EA 358 (P270857)

Literary tablet excavated in Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 01612 + VAT 01617 + VAT 02708

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Epic)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [x x i-ru]-um#-ma szar-ru#
2'. [x x] um#-ma al-ka am-mi-ni#
3'. [x] li#-ib-bi ke-e-nu ni-la-ak#
4'. [an]-na#-a i-mu-ur-ma _lugal_ in-da-ha#-[ar]
5'. [la? ba?]-ni-tu an-ni-tu it-tu sza i-[na li]-ib#-bi bi#-ti#-ia#
6'. [i]-ba#-szu-u2 il-si-ma a-mal-la tu-s,a# [(x) x]-ar-ra-szu#
7'. [a]-li#-ik li-qa2-a t,u2-up-pa-ti-ma i [ni?]-mu#?-ur [...]
8'. [it?]-ta# an-ni-ta il-li-ik a-mal-lu# [a-na] bi#-ti-szu#
9'. x-szi-ma le-e-a-ni ul ta-na-at,#-[t,a?-al?] x is x x [...]
10'. it#-ta an-ni-ta ul im-ma-ar [...] x [...]
11'. a#-na e-kal-li iq-ta-bi a-na _lugal#?_ [um?]-ma#? be-li2 ki a-mu-ru
12'. ia#-a-nu it-tu an-ni-tu i-na [le-e-a]-ni# is-sa-ku-ut szar-ru
13'. iq#-ta#-bi a-mal-lu lu-li#-[ik a-na] re#-i ka-lu-mi-ia
14'. [...] x-a it-ta-al#?-[ka? x] x a-na bi-ti-szu a-szi-ib
15'. [...] sza#-szi# [iq-ta]-bi# a-na ar-di-szu [...]
16'. [...] a#-na# tu3#-up-ni-in-ni-ka# te#-[...]
17'. [... ru]-ku#-us i-na ku-nu-ki sza {d}nin-urta
18'. [... ku?-un?-ka?-asz?]-szi-i-ma da-an-ni-isz li-qa2-ni-ma
19'. [...]
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1. [...] e#?-kal [...]
2. [...]-ma# da-an-ni-isz al-ka [...]
3. x am# ma# la#? x [...] bi#?-nu
4. [i?]-te-pu-usz il-te-qe2 x [x x]-ra#-szu i-na ba-a-[ab]
5. e-kal-li la-bi-ir-ti x [...] a-la-ka x [...]
6. ur#-ha-[a?] ru-qa2#-a#?-ta-am# il#?-[li?-ik?]-ma#? ($ erasure $)
7. ah-[...] ki#? u3# ki [...] qa? x [...]
8. ar#?-ki#?-szu# x x nu-ur sza# [...] x x
9. [...]-ri la ka-al-li#? [...] x x a?-di? [...]
10. [...]-at? i-pa-al-szi-na x [x] szu ma#? e? x x [...]
11. [...]-ma? x x mi-i-nu-u2 la# ma#? x _u4_ x e zu#? x [...]
12. [...] li#-ib#-bi ke#?-e#?-nu x [x] ka#?-ar?-ri i-la#-a#
13. [x] x x na# e#? us#? x [x] x il
14. [...] i-na sza szu [x x] ra#?-szu? ku#-nu#-ki#
15. [...] x x wa id# [...] x x e
16. [x x] a-na ti ru? x [...]
17. [...] a#?-na#? la? x [...]
18. [...] x [...]
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: EA 358,

    [Knudtzon1915-91682] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1915.

  • history: VS 12, 196

    [Schroeder1915VS12] Schroeder, Otto. 1915. Die Tontafeln von El-Amarna. Zweiter Teil. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler Der Königlichen Museen Zu Berlin, Heft 12. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: Izre'el, Shlomo, Amarna Scholarly Tablets (1997) pl. 31-34,

    [sec51422] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: VAT 01612 + VAT 01617 + VAT 02708
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-05-31 at 20:37:46 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2013-03-20 at 09:46:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2005-05-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

20170812 cdliadmin: new identifications provided by Andrea Ulshöfer

Cite this Artifact
“EA 358 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270857.
EA 358 artifact entry (No. P270857). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270857 (Original work published 2005)
EA 358 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270857 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {EA 358 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270857},
}

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