EA 296 (P270942)

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 029840(Egypt)

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

-

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na {disz}lugal-ri# _en#_-ia
2. _dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}[utu-mesz_]-ia
3. qi2-bi2-ma
4. um-ma {disz}ia-ah#-ti-ri _ARAD2_-ka
5. ip-ri sza _giri3-mesz_-ka
6. a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia
7. _dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}utu-mesz_-ia 7(disz)-szu
8. u3 7(disz)-it-ta-a-an am-qu2-ut
9. sza-ni-tam a-mur# a-na-ku _ARAD2_-di
10. sza ki-it-ti _lugal en_-ia
11. da-ag-la-ti ki-ia-am
12. u3 da-ag-la-ti
13. ki-ia-am u3 la-a
14. na-mi-ir u3 da-ag-la-ti
15. a-na mu-uh-hi _lugal en_-ia
16. u3 na-mi-ir u3
17. ti-na-mu-szu _sig4_
18. :" la-bi-tu isz-tu
reverse
1. szu#-pal tap-pa-ti-szi
2. u3 a-na-ku la-a i-na-mu-szu
3. isz-tu szu-pal _giri3-mesz_
4. _lugal_-ri be-li-ia u3
5. yi-sza-al _lugal_ be-li
6. {disz}ia-an-ha-ma _{lu2}maszkim_-szu
7. i-nu-ma _tur_ a-na-ku u3
8. szu-ri-ba-ni a-na _kur_ mi-is,-ri
9. u3 ur-ra-ad-ti _lugal_
10. be-li-ia u3 iz-zi-iz-ti
11. i-na _ka2-gal lugal_ be-li-ia
12. u3 yi-sza-al _lugal en_-ia
13. _{lu2}maszkim2_-szu i-nu-ma a-na-ku a-na-s,a-ru
14. _ka2-gal iri_ az-za-ti u3 _ka2-gal_
15. _iri_ ia-pu u3 a-na-ku it-ti
16. _erin2-mesz_ pi2-t,a2-at _lugal_ be-li-[ia]
17. a-szar ti-la-ku a-na-ku it-[ti-szu-nu]
18. u3 a-nu-ma u3 i-na-na#
19. sza#-[ak]-na#-ti# pa#-na#
left
1. {gesz}ni-ri :" hu-ul-lu _lugal en_-ia a-na
2. _uzu# gu2#_-ia u3 ub-ba-lu-szu

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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 296

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

  • history: Moran Amarna letters, p. 338-339 (translation) [1992]

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

  • history: LFM, p. 125f (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: Tell el Amarna and the Bible, p. 11 (reverse photo)

    [Pfeiffer1963TellAmarnaBible] Pfeiffer, Charles F. 1963. Tell El Amarna and the Bible. Michigan: Baker Book House.

  • history: BB, 57 (copy)

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 029840(Egypt)
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-05 at 09:43:21 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-26 at 12:09:29 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 18:15:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 18:05:09 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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

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Cite this Artifact
“EA 296 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P270942.
EA 296 artifact entry (No. P270942). (2025, March 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270942 (Original work published 2005)
EA 296 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270942 (Accessed: June 17, 2025).
@misc{2025EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 5},
	title = {EA 296 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270942},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270942},
}


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