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EA 060 (P271205)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271205 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00343 |
| 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}lugal {d}utux(ERIM) _en_-ia | To Lugal, Šamaš, my lord |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}ARAD2-{d}asz-ra-tum | Thus Abdi-Ašratum |
| 3 | _ARAD2_-ka4 ep-ri sza _giri3-hi-a_-ka4# | servant of the doorkeepers of the gates. |
| 4 | a-na _giri3-hi-a lugal en_-ia | to the feet of the king, my lord |
| 5 | 7(disz)-szu u3 7(disz)-szu am-qut | 7 times and 7 times I fall. |
| 6 | a-mur a-na-ku _ARAD2 lugal_ u3 | I am a servant of the king and |
| 7 | _ur-gi7_ sza _e2_-szu u3 | a dog of his house and |
| 8 | _kur_ a-mur-ri gab2-ba-szu | the entire land of Amurru |
| 9 | a-na _lugal en_-ia a-na-s,a-ar-szu | I shall keep him in good health for the king, my lord. |
| 10 | aq-bi asz-ta-ni a-na {disz}pa-ha-na-te | I said to Pahanate: |
| 11 | _{lu2}maszkim2_-ia le-qa-mi | my witnesses take. |
| 12 | _erin2-mesz_ til-la-tim a-na na-s,a-ri | the rest of the troops for the guard |
| 13 | _kur-hi-a# lugal_ a-nu-ma gab2-bi | the king of the land of Hia, herewith all |
| 14 | _lugal#-hi-a_ sza _lugal erin2-mesz_ hur-ri | the king’s troops from Hurru |
| 15 | tu-ba#-u2-nim _kur-hi-a_ | you conquered. The mountains |
| 16 | a-na ha-ba#-lim isz-tu# | to Habalim from |
| 17 | _szu#?_-ia u3 _szu_ ha#?-[za-nu-_te] {lu2#?}[maszkim2_] | my hand and the hand of the mayors, the incantation priest |
| 18 | sza#? _lugal en_-[ia u3?] | of the king, my lord, and |
| 19 | [a]-na#-s,a-ar-[szu?-nu? a?-nu?-ma?] | I will keep them in good condition. Now |
| 20 | [{disz}pa]-ha-na-te# _lu2#-[maszkim2_-ia] | Pahanate, my guarantor |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | yi-isz-al-szu _lugal_ {d}utux(ERIM)# | Yāšu, king of Utu |
| 2 | szum-ma la a-na-s,a-ar | If I do not guard, |
| 3 | _iri_ s,u-mu-ri _iri_ ul-la-sa3 | the city Ṣumuru, the city Ullasa |
| 4 | i-nu-ma _{lu2}maszkim2_-ia | when my witness |
| 5 | i-na szi-pir6-ti _lugal_ {d}utux(ERIM) | by the command of the king, Šamaš |
| 6 | u3 a-na-ku _sze-sag11-ku5 sze-hi-a_ | and I, the millers of barley |
| 7 | sza _iri_ s,u-mur u3 gab2-bi | of the city of Ṣumur and all |
| 8 | _kur-hi-a_ a-na _lugal_ {d}utux(ERIM)-ia | the land of Hia to the king, my lord: |
| 9 | _en_-ia a-na-s,a-ar-szu | my lord I will guard him. |
| 10 | u3 _lugal en_-ia# lu-u2 yi-da-an-ni | May the king, my lord, give me a firm positive answer! |
| 11 | u3 yi-ip-qi2#-id-ni i-na _szu_ | and yipqidni in the hand |
| 312 | {disz}pa-ha-na-te _{lu2}maszkim2_-ia | Pahanate, my witness, |
Sources & licences
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