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EA 157 (P271216)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 157 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271216 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00624 |
| 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_-ri# [_en_-ia _dingir_-ia u3 {d}utux(ERIM)-ia] | To the king, my lord, my god and my army |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {disz}a-zi#-[ri _ARAD2_-ka-ma] | Thus Aziri, your servant: |
| 4 | 7(disz)-szu u3 7(disz)-szu# a-na# [_giri3-mesz en_-ia] | 7 times and 7 times to the feet of my lord |
| 5 | _dingir_-ia u3 {d}utux(ERIM)-ia am#-[qut] | my god and my Šamaš I fell. |
| 6 | i-na-an-na lu-u2 i-te-an-ni# | Now, may he return to me. |
| 7 | _lugal en_-ia i-nu-ma _{lu2}ARAD2_-[ka] | when your servant |
| 8 | a-na-ku a-di da2-ri-ti isz-tu a-ma-te _en_-ia la# a-pa-at,-t,ar | I shall not be deprived of my lord's words forever. |
| 9 | _en_-ia isz-tu pa-na-nu-um-ma | my lord from before |
| 10 | a-ra-a'-a-am a-na _{lu2}ARAD2-mesz_ | I shall pray to the servants |
| 11 | _lugal en_-ia u3 _lu2-mesz gal_-bu-te-_mesz_ | the king, my lord, and the great men |
| 12 | sza _iri_ s,u-mu-ri la-a u2-wa-asz-sza-ru-ni-ni | of the city of Ṣumuri did not grant me, |
| 13 | u3 i-na-an-na la a-hi-it,-t,am2 | And now I have not sinned. |
| 14 | la mi-im-ma-an a-na _lugal en_-ia# | Nothing to the king, my lord. |
| 15 | la e-te-pu-usz _lugal_-ru _en_-ia# | I have not done justice to the king, my lord. |
| 16 | i-de4 _lu2-mesz_ be-el ar-ni-[szu?] | he saw the men, his lords |
| 17 | u3 mi-i-nu-um-me-e | and whatever |
| 18 | mi-ri#-isz-ta-szu# sza# [_lugal en_-ia] | The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| 19 | a-na-ku# [lu]-u2# ad#-[din] | I did indeed give. |
| 20 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 21 | a-na [...] | to ... |
| 22 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 23 | u3#? [...] | and(?) |
| 24 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u3 ki-a-am [...] | and thus |
| 2' | a-na {d}utux(ERIM) i-na-[an?-na?] | to Utu now(?) |
| 3' | u3 ba2-la-at, [...] | and life |
| 4' | szum-ma _lugal kur_ ha-[at-te] | If the king of Hatti |
| 5' | a-na nu-kur-tam _ugu_-ia [il?-la?-ak?] | he will go to the enemy against me |
| 6' | u3# _lugal_-ru _en_-ia _erin2-mesz_ ha-x [...] | and the king, my lord, the troops ... |
| 7' | u3# _{gesz}gigir#-hi-a_ id-din-an-ni | and a chariot gave to me |
| 8' | [a]-na i-re-es,-s,u2-ti-ia | in order to keep me alive |
| 9' | u3 _kur_-szu sza _lugal en_-ia as,-s,ur | and the land of the king, my lord, I guarded. |
| 10' | sza-ni-tam i-na ha-mut,-isz | Another thing: in a bad way |
| 11' | usz#-sze-ra-am _lu2-dumu-kin#_-ia | my messenger |
| 12' | u3# lu#-u2# ad#?-di#-[in?] | or I gave |
| 13' | u3 mi-i-na-am-me-e sza id-din-<nu>-nim | and whatever else he gave |
| 14' | _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-an-nu-u2-tum | the mayors |
| 15' | u3 a-na-ku lu-u2 ad-din | and I should have given. |
| 16' | a-na _lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia u3 {d}utux(ERIM)-ia | To the king, my lord, my god and my army |
| 17' | lu#-u2# ad-din a-di da2-ri-ti | I have given forever. |
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