EA 293 (P271002)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

Cairo Museum, Cairo, Egypt

Museum Number

CM 04774 (12231)

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

-

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
1. [a-na _lugal en_]-ia
2. _dingir#-[mesz_-ia _{d}utu_]-ia [qi2-bi2-ma]
3. um#-ma {disz}[iszkur]-di#-ku5 _ARAD2#_-[ka]
4. ep#-ri sza _giri3-mesz_-ka
5. a-na _giri3-mesz lugal en_-ia
6. _dingir-mesz_-ia _{d}utu_-ia 7(disz)-szu
7. 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qu2-ut
8. [isz]-te-me2 a-wa-at
9. sza isz-pu-ur _lugal en_-ia
10. a-na _ARAD2_-szu u2-s,ur-mi
11. asz-ri _lugal_ sza it-ti7-ka
12. a-nu-ma is,-s,u2-ru
13. _u4-kam_-ma u3 <<_u4_>> mu#-sza#
14. i-nu-ma
reverse
1. [_lu2? kur2?] lugal# en_-ia
2. [x x]-_mesz_ x x _te_
3. a [x x] szu# a-nu-ma
4. [x x]-_te_-szi a-di#
5. [...] sza-ad
6. [...] ta# szi#? asz?-te9#-me2#
7. [...] _en_-ia#
8. [...]-kasz-szi-id
  blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s):
  • Language(s):


  • primary: EA, EA 293

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

  • history: Moran Amarna letters, p. 336 (translation) [1992]

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

  • history: WA, 201 (copy)

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CM 04774 (12231)
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“EA 293 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P271002.
EA 293 artifact entry (No. P271002). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P271002 (Original work published 2005)
EA 293 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P271002 (Accessed: June 7, 2025).
@misc{2024EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {EA 293 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P271002},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P271002},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P271002
LB  - CDLI:P271002
M1  - 2025/6/7/
TI  - EA 293 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P271002
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.