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EA 170 (P271189)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 170 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271189 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00327 |
| 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 en_-ni | to the king, our lord |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}{d}iszkur-lu-ia u3 um-ma | Thus Adad-lūya and thus |
| 3 | {disz}be-ti-_dingir_ a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ni ni-am-qut | Let us fall at the feet of our lord. |
| 4 | a-na muh-hi _en_-ni lu-u2 szul-mu | May it be well with our lord! |
| 5 | u3 an-na-kam isz-tu _kur-mesz_-szu | and this from his lands |
| 6 | sza _en_-ni dan-nisz2 szul-mu | of our lord very well. |
| 7 | _en_-ni mi-im-ma-am-ma | our lord everything |
| 8 | i-na lib3-bi-ka la ta-szak-kan2 | Do not place it in your heart! |
| 9 | lib3-ba-ka la tu3-usz-ma-ra-as, | Do not abandon your heart! |
| 10 | _en_-ni ki-i-me-e te-le-e'2-e-mi | our lord, as you know, |
| 11 | u3 pa-ni-szu-nu s,a-bat _zu-zi_-la-ma-an | and in their presence seized the scepter |
| 12 | ki-i-me-e i-na asz-ra-nu | like in the midst of |
| 13 | la u2-wa-ah-he2-ru-ka | shall not reject you, |
| 14 | sza-ni-tam _erin2-mesz kur_ ha-at-te | Furthermore, the troops of the land of Hatti |
| 15 | {disz}lu-_pa-ak-ku_ il5-te-qu2-nim | Lu-pāku took it. |
| 16 | _iri-hi-a kur_ am-qi2 u3 isz-tu _iri-hi-a_ | the city of Hia, the land of Amqi, and from Hia |
| 17 | {disz}a-ad-du-mi il5-te-qu2-nim-mi | Addumi has taken, |
| 18 | u3 be-li2-ni li-i-de4 | and our lord may know. |
| 19 | sza-ni-tam ki-a-am ni-isz3-te-mi | Secondly, in the same way we heard. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}zi-ta-na | Zitanu |
| 2 | il5-li-kam-mi <<u3>> | came to me, |
| 3 | u3 _9(disz) szar'u@v-mesz erin2-mesz giri3_ | and 9 šarʾu-troops, troops at the foot |
| 4 | it-ti-szu sza il5-li-kam2 | with him who came, |
| 5 | u3 a-ma-ta la nu-tar-ri-is, | and the word cannot be changed. |
| 6 | szum-ma i-na ki-it-ti i-ba2-asz-szu-nim | If there is truth among them, |
| 7 | u3 i-ka3-sza10-du-nim | and he will pay back. |
| 8 | i-na _kur_ nu-ha-asz-sze | in Nuhašše |
| 9 | u3 {disz}be-ti-_dingir_ | and Etel-ili |
| 10 | a-szap-par2 a-na pa-ni-szu | I will send to him. |
| 11 | ki-i-me-e pa-ni-szu-nu | as before them |
| 12 | ni-s,a-ab-bat u3 _{lu2}dumu-kin_-ip-ri-ia | we shall seize, and my messenger |
| 13 | ar-hi-isz a-na muh-hi-ka | quickly to you |
| 14 | a-sa-ap-par ki-i-me-e a-ma-tu2 | I have written as follows: |
| 15 | ut-te-ir-ka szum-ma i-ba2-asz-szi | I have returned to you if there is none. |
| 16 | u3 szum-ma ia-nu | and if there is none |
| 17 | a-na {disz}gal-dingir u3 {disz}ARAD2-{d}urasz | to Gal-ili and Arad-Uraš |
| 18 | a-na {disz}dumu-a-na u3 {disz}gal-s,i2-id-qi2 | to Dumuzi and Galṣidqi |
| 19 | um-ma {disz}a-mur-{d}iszkur | Thus Āmur-Addu: |
| 20 | a-na _ugu_-hi-ku-nu lu-u2 szul-mu | May you be well! |
| 21 | lib3-ba2-ku-nu la tu3-usz-ma-ra-:"-s,a-nim | Do not abandon your heart! |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 mi-im-ma i-na _sza3_-ku-nu la ta-szak-kan2-nu-nim | and anything in your heart do not place, |
| 2 | u3 an-na-kam isz-tu _e2-mesz_-ku-nu | and this from your houses |
| 3 | dan-nisz2 szul-mu u3 a-na {disz}a-na-ti | The very best of health to Anāti! |
| 4 | szul-ma qi2-bi | Well-being, speak! |
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