EA 340 (P270839)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 01583

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ma#? _sza3?_ [...]
2'. [...] a#-la-ki-szu#?
3'. [...]-ki la ba2-ni-szu# _iri{ki}_
4'. [...] _lugal_ u3 di-[x]-szu
reverse
1. [... _erin2]-mesz_-szu _{gesz}gigir#-mesz#_ ki-i
2. [...] x a-ab-ba
3. [...] er#-pe2-ti esz-tu _an_
4. [...] e#? ki#? sza#? x [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Literary
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P270839

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number VAT 01583
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Amarna Texts (AEMW, Amarna) P270839
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P270839

References

  • primary: EA, EA 340

    [Knudtzon1915EA] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1915. Die El-Amarna-Tafeln. Leipzig : J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: Amarna Scholarly Tablets, pl. 01

    [Izre'el1997ArmanaScholarly] Izre’el, Shlomo. 1997. Amarna Scholarly Tablets. Vol. 9. Cuneiform Monographs. Groningen : Styx.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-10 at 10:32:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-01 at 13:31:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-05-31 at 20:37:46 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2013-03-20 at 09:46:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-05-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“EA 340 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270839.
EA 340 artifact entry (No. P270839). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270839 (Original work published 2005)
EA 340 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270839 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {EA 340 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270839},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270839},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P270839
LB  - CDLI:P270839
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - EA 340 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270839
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“EA 340 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270839.
EA 340 artifact entry (No. P270839). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270839 (Original work published 2005)
EA 340 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270839 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {EA 340 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270839},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270839},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P270839
LB  - CDLI:P270839
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - EA 340 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270839
ER  -
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