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EA 248 (P270944)

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 029842(Egypt)

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] {disz}lugal-ri _en_-ia
2. u _{d}utu_ u _dingir-mesz_-ia
3. qi2-bi2-ma um-ma {disz}ya-asz#-da#-ta
4. _ARAD2_ ki-it-ti _lugal_-ri
5. u3 ip-ri _giri3-mesz lugal_-ri
6. a-na _giri3-mesz lugal_-ri
7. _en_-ia u _{d}utu_ u _dingir-mesz_-ia
8. 7(disz)-szu u 7(disz)-ta-a-an am-qut
single ruling
9. li-di-mi _lugal_-ru _en_-ia
10. i-nu-ma gab2-bi mi-im-mi3
11. sza yi-id-din _lugal_-ru#
12. _en#_-ia a-na# _ARAD2_-[szu]
single ruling
13. nam#-szu-mi
14. _lu2#-mesz# iri_ ta-ah-[na]-ka#
reverse
1. [u] na-ak-szu-mi3
2. _gu4-mesz_-ia u3
3. du-ub-bu-ru-ni
4. u a-nu-um-ma it-ti
5. {disz}bi-ri-di-ya
6. i-ba-asz-sza10-ku u3
7. li-di-mi _lugal_-ru
8. _en_-ia a-na _ARAD2_-szu
single ruling
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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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primary: EA 248,

[Knudtzon1915-91768] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1915.
history: BB 59 (copy),

[sec51646] N.d.
history: Moran, p. 301-302 (translation) [1992],

[sec51647] N.d.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029842(Egypt)
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna)
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Chronology

Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-05-31 at 20:37:46	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2013-03-20 at 09:46:23	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2005-05-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

The Amarna Texts (P270944)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P270944)

Notes

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“EA 248 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944.

EA 248 artifact entry (No. P270944). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944 (Original work published 2005)

EA 248 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).

@misc{2023EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {EA 248 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
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M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - EA 248 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944
ER  -

“EA 248 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944.

EA 248 artifact entry (No. P270944). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944 (Original work published 2005)

EA 248 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).

@misc{2023EA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {EA 248 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P270944
LB  - CDLI:P270944
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - EA 248 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270944
ER  -

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