ip-pu-usz-szi# u3 aq-ta-bi um-ma-a la mi-i-it {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia | ... he will perform a šarūtu-offering for her, and I said: “It is not mine Nimmuriya |
| 63 | [... {disz}nap-hu-u-ri]-ia _dumu_-szu# ra-bu-[u2] sza [{munus}te-i]-e _dam_-szu ra-bi-ti i-na ma-asz-ka-ni-szu-ma | ... Napḫūrīya, the great son of Tê, his great wife, in his possession |
| 64 | [...] la u2-sze#-[en]-nu-u2 a-ma#-[a-tu4 mi]-im-ma-ma isz-tu ma-asz-ka-ni-szi-na ki-i sza pa-na-a-nu | ... they will not let them go. Anything from their possessions, as before, |
| 65 | [...]-ia a-qab2-bi# um-ma-a {disz}nap#-hu-u-ri-ia#-ma _szesz_-ia i-na lib3-bi-ni sza ni-ra-'a-a-mu | ... I said: “Napḫūrūya, my brother, from among the people of Niraʾamu |
| 66 | [...] {disz}ni-im-mu-[u]-ri-ia a-bi-i-szu 1(u)#-szu i-ma#-'i-id asz-szum {munus}te-i-e _ama_-szu sza <_szesz_-ia!> _dam_-at | ... Nimmuriya, his father, 10 times he saw him because Teye, the mother of my brother, the wife of |
| 67 | [{disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri-ia ra]-bi#-ti ra-im-tu4 bal-ta-at u3 i-ta-ar-ra#-as, a-ma-a-tu4 a-na pa-ni {disz}nap-hu-u-ri-ia | Nimmuriya, the great hero, is alive and has returned. The words before Naphuriya |
| 68 | [_dumu_-szu sza {disz}ni-im]-mu#-u-ri-ia mu-ti-szu ma#-a-ti-isz dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 sza ; ni-ir-ta-na-'a-a-mu | son of Nimmuriya, his wife, was very strong, very strong that we had surrounded. |
| 69 | [u3 un-du _szesz_-ia]-ma# i-na ma-a-ah#-ri-im-ma a-na [ia-szi] ki-i isz-pu-ru un-du {disz}gi-li-ia ki-i u2-me-esz-sze-ru-ma | and the seal of my brother, in the past, when to me he sent, the seal (of) Gilīya they sealed, and |
| 70 | [u3 un-du _szesz_-ia]-ma# {disz}ma-ne2-e ki#-i isz-pu-[ru] u3 _alam-mesz_ sza _gesz-mesz szesz_-ia u2-sze-bi-la u3 _ku3-sig17-mesz_ | And when my brother sent Manê, I sent the statues of my brother’s trees, and the gold |
| 71 | [sza {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri]-ia#-ma# [iq]-bu#-[szu]-nu# ki#-[i a-ta]-mar#-szu-[nu] ki-i la _ku3-sig17-mesz_ u3 ki-i la up-[pu-ku] | As to what Nimmuriya said to them, when I saw them, they said: “It is not gold and it is not made. |
| 72 | [...] esz?-szu u3 am#-[ta-ra-as,] ap-pu-na dan-nisz2-ma isz-tu ; pa-na-a-nu-um#-ma# | ... new ... and I am constantly frightened, I am very afraid, and from the front |
| 73 | [... _ku3-sig17]-mesz#_ ap#-pu-na {disz}ni-im-mu-[u-ri]-ia# _szesz_-ia sza a-na ia-szi id-di-na _szesz_-ia | ... of gold I presented to Nimmuriya my brother, who to me gave my brother |
| 74 | [la? u2-sze-bi-lam?]-ma# u3 ar-ta-'u#-ub ki-[x x]-ma ma-a-ti-isz dan-nisz2 ; a-na-ag-ge-e-er | I did not send to you, but I have ...ed, and I will slander the country greatly. |
| 75 | [...] u3 a-na-ku um-ma-a [a-qab2-bi-i?]-ma-a [{disz}ni]-im#-mu-u-ri-ia _szesz#_-ia ta-a-mu-ur-ti | ... and I, thus (saying): “I will say to you, Nimmuriya, my brother, the report |
| 76 | [... u2-sze]-bi-lu sza {disz}nap-hu-u-ri-ia _szesz#_-ia sza-nu#-[u2-ti]-ma# e-li-i-[szu] u2-ul u2-re-et-ti# | ... I sent. Of Napḫūrīya, my brother, another brother, I did not raise up against him. |
| 77 | [... sza a]-bi-szu-ma sza u2-sze#-bi-lu u3 ki-[i ...]-_mesz_ ; ip-[x] x [x x]-su2? [...] ul#-te-em#-ri#-is,# | ... of his father, which he sent, and when ... he ..., ... I sent out. |
| 78 | [...] x-ma u3 a-na pa-ni {disz}ma-ne2-e [... u2-ul] ul-te-em-ri-is, | ... and before Manê ... I did not send. |
| 79 | [mi]-im-ma#-[a]-ma | all that |
| 80 | [...] x [...] sza _szesz_-ia id-di#-na u2-sze-e-el-li u3 x [...] | ... ... of my brother he gave, he made surpassing, and ... |
| 81 | [... aq-ta-bi a]-na# _lu2-mesz gal-mesz_-ia um#-ma#-a it-ti _szesz_-ia i-na ku8#-ul# | ... I said to the great men of mine: "With my brother, with a knife |
| 82 | [lib3-bi-ia ...] _ab-ba-a-mesz_-ia ap-pu-na#-ma# it-ti _ab-ba-a-mesz_-szu | My heart ... my elders I surveyed and with his elders |
| 83 | [sza _szesz_-ia ir-ta-ta-'a-a-mu u3?] qi2-i-sza-a-ti-_mesz_ sza _szesz_-ia ul#-te-e-bi-la-am-ma | I have sent the gifts of my brother to me, and |
| 84 | [... lu-u2] ni-ih-du dan-nisz2 u3 u4-ma pa-na-a lu-u2 ni-i-pu-usz | ... we very much rejoiced, and every day we made it. |
| 85 | [...] it#-ta-as,-s,i2-ma [u3] i-na qa#-bal# mu-szi at-ta-sza-am-ma | ... he has gone out, and in the middle of the night I have sat down and |
| 86 | [...] sza# it#-ta#-as,#-s,i2-ma# u3 {disz}ma-ne2-e u2-nu-te-_mesz_ | ... who has gone out, and Manê the furnishings |
| 87 | [...] ma u3 it-te-he2 u2-nu-te-_mesz_ a-na pa-ni-ia# | ... and he brought the items before me. |
| 88 | [... u2]-uh-ha-ra-am#-ma# u3 ah#-ta#-du# i-na u4-[mi] | ... he will return to me and I will return. On the day |
| 89 | [sza-a-szu x ...] it#-ti# _lu2#-mesz_ [u2]-ba2-ru#-ti# ; {disz}ma#-ne2#-e-ma _lu2-dumu-kin#_-[szu] | that ... with the men they shall cut off, Mannê, his messenger |
| 90 | [sza _szesz_-ia ...] ih#-[ta]-du u3 li-iq-pa-[ak-ku] | of my brother ... he has sinned, and may they kill you. |
| 91 | [... {disz}pi-ri-iz-zi u3 {disz}tul-up]-ri a-na# du#-ul-[lu-hi] a-na gal-le-e ; al-ta-par2-[szu-nu] | I have sent Pirizzi and Tulupru to do work and to be a servant. |
| 92 | [...] al-ta-par2# u3 [... u2]-sze#-bil2#-[la-asz]-szu# u3 asz-x [...] | ... I sent, and ... he sent to him. And ... |
| 93 | [...] x 3(disz) me e x [...] | ... 3 ... |
| 94 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [... um]-te-esz-x | ... they ... |
| 5 | [...] x x [...] dan-nisz2 [...] | ... strong ... |
| 6 | [...] a it-ti [{disz}ni-mu-u-ri]-ia# _szesz_-[ia] | ... with my brother Nimuriya |
| 7 | [...] x-du-ti sza x [...] | ... ... of |
| 8 | [...]-u2 u3 na?-ar-ka# [...] | ... and your(?) fear(?) |
| 9 | [...] sza# [i]-na# te#-er#-s,i# {disz}ni-im-mu-u-ri#-[ia a-bi-ka] | ... that at the return of Nimmuriya, your father |
| 10 | [...] a _dumu_-ia a-na 1(u)-szu lu-u2 [...] | ... my son for 10 years or ... |
| 11 | [...]-ka i-te-ne2-ep-pu-szu u3 an-nu-tu4 [...] | ... they will do, and these ... |
| 12 | [...] a?-du szu-u2 {munus}te-i-e _ama_-ka a-na [...] | ... until he, Tēyu, your mother, to |
| 13 | [... ta]-aq-pa-a u3 a-ni-[na] i-na-an-na a-ma-a-tu4 sza _ama_-ka sza a-na [{disz}]gi-li-[ia ...] | ... you said, and now the words of your mother that to Giliya |
| 14 | [... _alam-mesz_] sza# _ku3-sig17-mesz_ up-[pu-ku]-tu4# musz-szu-ru-tu4 e-te-ri-isz u3 me#-er#-re-sze-[ti-ia] | ... the statues of gold, adorned with awe-inspiring radiance, and my limbs |
| 15 | [... x x a?]-da#-ag-gal [_lu2]-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia _szesz_-ia la u2-masz-x-szu-nu-ma# u3 la [...] | ... ... my messengers, my brother, I did not ... them and ... |
| 16 | [...] u2-ul ut-te-er-ra#-[asz]-szu# u3 te-e-ma ul isz-ku-na-an-ni u3 _alam#-mesz_ sza# [_ku3-sig17-mesz_] | ... he has not returned to him, and if he does not grant me, and the statues of gold |
| 17 | [up-pu-ku-tu4 musz-szu-ru-tu4 sza? a-na? a-bi-ka? e-ri-szu?] i-na-an-na# [a-na] ka#-a-sza e-te-ri-isz-ma u2-ul ta-ad-di-na u3 me-re-[sze-ti-ia] | (As for) the incantation, the extispicy that was given to your father, now she has returned to you, but you did not give me my dowry. |
| 18 | [sza e-ri-szu te-e-ma] ul# ta-asz-ku#-na#-[an-ni u3] _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia ul-tu4 4(disz) _mu-mesz_-ti ta#?-da-ag#-[gal-szu-nu] | You did not send me the messengers of his father-in-law, and after 4 years you praised them. |
| 19 | [...] a sza i-ti-la-ka [...] a a-na ka-[a sza ...] | ... the one who came ... to you who ... |
| 20 | [...] a ki-i [x]-ti-ib [...] | ... like ... |
| 21 | [...] sza# a-na da#-x [...] x al [...] ; sza [...] | ... for ... ... of ... |
| 22 | [...] {munus}te-i-e _ama_-ka# [...] x-ma szum#-ma# am-mi-tu4 [...] x-ma [...] | ... Tēyu, your mother ... ... and if I am dead ... |
| 23 | [...] ka-la-[ma] ha-mut-ta la musz#-szu-ri [...] | ... all the wicked, unfavorable ... |
| 24 | [...] ih#-mu-du a-an-nu-u2 [... ki]-i sza pa#-na-a-nu isz-tu zi-[i?]-ma-an a-[bi-i-ka] | ... they rejoiced. Now, ... as before, from the name of your father |
| 25 | [...] sza# a-na ma-am-ma 2(disz) [...]-szu# u3 sza ; ni-ir-ta-na-['a-a]-mu# el# [sza pa-na-a]-nu# | ... that to anyone of his two ... and that we keep on praying, above that of the face |
| 26 | [... i-na te-er]-s,i _ab-ba-a-mesz_-ni [...] isz-tu lib3-bi [...] x x | ... from among the seas ... |
| 27 | [... x x i]-na# lib3-bi-szu-nu ir-[ta-na-'a-a-mu ma-a]-ti#-isz dan-nisz2 u3 _szesz_-ia# it-ma-am-ma lu la i-sze-em#-me | ... among them they have become angry. They are very strong, and my brother has heard that he should not listen. |
| 28 | [... ki-i sza pa-na]-a-nu u2-pa-an pa-ti [isz-tu] zi#-[i-ma]-an# a-bi-i-ka lu#-u2 la u2-sze-esz-sze#-[er] | ... as before, may he not remove your father's name from the mouth of the mouth. |
| 29 | [... x {munus}te-i]-e _ama_-ka [... te-sze]-em#-me szum#-[ma] {munus}te-i-e i-[na?]-an-di#-ka it-ti-ia [...] | ... Tēyu your mother ... you heard. If a Têu gives you with me ... |
| 30 | [... i]-qab2#-bi la# [ta]-ar#-ta-na-'a-am#-[me] u3 la ta-[ar]-ta-na-'a-am u3 ki-i pi2-[i] | ... he says: "Do not keep silent, do not keep quiet!" And according to the wording |
| 31 | [...]-ta# lu-[u2] la# it-te-er u3 [a-qab-bi? a-na?]-ku a-ma-a-tu4 sza ana muh-hi# | ... may he not return, and I will say: "I am the word which is against |
| 32 | [sza _szesz_-ia e-pi2-szi? u3 am-mu]-tu4 at#-ta# [i]-na#-an-na a-na muh-hi [_szesz_-ka? lu-u2?] te#-pu-usz u3 mi-nu-um-me-e | You are the one who my brother did, and now you should do to your brother, and whatever |
| 33 | [a-ma-a-tu4 ...] sza# i-na muh-hi#-[ni] sza in-ne2-ep-pu-szu [u3 am]-mu#-tu4# i-na-an-na at-ta 1(u)-szu | The words ... that they are doing against us, and why do you now 10 times |
| 34 | [...] dan#-nisz2# ul#-[lu]-u2 sza ul-li-i [u3] a-ma-ti-szu lu-u2 la u2-na-ak-kar3 | ... he is very strong. May he not alter the words of his father and grandfather. |
| 35 | [... am-mu]-tu4# _szesz_-ia [lu-u2? i-pu?]-usz# u3 mi-nu-um-me-e a-ma-tu4 sza _szesz_-ia | ... my brother may he have done, and whatever the words of my brother |
| 36 | [...] ul-lu-u2 sza ul-li#-[i] i-na mi-ni-im-ma a-ma-ti _sza3_-szu | ... he who was born there, by whatever word of his heart |
| 37 | [lu-u2 la u2-szam2-ra-as, ... lu-u2] ni-ir-ta-na-'a-am u3 lu-u2 ni-ha-ad-du a-di ni-i-nu-u2-ma | May he not let it slip away, may we keep going back and forth, as long as we live. |
| 38 | [... i]-na? la-e-e-szi-na u2-la-al-la u3 i-qab2-bu-u2 um-ma-a ki-i | ... he will weigh it out among them, and they say: "When |
| 39 | [...] x-i szum-ma ka-an-na el _kur-kur-mesz_-ti gab2-ba-szi-na-ma ma-ti#-isz | ... ... If all the lands are equal to each other, for how long? |
| 40 | [dan-nisz2 ... i]-qab2-bu-u2 _kur-kur-mesz_-tu4 ; gab2-ba-szi-na-ma i-na muh-hi-ka# | Strongly ... they say. All the lands against you |
| 41 | [... _alam]-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17-mesz_ up-<pu!>-ku-tu4 musz-szu-ru-tu4 isz-tu ma-ha-ar {disz}ni-im#-mu#-[u-ri]-ia-ma# | ... statues of gold, ornaments, muššarūtu, from before Nimmuriya |
| 42 | [a-bi-ka e-te-ri-isz u3 _ku3-sig17]-mesz_ ma-at-ta sza szi-ip-ra# [la ep]-szu dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 e-te-ri-isz i-na-an-na _szesz_-ia _alam#-mesz_ | Your father was merciful, and the gold of the land that my work had not done was very merciful. Now, my brother, statues |
| 43 | [sza _ku3-sig17-mesz_ up-pu-ku-tu4] musz#-szu-ru-tu4 li-id-di#-na u3 _ku3-sig17-[mesz_] ; ma-a-at-ta sza szi-ip-ra la [ep]-szu dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2 _szesz_-ia# | May he give me the gold of the uppukû-priests and the silver of the land that I did not do very greatly, my brother. |
| 44 | [li-id-di-na? u3 _alam]-mesz#_ sza _ku3-sig17-mesz#_ a-bu-ka-ma a-na a-na ia-szi id#-[di]-na# am#-mi-i-ni-im-ma i-na lib3-bi-ka# [im]-mar-s,a# u3 la x [...] szum-ma | and the statues of gold your father gave to me, why did they disappear from your heart? And not ... if |
| 45 | [... u2]-ul e-te-ri-isz# u3 a-bu-ka ap-pu-[na]-ma# a-na# ia-szi u2-ul id-di-na u3 i-na-an-na-ma# a-szar _szesz_-ia#-ma# e-te#-ri#-isz | ... I did not return, and your father I sent to me, but he did not give to me. And now, where my brother returned, |
| 46 | [...] x u3 la-x ki#-x-a ia-nu-um-ma-a ap-[pu]-na# a-szar a-bi-ka-ma _alam-mesz_ sza e-ri-szu it-ta-an-na u3 i-na-an-na | ... ... and not ... Now, I have gone to your father's place, and the statues of his mother have given me, and now |
| 47 | [a-szar _szesz_-ia sza-nu-ti-ma e]-te-ri-isz# u3 _szesz_-ia sza-nu-ti-ma# la e-ep-pu#-usz-ma-a la i-na-an-di-na-a lib3-bi-i u2-szam3-ra-as, | where my brother is different, he has returned, and my brother may not do differently, and he shall not give me, but I will make it. |
| 48 | [...] x [...]-u2 sza a-ma-a-ti gab2-bi-im-ma# {munus}te-i-e-ma# _ama_-ka szi-i-it ; u3 {munus}te-i-e-ma _ama_-ka sza-[a]-al#-szi | ... ... of all the words, and she is your mother, and you are your mother. |
| 49 | [szum-ma] _alam#-mesz_ sza [_ku3-sig17]-mesz#_ ma-a-at-ta a-szar a-bi-[ka u2]-ul# [e-te]-ri#-isz u3 a-bu-ka a-na ia-szi ul id-di-na u3 _szesz_-ia# | If the statues of gold of the land where your father did not return, and your father to me did not give, and my brother |
| 50 | [_alam-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17-mesz_] up-pu-ku-tu4# musz#-szu-ru-tu4 u3 _ku3-sig17-mesz_ [ma-a-at-ta] _szesz#_-ia# li-id-di-nam-ma u3 _szesz_-ia lib3-bi lu la u2-szam3#-ra-as, | May he give me my brother statues of gold, ornaments, and gold, and may my brother not forget my heart. |
| 51 | [u3 i-na _kur szesz_-ia _ku3-sig17]-mesz_ ki-i [e-be]-ri ma-a-ta-at u3 [lib3-bi _szesz_]-ia lu-u2 la u2-sze-em-ri-is, szum-ma ka-ra-asz-ka | and in the land of my brother gold, when I entered the land and my brother I did not let slip. If your gift |
| 52 | [sza aba ab _e2_-ia] la e-ep-pa-asz u3 mi-na-a e-ep-pu-us-su2-nu | of the cows of my house I shall not do, and what shall I do for them? |
| 53 | [...] _szesz_-ia# {disz}gi-li-ia-ma li-du-ur-ra-asz-szu sza _szesz_-[ia] _sza3_-szu-u2 u2-szam3-ra-as, {disz}gi-li-ia-ma u2-ta-ar-ra-asz-szu | ... my brother Giliya may they release him. That which my brother in his heart caused to be released GiliYa shall return to him. |
| 54 | [a-na _szesz_-ia aq-ta-bi a]-na#-[kub] um#-ma-a _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-[szu sza] _szesz_-ia a-na ha-mut-ti [u2]-ta-a-ar-ra-ak-ku-ma-a-ku im#-ma-ti-i-me-e _szesz_-ia-ma ; _dumu-mesz-kin_-ia | I said to my brother, and I sat down. He said: "The messengers of my brother have turned you into a thief" — when I heard this, my brother and my sons |
| 55 | [it-ta-hi-is-su2-nu u3 a]-na#-ku# an#-nu-tu4 an-ni-ka-a-[am at]-ta-hi-is-su2#-nu ; um#-[ma] lu-u2 a-na-ku-ma im-ma-ti-i-me-e _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia u2-masz-x-ma | They have seized them, and I myself have taken them here. Thus say I: "May my messengers ... |
| 56 | [...] a te-e-ma i-sza-ak-[ka]-nu-ni u3 {disz}ma-[ne2-e] u2-masz-x-szu-ma u3 {disz}gi-li-ia a-na _szesz_-ia# ki-i pa-ni-ti | ... and they shall place, and Manê ... him, and Gilīya to my brother as before |
| 57 | [... u2-ta-ar]-ra#-[asz]-szu im-ma-ti-me-e _szesz_-ia _lu2-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia# ki#-i ma-asz#-szi#-ti# i-na-ah-hi-is-su2#-nu u3 a-na-ku ki-i ah-su2-su2 | ... they have returned to him. My brother and my messengers, as many as there will be, will fight with them, and I, as much as I will fight against him, |
| 58 | [x i]-na#-an-na ap-pu-na a-ma-tu4 sza _szesz_-ia sza a-na ka#-[ar]-s,i2# mi-im#-ma# ip-pa-asz-szi asz-szum mi-i-ni-i sza _szesz_-ia | Now then I am writing to you the words of my brother, which he has made into something valuable, concerning what is it that my brother says: |
| 59 | [x x] et,-lu szu-u2 u3 i-na _{gesz}gu-za_ a-bi-szu _dingir_-lu-um#-ma it-ta-sza-ab u3 sza lib3-bi-szu _szesz_-ia lu i-pu-usz# | he is a young man, and on the throne of his father a god has sat down, and in his heart my brother may I do. |
| 60 | [u3 a-na _szesz_-ia] aq-ta-bi um-ma-a _szesz_-ia _lu2#-dumu-mesz-kin_-ia ul u2-masz-x-szu#-nu#-ti-ma-a-ku u3 ma-a-ti-isz i-na-ah-hi-is-su2-nu-ti-i-ma-a-[ku-ma] | And I said to my brother: "My brother, my messengers, I did not release them, and they seized them at the same time." |
| 61 | [kar-s,i-szu?] u3 _szesz_-ia lu-u2 ag#-gal# ag-gal#-ma-a-ku {disz}ma-zi-pa-a-at-li _lu2-dumu-kin_-ia a-ha a-bi-szu sza {disz}gi-li-ia-ma a-na [_szesz_-ia] | his family and my brother may I be a great one. I am Mazipātli, my messenger, together with the father of Giliya to my brother |
| 62 | [al-ta-par2-szu] u3 a-na he-du#-ti a-na# _szesz#_-ia al-ta-par2-szu u3 _szesz_-ia lu-u2 la ; ut-ta-az-za-am ki-i-me-e {disz}gi-li-ia ul asz-pur#-[szu] | I wrote to him, and I sent him to the rescue of my brother, but my brother should not stand. As I did not write to Giliya, |
| 63 | [u3 a-na he-du]-ti# u2-ul asz-[pur]-szu u3 ul-lu-u2 _lu2-dumu-kin_-ia sza a-na _szesz_-ia asz-pu-ru _szesz_-szu-ma sza {disz}gi-li-ia _dumu-ama_-szu-ma [x x] | I did not send him to a rescue. Further, my messenger, whom I sent to my brother, my brother of Giliya, his mother |
| 64 | [u3 a-na _szesz_]-ia# a-na gal-le-e asz-pur-szu ki-i _szesz_-ia la u2-masz#-x-szu# ha-mut-ta la i-du-ur-ra u3 _szesz_-ia a-na [x x] | I sent him to my brother as a gift. If my brother does not ... him, he will not return a wrongdoer, and my brother to ... |
| 65 | [x x me]-e-re-sze-ti-ia sza e-ri-szu te-e-ma u2-ul isz-ku-na-an-ni u3 asz-szum an-ni-ti {disz}gi-li-ia u2-ul asz-pur#-szu# | ... my dowries which he requested, but he did not give me, and because of this I did not send Giliya. |
| 66 | [u3 _szesz_-ia] a-na ta-az-zi-i-im-ti u3 a-na mi-im-ma-ma# lu-u2 la u2-ta-a-ar# | My brother, may he not return to battle or anything. |
| 67 | [u3 {disz}ma-zi-pa]-at#-li a-na _szesz_-ia sza asz-pu-ru a-ha a-bi-szu sza {disz}gi-li-ia-ma u3 _alam-mesz_ sza _ku3-sig17-mesz_ up-pu-ku-tu4 musz-szu#-ru#-tu4 | and Mazi-patli to my brother whom I sent, together with his father Giliyama, and the statues of gold that were fashioned and decorated |
| 68 | [_szesz_-ia li-id-di-na] u3 _ku3-sig17-mesz_ ma-a-at-ta# sza szi-ip-ra la ep-szu sza ka-ra#-asz-ki sza a-na _szesz_-ia e-ri-szu _szesz_-ia li-id-di-na#-[an]-ni# | my brother may he give me, and the gold of the land that the work is not done, that the karašku-vessel which to my brother has given to me may my brother give me. |
| 69 | [u3 _szesz_-ia lib3]-bi# lu-u2 la# u2-sza-am-ra-as, u3 lu-u2 la i-gal-la u3 [i-na _kur] szesz#_-ia _ku3-sig17_ ki-i e-be-ri ma-a-ta-at# | May my brother not be afraid, may he not be angry, and in the land of my brother gold like a mountain |
| 70 | [u3 a-na-ku lib3]-bi sza# _szesz_-ia [lu-u2 la] u2-[sza]-am!#-ra#-[as,] | And may I not make the heart of my brother tremble! |
| 71 | [u3 _szesz_-ia] el a-bi-szu ra-'a-mu-ta [u3 _szesz_]-ut#-ta 1(u)-szu li-te-et-te-er-an-ni u3 it-ti# [_szesz_]-ia# ni-ir-ta#-[na-'a]-am dan#-nisz2# dan-nisz2-ma# | And my brother, over his own father, a love-making and a brother-in-law should return to me 10 times, and we will be very strong together with my brother. |
| 72 | [u3 _lu2]-mesz-dumu-kin_-ia# _szesz_-ia ha-[mut]-ta# li-me-esz-x-szu-nu-ti-ma u3 {disz}ma-ne2-e it#-ti _lu2-[mesz]-dumu-kin_-ia _szesz_-ia li#-isz-pur-szu-ma li#-il#-li#-[ku]-ma# | and my sons, my brother, may they be reconciled with them. Further, Mannê should send him to me with the sons of my brother so that they may go and |
| 73 | [x x] pu#-[u2] sze-ri-ia x [...] _szesz_-ia li-id-di-na u3 {disz}gi-li-ia a-na _szesz#_-ia lu#-usz-pur-ma u3 ge-[er]-ra ra-pa#-a a-[na] _szesz#_-ia | ... of my morning ... my brother should give, and Gilīya to my brother I shall send, and a large caravan for my brother |
| 74 | [lu-u2 u2-ki]-il u3 [mi-nu]-um#-me-e a-ma-a-tu4 gab2-ba2-szi-na-a-ma sza _szesz_-ia# i-dab2-bu-bu u3 am-mu-tu4 lu-u2 e-pu-usz# | and whatever matters concern them all, that my brother speaks, may I do. |
| 75 | [...] lu-u2-pu-usz# [x x]-lu ep-szu u3 i-na-an-na a-na _szesz_-ia ki-[i] pa-ni-ti u2-ul asz-pur ka-a-am-ma ki-i [x x] | ... I shall do. ... is done. And now, as before, I did not write to my brother. Now, as ... |
| 76 | [...] u3 _szesz_-ia [lu-u2?] i-ta-a-an-ni _szesz_-ia lu-u2 la ut-ta-az-[za-am] u3 a-na _szesz_-ia sza-pa-a-ra ra-ba-[a] | ... and my brother has given me, my brother should not stand, and to my brother send a large message. |
| 77 | [asz-pur-ma?] {disz}gi-li-ia# [a-sza]-ap#-par2-ma u3 sza-pa-a-ra ra-pa-a a-na _szesz#_-ia ; a-sza-ap-par2# | I sent, and Gilīya I shall send, and the šapparāru-reed to my brother I will send. |
| 78 | [u3 _szesz_-ia asz-szum {disz}ar]-te#-esz-szu-pa u3 {disz}a-sa-li iq-ta-bi-szu-nu um-ma szu-u2-ma i-na _kur_ sza _szesz_-ka ih-ta-du-me ul-te-ri#-[bu] | And my brother concerning Artešszupa and Asallu said to them: “He is in the land that your brother has conquered, and they have entered. |
| 79 | [a-na ...]-szu-nu u3 ul-te#-ri-bu _ARAD2-mesz_-ia re-e-hu-tu4 sza i-na _kur_ mi#-is,-ri-i u2-szi-bu {disz}ma-[ne2-e] | to their ... and they have returned, my servants, the rest who were living in the land of Miṣrî, Mannē |
| 80 | [...] a-na# pa-ni-ia [i-te]-ru#-ub u3 ub-ti-i-ir-ru-u2-szu-nu a-na pa#-[ni]-ia# u3 i-dab2-bu#-[bu-ma?] | ... entered into my presence and brought them to me. They speak to me and |
| 81 | [...] u3 aq-ta-bi a-na pa-ni-szu-nu szu-um-gu-nu am-mi-i-ni [...]-ma-me [...] | ... and I said to them: "Speak to them!" Why ...? |
| 82 | [_szesz_-ia? sza-a]-al-szu ki-i-me-e e-te-pu-us-su2-nu i-na x-x-re-ti u3 iz#-_szu#-[mesz_] asz-[ta-ka-an-szu-nu] | My brother, as soon as I had done this, I placed them in ...s and wailings. |
| 83 | [x x]-szu-nu 1(disz)-en a-na i-di# 1(disz)-en a-na _iri_-ia sza qa-an-ni _kur_-ti ul#-[te]-bil# u3 sza-ni-ta [...] | ... their ... one for the rent, one for my city inside the land I sent, and another ... |
| 84 | [...] u3 asz-szum an-ni-ti la a-du-uk-szu-nu _szesz_-ia [x] szu#-nu ki-i [...] | ... and because of this I did not kill them, my brother ... they like ... |
| 85 | [ki-i? _szesz_]-ia u2-ul iq-bi u3 _szesz_-ia u2-ul as-'a-al i-na-an-na _szesz#_-ia ; ne2-e-pe2-el-ti# [...] | When my brother did not say, and my brother I did not ask. Now my brother the ritual ... |
| 86 | [...] li-isz-gu#-un u3 ki#-[i-me]-e _szesz_-ia ha-sze-eh-szu-nu# u3 a-ka-an-na lu-u-pu-us | ... may he set up, and as for my brother, may I kill them, and wherever I go, |
| 87 | [a-nu-um-ma a]-na# szul#-ma-ni sza [_szesz_-ia] 1(disz) _ga-zum ku3-sig17_ tam-lu-u2 _kur-sag_ bu-ur-hi-isz 1(disz) _{gesz}tukul-sag-na4_ x x | Now, for the well-being of my brother, one gold gzum-bowl, a replica of Mount Aries, one scepter |
| 88 | [...] x _{na4}za-gin3#-[kur ...]-mesz#_ 1(disz) _szu_ sza _szu-mesz na4-kur_ 1(disz) _szu_ ru-uh-tu4# [_ku3-sig17]-gar_ 3(disz) _tug2-mesz_ 3(disz) _szu-tug2_ [...] | ... lapis lazuli ... 1 hand of hand-stones, 1 hand with ruhtu-stone, gold, 3 garments, 3 ... garments |
| 89 | [...] _tug2#-gu2# iri_ [...] _pan-mesz_ 3(disz) _{kusz}e2-amar-ru [ku3-sig17]-gar [...]-mesz zabar#_ szar-mu# [...] | ... garments of the city ... pan-shields 3 emarru-garments of gold ... bronze ... |
| 90 | [...]-ti-a-an-nu tam-gu-u2-tu4 3(disz) _gesz_ [... a]-na# szul-ma-ni sza _szesz_-ia ul#-[te-bil2] | ...-tianānu the Tamgutu, 3 trees ... for the well-being of my brother I have sent. |
| 91 | [... sza] _ku3-sig17-mesz_ 1(disz) _szu_ sza _szu-mesz na4_ [... _szu_] an-s,a-pa-a-tu4 [...] | ... of gold, 1 hand of hands of stone ... hand of arrows ... |
| 92 | [...] 2(disz) _tug2-mesz_ a-na szul-ma-[ni sza {munus}te]-i-e _ama_-ka ul#-[te-bil2] | ... 2 garments for the well-being of Tēyu your mother I have sent. |
| 93 | [...] 1(disz) _szu_ sza _szu-mesz na4#_ [... _szu_ an]-s,a-pa-[a-tu4 ...] | ... 1 hand of hands of stone ... hand of the shield ... |
| 94 | [...] _tug2-mesz_ [a]-na# szul#-ma-ni# [sza {munus}ta-a-du-he2-pa _dumu]-munus#_-ia-ma [ul-te-bil2] | ... garments for the well-being of Tadu-hepa my daughter I have sent. |
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