EA 099 (P270974)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Cairo Museum, Cairo, Egypt

Museum Number

CM 04742 (12196)

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

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tablet
obverse
1. [a-na x] x ma [...]
2. [_lu2] kur#_ am#-mi#-ia [...]
3. qi2#-bi2-ma um-ma
4. _lugal_-ma a-nu-um#-ma#
5. t,up-pa an-na#-a usz#-te#-bi-la-ku
6. qa2-be2-e [a]-na# ka#-a-sza
7. u3 us,-s,ur# lu#-u2#
8. na-s,a-ra-ta asz-ru
9. _lugal_ sza it-ti-ka
10. szu-szi-ir _dumu-munus#_-ka
11. a-na _lugal en_-ka
12. u3 szu-szi-<ir> _igi-du8-mesz_
13. 2(u)# _ARAD2-mesz saga_-ti3
reverse
1. _ku3-babbar {gesz}gigir-mesz_
2. _ansze-kur-ra-hi-a saga_-ti3
3. u3 li-iq-ba2-ku
4. _lugal en_-ka szi-ia-tu3 ba-an-tu3
5. sza ta2-ad-din-szu
6. _igi-du8_ a-na _lugal_
7. _egir dumu-munus_-ka
8. u3 lu-u2 ti-i-de9
9. i-nu-ma sza-lim _lugal_
10. ki-ma _{d}utu_-szi
11. i-na sza-me-e
12. _erin2#-mesz {gesz}gigir-mesz_-szu
13. ma-a-du ma-gal szul-mu

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Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: EA, EA 099

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

  • history: Moran Amarna letters, p. 171-172 (translation) [1992]

    [Moran1992Amarna] Moran, William L. 1992. The Amarna Letters. Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press.

  • history: LFM, p. 120 (translation)

    [Oppenheim1967LFM] Oppenheim, A. Leo. 1967. Letters from Mesopotamia: Official Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

  • history: WA, 202 (copy)

    [Winckler1889ElArmana] Winckler, Hugo, and Ludwig Abel. 1889. Der Thontafelfund von El Amarna. W. Spemann, Berlin.

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  • Museum No.: CM 04742 (12196)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-26 at 10:47:15 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 19:10:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 18:57:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 18:51:52 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 18:42:19 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 18:15:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-01 at 13:31:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 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 099 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270974.
EA 099 artifact entry (No. P270974). (2024, July 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270974 (Original work published 2005)
EA 099 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270974 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
@misc{2024EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 26},
	title = {EA 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270974},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270974},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/26/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P270974
LB  - CDLI:P270974
M1  - 2025/7/29/
TI  - EA 099 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270974
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“EA 099 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270974.
EA 099 artifact entry (No. P270974). (2024, July 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270974 (Original work published 2005)
EA 099 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270974 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
@misc{2024EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 26},
	title = {EA 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270974},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270974},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/26/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P270974
LB  - CDLI:P270974
M1  - 2025/7/29/
TI  - EA 099 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270974
ER  - 
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