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EA 189 (P271198)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 189 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271198 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00336 |
| 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_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}e-tak2-ka-ma _ARAD2_-ka | Thus says Etakka, your servant: |
| 3 | a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | to the feet of my lord, Šamaš, |
| 4 | 7(disz)-szu a-na pa-ni 7(disz)-ta-an am-qut | 7 times before 7 I fell. |
| 5 | _en_-ia a-na-ku _ARAD2_-ka | my lord, I, your servant |
| 6 | u3 yi-la-mu-nu-ni {disz}bir5-ia-wa-za | and Yalimununi, Biriya-waza |
| 7 | lam#-nu-um a-na pa-ni-ka _en_-ia | I am well; you, my lord, can be glad. |
| 8 | u3 i-nu-ma yi-la-mu-nu-ni | and when Yalumununi |
| 9 | a-na pa-ni-ka i-nu-ma la-qa-am | At that time, I did not take it. |
| 10 | gab2-bi _e2_ a-bi-ia isz-tu | all of the house of my father from |
| 11 | _kur_ qi3-id-szi u3 _iri-didli-hi-a_-ia | the land Qidši and the city Didlihia |
| 12 | usz-szi-ir a-na _{d}izi-mesz_ e-sza-te | to the goddesses of the ešātu |
| 13 | u3 al-lu-u2-me _lu2-mesz maszkim2-mesz_ | and allû-demons, the witnesses |
| 14 | _lugal en_-ia u3 _lu2-mesz gal-mesz!_-szu | the king, my lord, and his great men |
| 15 | i-du-mi3 ki-it-ti7-ia | who knows my course, |
| 16 | i-nu-ma aq-bi a-na _lu2-gal_ | when I spoke to the king |
| 17 | {disz}pu-hu-ri li-di-me | May Puḫuru give orders |
| 18 | _lu2-gal#_ {disz}pu#-hu-ru i-nu-ma [...] | the chief of troops, when |
| 19 | [...] bit# bu [...] | ... bit ... |
| 20 | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] du# szum#-[ma] | ... if |
| 2' | [{disz}]bir5#-ia-wa-za ki-na-an-na# | Biriya-waza, true |
| 3' | ur-ru-du-ka a-na-ku qa-du#-mi3# | I, together with you |
| 4' | gab2-bi _szesz-mesz_-ia u3 a-szar | all my brothers and wherever |
| 5' | nu-kur2-tu4 a-na _lugal en_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 6' | a-na-ku al-la-ak-mi3 qa-du | I will go together with |
| 7' | _erin2-mesz_-ia u3 qa-du _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ia | my troops and with my chariots |
| 8' | u3 qa-du gab2-bi _szesz-mesz_-ia | and together with all my brothers |
| 9' | u3 a-mur-mi3 {disz}bir5-ia-wa-za | and I saw Biriya-waza |
| 10' | usz-szi-ir gab2-bi _iri-didli-hi-a lugal_ | he conquered. All of it, the city of Didlihia, the king |
| 11' | _en_-ia a-na _lu2-mesz sa-gaz-mesz_ | my lord to the murderers |
| 12' | i-na _kur_ tah2-szi u3 i-na _kur_ u2-pi2 | in the land of Taḫši and in the country of Opis |
| 13' | u3 ka-asz-da-ti7 u3 il5-la-ak | and Kašdati and Ilak |
| 14' | _dingir-mesz_-nu-ka u3 _{d}utu_-ka | your gods and your Šamaš |
| 15' | a-na pa-ni-ia u3 _iri-didli-hi-a_ ut-te-er | to me and the city of Didlihia I returned. |
| 16' | a-na _lugal en_-ia isz-tu | to the king, my lord, from |
| 17' | _lu2-mesz sa-gaz-mesz_ asz-szum ur-ru-di-szu | the criminals because of his extispicy |
| 18' | u3 u2-pa-t,ar2 _lu2-mesz sa-gaz-mesz_ | and he will release the criminals. |
| 19' | u3 lu-uh-di _lugal en_-ia | and to please the king, my lord |
| 20' | a-na i-tag2-ga14-ma _ARAD2_-szu | he shall redeem and his servant |
| 21' | u3 ur-ru-du-me | and Urrudume |
| 22' | _lugal en_-ia qa-du | king, my lord, together with |
| 23' | gab2-bi _szesz_-ia | all of my brother |
| 24' | ur-ru-du _lugal en_-ia u3 gab2-bi _kur-[mesz_-ka] | the king, my lord, and all of your lands |
| 25' | u2-sza-ah-li-iq {disz}bir5-ia-wa-za [pa-nu-szu] | Iria-waza, his brother |
| 26' | a-na ha-ba-li-ma u3 a-na-ku [_ARAD2_-ka] | to Habalima and I, your servant |
| 27' | a-di da-ri-ti# | forever |
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