EA 157 (P271216)

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 00624

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. [a-na] _lugal_-ri# [_en_-ia _dingir_-ia u3 {d}utux(ERIM)-ia]
2. [qi2]-bi2#-[ma]
3. um-ma {disz}a-zi#-[ri _ARAD2_-ka-ma]
4. 7(disz)-szu u3 7(disz)-szu# a-na# [_giri3-mesz en_-ia]
5. _dingir_-ia u3 {d}utux(ERIM)-ia am#-[qut]
  single ruling
6. i-na-an-na lu-u2 i-te-an-ni#
7. _lugal en_-ia i-nu-ma _{lu2}ARAD2_-[ka]
8. a-na-ku a-di da2-ri-ti isz-tu a-ma-te _en_-ia la# a-pa-at,-t,ar
  single ruling
9. _en_-ia isz-tu pa-na-nu-um-ma
10. a-ra-a'-a-am a-na _{lu2}ARAD2-mesz_
11. _lugal en_-ia u3 _lu2-mesz gal_-bu-te-_mesz_
12. sza _iri_ s,u-mu-ri la-a u2-wa-asz-sza-ru-ni-ni
13. u3 i-na-an-na la a-hi-it,-t,am2
14. la mi-im-ma-an a-na _lugal en_-ia#
15. la e-te-pu-usz _lugal_-ru _en_-ia#
16. i-de4 _lu2-mesz_ be-el ar-ni-[szu?]
  single ruling
17. u3 mi-i-nu-um-me-e
18. mi-ri#-isz-ta-szu# sza# [_lugal en_-ia]
19. a-na-ku# [lu]-u2# ad#-[din]
  single ruling
20. u3 [...]
21. a-na [...]
22. u3 [...]
23. u3#? [...]
24. [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. u3 ki-a-am [...]
2'. a-na {d}utux(ERIM) i-na-[an?-na?]
3'. u3 ba2-la-at, [...]
4'. szum-ma _lugal kur_ ha-[at-te]
5'. a-na nu-kur-tam _ugu_-ia [il?-la?-ak?]
6'. u3# _lugal_-ru _en_-ia _erin2-mesz_ ha-x [...]
7'. u3# _{gesz}gigir#-hi-a_ id-din-an-ni
8'. [a]-na i-re-es,-s,u2-ti-ia
9'. u3 _kur_-szu sza _lugal en_-ia as,-s,ur
  single ruling
10'. sza-ni-tam i-na ha-mut,-isz
11'. usz#-sze-ra-am _lu2-dumu-kin#_-ia
12'. u3# lu#-u2# ad#?-di#-[in?]
  single ruling
13'. u3 mi-i-na-am-me-e sza id-din-<nu>-nim
14'. _lu2-mesz_ ha-za-an-nu-u2-tum
15'. u3 a-na-ku lu-u2 ad-din
16'. a-na _lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia u3 {d}utux(ERIM)-ia
17'. lu#-u2# ad-din a-di da2-ri-ti
  single ruling
  blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: EA 157,

    [Knudtzon1915-92040] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1915.

  • history: VS 11, 84

    [Schroeder1915VS11] Schroeder, Otto. 1915. Die Tontafeln von El-Amarna. Erster Teil. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler Der Königlichen Museen Zu Berlin, Heft 11. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

    (copy)


  • history: WA 36 (copy),

    [sec52514] N.d.

  • history: Izre'el, Amurru, p. 17ff (transliteration, translation),

    [sec52516] N.d.

  • history: Moran, p. 243-244 (translation) [1992],

    [sec52517] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: VAT 00624
  • Accession No.: —

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 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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Cite this Artifact
“EA 157 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271216.
EA 157 artifact entry (No. P271216). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271216 (Original work published 2005)
EA 157 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271216 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2023EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {EA 157 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P271216},
}

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