EA 252 (P270946)
Tablet excavated in Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 029844(Egypt)Provenience
Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
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obverse
1. a-na {disz}lugal-ma bi-li2-ia
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma {disz}la-ab-a-ya _ARAD2_-ka
4. a-na _giri3-mesz_-pi2 be-li2-ia am-qu2-ut
5. i-nu-ma szap-ra-ta
6. a-na ia-a-szi u2-s,ur-mi3
7. _lu2-mesz_ sza s,a-ab-tu _iri_
8. ki-i us,-s,ur-ru-na _lu2-mesz_
9. i-na nu-kur2-ti7 s,a-ab-ta-at-mi3 _iri_
10. ki-it-mi sza-li-mi3 u3 ki-it-mi3 it-ta#-mi3
11. 1(disz) _lu2-gal_ it-ti-ia
12. s,a-ab-ta-at-mi3 _iri_
13. u3 i-li qa-bi
14. qa-ar-s,i2-ia :" szi-ir-ti
15. i-na pa-ni {disz}lugal-ma be-li2-ia
16. sza-ni-tam ki-i na-am-lu
17. tu-um-ha-s,u2 la-a
reverse
1. ti-ka-pi2-lu u3 ta-an-szu-ku
2. qa3-ti _lu2_-li3 sza yi-ma-ha-asz-szi
3. ki-i a-na-ku i-sza-ha-tu
4. u2-ma-an-nu-tu2 u3
5. s,a-ab-ta-at-mi3 2(disz) _iri_-ia
6. sza-ni-tam szum-ma ti-qa-bu
7. ap-pu-na-ma
8. nu-pu-ul-mi3
9. ta-ah-ta-mu u3
10. ti-ma-ha-s,u2-ka
11. i-pe2-<szu>-u2-s,ur-ru-na
12. _lu2-mesz_ sza s,a-ab-tu4 _iri_ <u3>
13. i-li szu-s,u2-mi3 a-bi-ia
14. u3 u2-s,ur-ru-:"-szu-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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: EA, EA 252
[Knudtzon1915EA] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1915. Die El-Amarna-Tafeln. Leipzig : J. C. Hinrichs.
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history: BASOR 89, p. 30f
[Albright1943HebrewProverb] Albright, W. F. 1943. “An Archaic Hebrew Proverb in an Amarna Letter from Central Palestine.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 89: 29–32.
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history: Albright, ANET, p. 486
[Albright1969ANETArmana] Albright, W. F. 1969. “The Amarna Letters.” In Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (Third Edition with Supplement), edited by James B. Pritchard. Princeton University Press.
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history: OrNS 51, p. 227f (transliteration and translation)
[Halpern1982OrNS51] Halpern, Baruch, and John Huehnergard. 1982. “El-Amarna Letter 252.” Orientalia NS 51 (2): 227–30.
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history: Moran Amarna letters, p. 305-306 (translation) [1992]
[Moran1992Amarna] Moran, William L. 1992. The Amarna Letters. Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press.
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history: Barnett, Illustrations, p. 15 (photo, obverse)
[sec51651] N.d.
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history: Campbell, Shechem, p. 195 (translation)
[sec51655] Campbell, Edward F. n.d.
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history: BB, 61 and pl. 21 (copy and photo)
[Ungnad1914BB] Ungnad, Arthur. 1914. Babylonische Briefe Aus Der Zeit Der Hammurapi-Dynastie. Vol. 6. Vorderasiatische Bibliothek.
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- Museum No.: BM 029844(Egypt)
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- Provenience: Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)
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- Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-11-06 at 19:23:20 | Willighagen, Lars | Artifact metadata | Willighagen, Lars | Wikidata | Willighagen, Lars | Approved |
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| 2024-07-25 at 13:50:42 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-11 at 09:40:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-10 at 18:15:14 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-10 at 18:05:09 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-01 at 13:31:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-05-31 at 20:37:46 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2013-03-20 at 09:46:23 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2005-05-23 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Johnson, J. Cale | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Amarna Texts (P270946) (P270946)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P270946) (P270946)
- Wikidata (Q16002770) (Q16002770)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2024EA,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
year = {2024},
month = {nov 6},
title = {EA 252 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P270946},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270946},
}
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