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EA 224 (P270951)

Tablet excavated in Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029849(Egypt)

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na {disz}lugal# _en#_-[ia _{d}utu_]-ia
2. qi2-bi2-[ma]
3. um-ma {disz}szum-ad-da# _ARAD2#_ sza# _lugal en_-ia
4. a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia
5. am-qu2-ut-me
6. 7(disz)-szu u3 7(disz)-ta-a-an
7. i-nu-ma sza#-par2-mi
8. _lugal en_-ia a-na sze-im-_mesz_ <du>-uh#-ni
9. :" mu-hu-s,u
10. ia-asz-al-mi3
11. _lugal en_-ia
12. _lu2-mesz maszkim2_-szu
13. szum-ma
reverse
1. tu#-ub-ba#-lu-na
2. _lu2-mesz_ a-bu-tu-nu
3. asz-szum _u4-kam-mesz_
4. {disz}ku-su2-na
5. _lu2_ a-bi-nu
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Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Related publications

primary: EA, EA 224

[Knudtzon1915EA] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1915. Die El-Amarna-Tafeln. Leipzig : J. C. Hinrichs.
history: Moran Amarna letters, p. 287-288 (translation) [1992]

[Moran1992Amarna] Moran, William L. 1992. The Amarna Letters. Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press.
history: BB, 66 and pl. 15 (copy, photo)

[Ungnad1914BB] Ungnad, Arthur. 1914. Babylonische Briefe Aus Der Zeit Der Hammurapi-Dynastie. Vol. 6. Vorderasiatische Bibliothek.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 029849(Egypt)
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Provenience

Provenience: Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)
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Chronology

Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-05 at 09:43:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-10 at 18:15:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-10 at 18:05:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-01 at 13:31:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-05-31 at 20:37:46	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2013-03-20 at 09:46:23	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2005-05-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Amarna Texts (P270951) (P270951)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P270951) (P270951)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“EA 224 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P270951.

EA 224 artifact entry (No. P270951). (2025, March 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270951 (Original work published 2005)

EA 224 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270951 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).

@misc{2025EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 5},
	title = {EA 224 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270951},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270951},
}

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DA  - 2025/3/5/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P270951
LB  - CDLI:P270951
M1  - 2026/4/6/
TI  - EA 224 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270951
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“EA 224 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P270951.

EA 224 artifact entry (No. P270951). (2025, March 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270951 (Original work published 2005)

EA 224 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270951 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).

@misc{2025EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 5},
	title = {EA 224 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270951},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270951},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/5/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P270951
LB  - CDLI:P270951
M1  - 2026/4/6/
TI  - EA 224 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270951
ER  -