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EA 162 (P271209)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 162 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271209 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00347 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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}a-zi-ru] _lu2#-iri_ a-mu-ur-ra qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Aziru, the city ruler: |
| 2 | [a-nu-ma isz]-me2# _lugal en_-ka um-ma-a _lu2 iri_ gub{ub}-la | Now, he has heard that the king, your lord, is stationed in the city. |
| 3 | [iq-ba]-ak#-ku! sza a-hu-szu i-na ba-a-bi it-ta-su2#-uk-szu | They said to you: “He who his brothers in the city quarter has killed him.'" |
| 4 | [um-ma-a li]-qa2-an-ni u3 szu-ri-ba-an-ni i-na _iri{ki}_-ia | "Let him appoint me and send me to my city!" |
| 5 | [ma-ad _ku3]-babbar#_ u3 lu-ud-di3-na-ak-ku an-nu-u2 mi-im-ma ma-ad | The price of silver and I shall give to you. This is everything. |
| 6 | [u3 i]-ia-nu it-ti-ia szu-u2 ki-na-an-na iq-ba-ak-ku | And he, with me, is true. He said to you: |
| 7 | [u2]-ul# at-ta2 ta2-sza-pa-ar a-na _lugal en_-ka | You will not write to the king, your lord. |
| 8 | [um]-ma#-a _ARAD2_-ka a-na-ku ki-i gab2-bi _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu#-te-_mesz_ ba2-nu-ti | Thus says your servant: I, like all the mayors who were created |
| 9 | sza i-na lib3-bi _iri{ki}_-szu u3 te-ep-pu-usz he-e-t,a | that in his city and you do, he will recover. |
| 10 | [a]-na la-qe2-e _lu2_ ha-za-an-na sza _szesz_-szu i-na ba2!#-a-bi | to take the mayor of his brother from the gate |
| 11 | isz-tu _iri{ki}_-szu it-ta-su2-uk-szu | from his city they have seized him |
| 12 | u3 i-na _iri_ s,i2-du-na a-szi-ib u3 ta2-at-ta2-di3-in-szu | and in the city of Ṣiduna resides, and you have given him |
| 13 | a-na _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-nu-u2-ti ki-i t,e4-e-mi-i-ka | to the mayors according to your order |
| 14 | u2-ul ti-i-de9 sa3-ar-ru-ut-ta2 sza _lu2-mesz_ | You will not know the sacrificial sheep of the men. |
| 15 | szum-ma _ARAD2_ sza _lugal_ at-ta2 ki-i ki-i-it-ti | If you are a servant of the king, as one |
| 16 | am-mi3-ni la-a ta2-a-ku-ul kar-s,i2-i-szu a-na pa-ni _lugal en_-ka | Why did you not eat his bread before the king, your lord? |
| 17 | um-ma-a _lu2_ ha-za-an-nu an-nu-u2 il-tap-ra-an-ni um-ma-a | Thus the mayor, this one wrote to me, saying: |
| 18 | li-qa2-an-ni a-na ka-a-sza u3 szu-ri-ba-an-ni i-na _iri{ki}_-ia | may he appoint me to you and send me to my city. |
| 19 | u3 szum-ma te-te#-pu#-usz ki-i ki-it-ti u3 u2-ul ki-i-na | And if you did it, it was as if it were true and not true. |
| 20 | gab2-bi a-wa-te-_mesz_ sza tasz3-pur _ugu_-szi-na szar-ru-um-ma _lugal_ | All the words that you wrote concerning them are the king's. |
| 21 | ih!-su2-us um-ma-a la-a szal-mu gab2-bu sza taq2-bu-u2 | "It is not all well" — what you said |
| 22 | u3 a-nu-ma _lugal!_ isz-me2 um-ma-a szal-ma-a-ta2 it-ti _lu2 iri_ qi2-id-sza | And now the king has heard that she is safe with the man of the city. |
| 23 | _ninda-hi-a kasz_ it-ti a-ha-mi-isz ta2-ak-ka3-a-la u3 ki#-i-na | you will libate bread and beer together, and it is true. |
| 24 | am-mi3-ni te-ep-pu-usz ki-na-an-na am-mi-ni szal-ma-a-ta2 | (Sum) Why did you do this? (Akk) Why have you done this? Why are you doing it correctly? |
| 25 | it-ti _lu2_ sza _lugal!_ is,-s,e2-el2 it-ti-szu u3 szum-ma | with a man of the king he has seized, with him and if |
| 26 | te-te-pu-usz ki-i ki-it-ti u3 ta2-am-mar t,e4-em-ka u3 t,e4-em-szu | You have done as it is said and you have seen your report and his report. |
| 27 | i-ia-nu la-a tak2-la-ta2 a-na a-ma-te-_mesz_ sza te-ep-pu-usz ul-tu pa-na-nu | There is no reopening (of the case) for the words that you are doing from the front. |
| 28 | mi-nu-u2 in-ne2-pu!#-sza-ak-ku i-na lib3-bi-szu#-nu | What has been done to them? |
| 29 | u3 u2-ul it-ti _lugal en_-ka at-ta2 | and you are not with the king, your lord |
| 30 | a-mur# an-nu-ut-ti sza [u2]-la-am-ma-du-ka a-na sza-szu-nu | Look at these things that I am sending to you. |
| 31 | a-na lib3-bi i-sza-ti a-na na-sa3-ki# u2-ba-u2-ka u3 qa2-lu | In the middle of the womb he will bring you to the nasaŋ service, and the rest |
| 32 | u3 at-ta2 mi-im-ma da-ra-am dan-nisz2 | And you, all of it, are very strong. |
| 33 | u3 szum-ma te-ip-pu-usz _ARAD2_-ta2 a-na _lugal en_-ka | and if you do, your servant to the king, your lord |
| 34 | u3 mi-na-a sza u2-ul ip-pu-sza-ak-ku _lugal_ a-na ka3-a-sza | and what else? The king to you |
| 35 | szum-ma asz-szum mi-im-ma ta2-ra-am e-pi2-szi an-mu-ut-ti | § 7: If because of whatever you desire, this work |
| 36 | u3 szum-ma ta2-sza-ak-ka3-an an-mu-ut-ti a-wa#-te-_mesz_ | And if you place these words, |
| 37 | sa3-ar-ru-ut-ti i-na lib3-bi-ka u3 i-na ha-as,#-s,i2-in-ni | sarrûtu-disease in your heart and in the ḫaṣinnu |
| 38 | sza _lugal_ ta2-ma-at qa-du gab2-bi# ki-im-ti-ka | of the king, together with all of your relatives, |
| 39 | u3 e-pu-usz _ARAD2_-ta2 a-na _lugal en_-ka u3 bal-t,a-ta2 | and do your servant to the king, your lord, and be alive! |
| 40 | u3 ti7-i-de9 at-ta2 ki-i _lugal_ la-a ha-szi-ih | and the Tigris you, when the king did not rejoice |
| 41 | a-na _kur_ ki-na-ah-hi gab2-ba2-sza ki-i i-ra-u2-ub | to the land Kinahhu her whole body shall enter. |
| 42 | u3 ki-i tasz3-pur um-ma-a lu-ma-szir9-an-ni _lugal en_-ia | And as you wrote: "Let me write to the king, my lord!" |
| 43 | _mu-kam_ sza-at-ta2 an-ni-ta2 u3 lu-ul-li-[ik] | this year and let me go. |
| 44 | i-na sza-at-ti sza-ni-ti a-na ma-har _lugal en#_-[ia] | In the future, in the presence of the king, my lord, |
| 45 | ia-nu-um-ma _dumu_-ia ma-ri-ia a-[na] _lugal#_ [li-il-lik] | Now, let my son, Ariya, go to the king. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 a-nu-ma _lugal# en_-ka i-te-ez-ba2-ak-ku [i-na] | Now, the king, your lord, is going to kill you in |
| 2 | _mu-kam_-ti sza-at-ti an-ni-ti ki-i sza taq2-bu-u2 | That year, as you said, |
| 3 | al#-ka3 at-ta2 szum-ma _dumu_-ka szu-pur | Come, you, if your son send |
| 4 | u3 ta2-mar _lugal_ sza gab2-bi _kur-kur-hi-[a_ i]-bal-lu-t,u3 | and you will see: the king who all the lands will live. |
| 5 | a-na a-ma-ri-szu u3 la-a ta2-qab2-bi# um-ma-a | to see him, but you did not say, thus: |
| 6 | lu-ma-szir9 _mu-kam_ sza-at-ta2 an-ni-ta2 ap-pu-na-na | this year I will write to you. |
| 7 | a-na a-la-ki a-na ma-har _lugal en_-ka i-ia-nu-um-ma | to go before the king, your lord, there is none. |
| 8 | _dumu_-ka usz-sze-er a-na _lugal en_-ka ki-i-mu-u-ka | Your son will make peace. To the king, your lord, instead of you |
| 9 | i-ia-nu li-il-li-ka3 | may he come. |
| 10 | u3 a-nu-ma _lugal en_-ka isz-me2 ki-i tasz3-pur a-na _lugal_ | Now, the king, your lord, heard that you wrote to the ki[ng] |
| 11 | um-ma-a lu-ma-szir9-an-ni _lugal en_-ia {disz}ha-an-ni | Thus (says) the king, my lord: Hanni |
| 12 | _{lu2}dumu-kin_ sza _lugal_ sza-ni-ia-nu | the messenger of the other king |
| 13 | u3 lu-sze-bi-il _lu2-mesz_ a-ia-be2-e sza _lugal_ a-na _szu_-ti-szu | and let me send the men of the king into his hands. |
| 14 | a-nu-ma it-ta-al-ka3-ak-ku ki-i sza taq2-bu-u2 | Now, he has been waiting for you, as you said. |
| 15 | u3 szu-bi-la-asz-szu-nu-ti u3 1(disz)-en la-a te-ez-zi-ib | and send them to me, but you will not stay one (day). |
| 16 | i-na lib3-bi-szu-nu a-nu-ma _lugal en_-ka ul-te-bi-la-ak-ku | From among them, herewith I have sent you the king, your lord. |
| 17 | szu-mu sza _lu2-mesz_ a-ia-<be2>-e sza _lugal_ i-na lib3-bi t,up-pi2 | the name of those men of the king from the tablet |
| 18 | a-na _szu_-ti {disz}ha-an-ni _lu2#-mesz# dumu-kin_ sza _lugal_ | into the hands of Hanni, the messenger of the king |
| 19 | u3 szu-bi-la-asz-szu-nu-ti# a-na _lugal en_-ka | and send them to the king, your lord. |
| 20 | u3 1(disz)-en la-a te-ez-zi-ib i-na lib3-bi-szu-nu | And you did not stay one among them. |
| 21 | u3 _kesz2-kesz2 uruda_ lu-u2 sza-ak-nu i-na _uzu!(NUNUZ) giri3-mesz_-szu-nu | and bolts of copper should be placed, with their feet |
| 22 | a-mur _lu2-mesz_ sza tu-sze-ib-bi-il a-na _lugal en_-li2-ka | See the men whom you sent to the king, your lord. |
| 23 | {disz}sza-ar-ru qa-du gab2-bi _dumu-mesz_-szu | Šarru together with all his sons |
| 24 | {disz}tu-u-ia | Tuya, |
| 25 | {disz}le-e-ia qa-du gab2-bi _dumu-mesz_-szu | Lēya together with all his sons |
| 26 | {disz}wi-isz-ia-ri qa-du gab2-bi _dumu-mesz_-szu | Wiš-Yari together with all his sons |
| 27 | _lu2_ ha-at-nu sza {disz}ma-an-ia qa-du _dumu-mesz_-szu | the slave of Maniya together with his sons |
| 28 | qa-du _dam-mesz_-ti-szu asz-sza-te-e-szu | together with his wifes and wives |
| 29 | _lu2_ pa-ma-ha-a sza ha-an-ni-pa i-de4-e-i-u2 | a man of the pamāḫa-priests who he knew, |
| 30 | sza szu-<u2> u-ba2-a-ra il-ta2-na-as, | that he will bring, he shall measure out. |
| 31 | {disz}t,a-a-szir9-ti-i {disz}ba2-a-lu-u2-ma | Ṭā-širtî (and) Bālu |
| 32 | {disz}ni-im-ma-he-e _lu2_ ha-pa-tu3 i-na _kur_ a-mur-ri szu-u2 | Nimmahê, a hapatu-man, is in Amurru. |
| 33 | u3 lu-u2 ti-i-de9 i-nu-ma sza-lim _lugal_ ki-ma _{d}utu_-asz | and may you know. When the king is well, like Šamaš |
| 34 | i-na _an{sza10-me-e} erin2-mesz_-szu _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-szu ma-a-du | in heaven his troops and his chariots many |
| 35 | i-na _kur ugu_-ti3 a-di _kur gam_-ti s,i-it _{d}utu_-asz | in the land of Ugarit, as far as the land Gambti, descendant of Šamaš |
| 36 | [a]-di# e-re-bi _{d}utu_-szi ma-gal szul-mu | as far as the entrance of Šamaš, it is very well. |
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