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EA 255 (P271195)

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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Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 00333

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)

Artifact Type

Tablet

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Clay

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tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na _lugal_-ri _en_-[ia]
2. u3 _{d}utu_-ia qi2-bi2-[ma]
3. um-ma {disz}mu-ut-ba-a'2-lu4#
4. _ARAD2_-ka _sahar_ sza 2(disz) _giri3-mesz_-[ka]
5. t,i-t,u3 sza ka-ba2-szi-ka
6. a-na _giri3-mesz lugal_-ri _en_-ia
7. 7(disz)-szu 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qut
8. _lugal en_-li sza-par2 a-na mu-hi-ia# {disz}ha-a-ia
9. a-na qa-bi _kaskal_-ra-_ni-hi-a_
10. _kur_ ha-na-gal9-bat an-nu-u2
11. u2-wa-sze-ru-na u3 usz-sze-ru-szi
12. mi-ia-ti a-na-ku u3 la-a
13. u2-wa-sze-ru _kaskal_-ra-_ni-hi-a_
14. _lugal_-ri _en_-ia a-mur
15. {disz}[la]-ab#-a-ia a-bi-ia
16. [yu-ra]-du# _lugal_-ra _en_-szu
17. [u3 szu-ut] yu-wa-sze-ru
18. [ka-li _kaskal_]-ra-_ni-hi-a_
19. [sza yu-wa]-sze#-ru _lugal_-ru
reverse
1. a-na _kur_ ha-na-gal-bat
2. a-na _kur_ ka-ra-du-ni-ia-asz
3. li-wa-sze-ra _lugal_-ru
4. _en_-ia _kaskal_-ra-_na-hi-a_
5. a-na-ku ub-ba-lu-szi
6. ki-ma ma-disz na-as,-ra-at
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Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

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Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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primary: EA 255,

[Knudtzon1915-92019] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1915.
history: AuOr 32, p.13-20,

[Baranowski2014diplomatic] Baranowski, Krzysztof J. 2014. “Amarna Letter No. 255 as Diplomatic Correspondence: A New Interpretation.” Aula Orientalis 32: 13–20.
history: WA 144 (copy),

[sec52436] N.d.
history: VS 1, 146 (copy),

[sec52437] N.d.
history: Campbell, Shechem, p. 205 (translation),

[sec52438] N.d.
history: Moran, p. 308 (translation) [1992],

[sec52439] N.d.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: VAT 00333
Accession No.: —

Provenience

Provenience: Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)
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Chronology

Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-05-31 at 20:37:46	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2013-03-20 at 09:46:23	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2005-05-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The Amarna Texts (P271195)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P271195)

Notes

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“EA 255 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195.

EA 255 artifact entry (No. P271195). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195 (Original work published 2005)

EA 255 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).

@misc{2023EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {EA 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P271195
M1  - 2024/4/20/
TI  - EA 255 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195
ER  -

“EA 255 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195.

EA 255 artifact entry (No. P271195). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195 (Original work published 2005)

EA 255 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).

@misc{2023EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {EA 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P271195
LB  - CDLI:P271195
M1  - 2024/4/20/
TI  - EA 255 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271195
ER  -

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