EA 341 (P270840)

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 01704

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Kešši)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...] _lu2?_ x [...]
2'. [...]-ak-ki a-na _{d}utu#?_
3'. [... {d]}_u-gur_ u3# _dingir-mesz_ gab2-ba2-szu#-[nu]
4'. [...] {disz}ki-isz-szi ki-na-an-na# [...] x [...]
  single ruling
5'. [...]-du-szu-nu-ti a-na _szu_-ti _dingir-mesz_ [...]
6'. [...]-bi-ra a-na _szu#_-ti _lu2-i-gab ka2-gal-hi-a_-ni#? [...]
7'. [...] _dingir-mesz_ um-ma-a us,-s,ur {disz}ki-isz-szi i#?-na#?
8'. [...] ul#-tu3 _{d}utu_ t,e4-em-ma i-sza-ak-ka3-nu [...]
9'. [...] u3# {disz}u2-dib#-szar-ri ma?!(gesz)-hi-ir a-na# il#?
10'. [...] ru#?-szu#? gab2#-bi a-duk#-ka4-szu _u4#?_ an#-na# [...]
11'. [...] _an_ x [x i?]-na#? lib3#-bi#? [...]
reverse
  broken
  some traces

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (Kešši)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) needed View the score

Record

20170812 cdliadmin: new identifications provided by Andrea Ulshöfer

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P270840

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 01704
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Amarna Texts (AEMW, Amarna) P270840
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P270840

References

  • primary: EA, EA 341

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

  • history: Amarna Scholarly Tablets, pl. 02

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

  • history: VS 12, 192

    [Schroeder1915VS12] Schroeder, Otto. 1915. Die Tontafeln von El-Amarna. Zweiter Teil. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler Der Königlichen Museen Zu Berlin, Heft 12. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

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 Approved View
2005-05-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“EA 341 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270840.
EA 341 artifact entry (No. P270840). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270840 (Original work published 2005)
EA 341 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270840 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {EA 341 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270840},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270840},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P270840
LB  - CDLI:P270840
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - EA 341 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270840
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“EA 341 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270840.
EA 341 artifact entry (No. P270840). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270840 (Original work published 2005)
EA 341 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270840 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {EA 341 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270840},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270840},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P270840
LB  - CDLI:P270840
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - EA 341 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270840
ER  -
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