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EA 119 (P271210)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271210 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00349 |
| 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 | [{disz}]ri-ib-{d}iszkur isz#-[ta-par] | Rib-Adad has sent |
| 2 | [a]-na _en_-szu _lugal_-ri _gal#_ | To his lord, the great king: |
| 3 | _lugal_ ta-am-ha-<ri> _{d}nin_ sza# | king of battle, lady of |
| 4 | _iri_ gub-la ti-di-in4 _kal-[ga_] | The city of Gubla, the mighty trading post |
| 5 | a-na _lugal_-ri _en_-ia | To the king, my lord: |
| 6 | a-na _giri3-mesz en_-ia _{d}utu_-ia | to the feet of my lord, Šamaš, |
| 7 | 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-an am-qu2-ut | I fall seven times seven times. |
| 8 | i-nu-ma yi-isz-ta-pa-ru _lugal_-ru | when the king sent word, |
| 9 | _en_-li u2-s,ur-mi3 ra-ma-an-ka | My lord, guard your own life! |
| 10 | mi#-nu yi-na-s,a-ra-ni a-nu-ma | What are they keeping watch for me? Now |
| 11 | ki#-[a]-ma asz-ta-pa-ru a-na _e2-gal_ | as I wrote to the palace |
| 12 | <a-na> _lu2-mesz_ ma#-s,a#-ar#-ti u3 a-na | to the guards and to |
| 13 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ u3 [i]-na#-s,a-[ru _iri_]-szu# | horses and guard his city |
| 14 | mi-na i-pu-szu-na a-na-ku | What have I done? |
| 15 | i-na ba-la-t,i3-ia i-na-s,i2-ru | they will keep for my life. |
| 16 | _iri lugal_ a-na sza-a-szu u3 | the king's city to him and |
| 17 | szum-ma mi-ta-ti mi-na | If a fault, what |
| 18 | i-pu-<szu>-na i-nu-ma qa-bi a-na | When the command to |
| 19 | pa-ni _lugal_-ri {disz}ri-ib-{d}iszkur | before the king, Rib-Adad |
| 20 | szu-mi-it _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-at | the name of the troops is released |
| 21 | _lugal_-ri i-nu-ma ba-al-t,u2 | the king when life |
| 22 | _lu2-mesz maszkim2-mesz_ u3 | the witnesses and |
| 23 | a-da-bu-ba ka-li ip-szi-szu#-nu | I will speak to all of them. |
| 24 | u3 yi-de _lugal_-ru i-nu-ma | and the king when |
| 25 | _ARAD2#_ ki-ti a-na-ku a-na sza-szu | I am a true servant, to him |
| 26 | [u2]-ul yi-isz-me _lugal_ kar5-s,i2 | I did not hear the king of Carchemish. |
| 27 | _ARAD2#_ ki-ti-szu sza-a | servant of his family, who |
| 28 | [i]-da#-bu-<bu> a-na pa-ni# | they will speak before |
| 29 | [_lugal_-ri _en_]-ia# _lu2#_ | the king, my lord, the man |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2 | [{disz}]ri#-ib-{d}iszkur i-na# | Rib-Adad in |
| 3 | [i]-di#-ni-szu _ARAD2_ a-na _lugal#_-[ri] | he gave him, a servant to the king |
| 4 | [ia]-nu _lu2_ sza ia-aq-bi4# | there is no man who I said |
| 5 | ki-ti-ia a-na pa-ni _lugal_-ri | my truth before the king |
| 6 | _en_-ia ki-ti-ia yi-du <_lugal>_ | my lord, my trusted one, the favorite of the king, |
| 7 | yi-du _lugal_ ma-ni _u4-kam2-mesz_ | Yidu, king of the land, days |
| 8 | yi-pu-szu du-um-qa | “His work is good, |
| 9 | a-na ia-szi i-nu-ma | to me, when |
| 10 | ia-nu lib3-bi sza-na a-na# ia-szi | There is no desire for me. |
| 11 | pa-nu-ia-ma a-na a-ra-ad | before me, to smite |
| 12 | _lugal_-ri _en_-ia a-nu-ma | the king, my lord, herewith |
| 13 | di-nu an-nu-u2 di-in4 ki-ti-ia | Judge this case, render a verdict for me! |
| 14 | sza-a qa-bi-ti ka-li | of all the commands |
| 15 | mi-im-mi yi-il3-qe2-szu | whatever he took, |
| 16 | _lugal_-ru _en_-li# [gab2-ba] | the king, my lord, flanked |
| 17 | a-na sza-a#-[szu x] x-szu# | to him ... |
| 18 | [u2-nu-te?] s,e2#-he-ru-ta | small(?) items |
| 19 | ia-di-nu _en_-li a-na _ARAD2#-{d}iszkur#_ | my lord to Warad-Adad |
| 20 | u3 an-nu la-a la-qi2 | And this is not taken. |
| 21 | mi-na a-qa-bu-na | What do I say? |
| 22 | ap-pu-na-ma | I shall examine, and |
| 23 | a-nu-ma t,up-pi2 sza-nu | Herewith, another tablet |
| 24 | u3 ka-li u2-nu-tu-ia | and all my possessions |
| 25 | sza it-ti {disz}ia-pa-{d}iszkur | who with Iāpa-Addu |
| 26 | szu-ut yi-sza-kan | that I shall place |
| 27 | i-na pa-ni _lugal_-ri | before the king |
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