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EA 144 (P271185)

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

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Designation	EA 144
ID	P271185
Museum no.	VAT 00323
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 _lugal_-ri _en_-ia	To the king, my lord:
2	_dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}utu_-ia sza-ri _til-la_-ia	my gods, my Šamaš, my life
3	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
4	um-ma {disz}zi-im-re-ed-di	Thus Zimrēdi:
5	_lu2_ ha-za-nu sza _iri_ s,i2-du-na{ki}	the mayor of Sidon
6	a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia _dingir-mesz {d}utu_ sza-ri	to the feet of my lord, the gods of Šamaš, the mountain
7	sza _til-la_-ia a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia	of my life to the feet of my lord
8	_dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}utu_-ia sza-ri _til-la_-ia	my gods, my Šamaš, my life
9	7(disz)-szu u3 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qu2-ut	I fall seven times and seven times.
10	lu-u2 i-de _lugal en_-ia i-nu-ma	may he know. The king, my lord, when
11	szal-ma-at _iri_ s,i2-du-na{ki} _geme2_-ti	whole of the city of Sidon, slave woman
12	_lugal en_-ia sza i-din i-na qa-ti-ia	the king, my lord, who gave in my hand
13	u3 i-nu-ma isz-te-me2 a-wa-at	and when he heard the word
14	_lugal en_-ia i-nu-ma isz-tap-par2 a-na _ARAD2_-szu	when the king, my lord, wrote to his servant
15	u3 yi-ih-di lib3-bi-ia u3	and my heart's desire and
16	yi-sza#-qi2 _sag_-ia u3 in4-nam-ru	may my head be sated, and may he become bright.
17	2(disz) _igi_-ia :" he-na-ia i-na sza-me	2 of my eyes in the heavens
18	a-wa-at _lugal en_-ia u3 i-de	the word of the king, my lord, and knows
reverse
1	_lugal_ i-nu-ma szu-sze-ra-ku i-na	The king, when I am ready, in
2	pa-ni _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-ti _lugal en_-ia	before the troops released by the king, my lord
3	szu-szi-ra-ku gab2-ba ki-ma qa-bi _lugal en_-ia	I am all together as the king, my lord, commands.
4	u3 i-di _lugal en_-ia i-nu-ma	and the king, my lord, when
5	da-na-at nu-kur2-tum ma-gal _ugu_-ia	the mighty, the insurrection that is great upon me
6	gab2-bi _iri#-didli#{ki#}-hi-a#_ i-din _lugal_	all of the cities of Didli he gave. The king
7	i-na qa-ti#-ia# en-ni-ip-szu	In my hand, watch over him!
8	a-na _lu2-mesz sa#-gaz#-mesz_ u3 yi-din-ni	to the criminals and the seller
9	_lugal_ i-na# qa-at# _lu2_-li3 sza yi-la-ak	the king from the hand of a man who goes
10	i-na pa-ni _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-at _lugal_	in the presence of the troops released by the king
11	a-na sza-al _iri-didli{ki}-hi-a_ sza in4-ne2-ep-szu	to the centre of the city of Didli, which he had done
12	a-na _lu2-mesz sa-gaz-mesz_	to the criminals
13	u3 tu2-ta-ri-szi-na i-na	and you have returned them, in
14	qa-ti-ia u3 i-le-i a-ra-ad	my hands and my feet I shall stretch out.
15	_lugal en_-ia ki-i-ma _lu2-mesz_ a-bu-ti-nu	the king, my lord, as those men
16	pa-na-nu-um	before

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