EA 269. Gezer [client letter][via aemw/amarna]


Obverse
o 001o 001	[a]-⸢na⸣ ^mLUGAL EN-ia	(o 001) Speak [t]o the king, my lord, my god, my Sun god, a message from Milki-ʾili, your servant, the dust of your feet. I fall at the feet of the king, my lord, my god, my Sun god, seven times (and) seven times.
o 002002	⸢DINGIR.MEŠ-ia ^d⸣UTU-ia
o 003003	⸢qi₂⸣-bi₂-ma
o 004004	⸢um-ma⸣ ^m⸢mil⸣-ki-li IR₃-ka
o 005005	⸢ep-ri⸣ ša GIR₃.MEŠ-ka
o 006006	⸢a-na GIR₃.MEŠ LUGAL⸣ EN-ia
o 007007	⸢DINGIR.MEŠ-ia ^d⸣UTU-ia
o 008008	7-⸢šu⸣ 7-⸢ta⸣-a-an am-qut
o 009009	iš-⸢te⸣-me₂ ⸢ša-par₂⸣	(o 009) I have obeyed the message of the king, my lord, to me. So may the king, my lord, dispatch regular troops to his servants, and may the king, my lord, dispatch myrrh (Can. gloss: myrrh) for {Can. healing}.
o 010010	LUGAL EN-ia ⸢a-na⸣ ia-ši
o 011011	u₃ yu-uš-⸢ši-ra⸣
o 012012	LUGAL be-li ERIN₂.MEŠ pi₂-⸢ṭa₂-ta⸣
o 013013	a-na IR₃.MEŠ-šu ⸢u₃⸣
o 014014	yu-uš-ši-ra
o 015015	LUGAL be-li
o 016016	⸢ŠIM^!⸣.ZAR.MEŠ :(GE₂₃) ^{mu-⸢ur⸣-ra}1
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b.e. 017b.e. 017	⸢a-na⸣ ri-pu-u₂-ti

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1ŠIM is written as IŠ+BI instead of BI+IŠ. On the logogram, see Farber (1993-1997: 537). The gloss could also be Akkadian but is lemmed here as Canaanite in light of rpʾt in the following line.

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