EA 097. Unknown location, perhaps Beirut? [client letter][via aemw/amarna]


Obverse
o 001o 001	[a]-na ^mšu-mu-ḫa-⸢di⸣ [qi₂-bi₂-ma]1	(o 001) [T]o Šum-Haddu, a message of Yapaʾ-[Baʿlu/Haddu]. May [the god]s [pay] attention to you.
o 002002	⸢um⸣-ma ^mia-⸢ap-pa-aḫ⸣-[^dIŠKUR]
o 003003	[DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣ šu-lum-ka li-[iš-al]
o 004004	[i]-⸢de₉⸣ ki-i-ma	(o 004) I know that your reputation is bad before the king, so that you cannot come forth from the land of Egypt. You did not cause [the king’s lands] to go out of (his) control; [ʿAbdi-ʾAširt]e caused [the king’s lands] to go out of (his) control. [... ... ... ...] he should know [... ... ..., so] they were given [to] ʿAbdi-ʾAširte.
o 005005	⸢la⸣-mi-in šum-ka
o 006006	a-na pa-ni LUGAL u₃
o 007007	⸢la⸣-a ti-ta-ṣa-am
o 008008	⸢iš⸣-tu KUR mi-iṣ-ri
o 009009	[la]-a ⸢tu⸣-ḫal-li-iq-mi
Bottom
b.e. 010b.e. 010	[KUR.MEŠ LUGAL] ⸢yu⸣-ḫal-li-iq
Reverse
r 011r 011	[^mIR₃-a-ši-ir]-⸢ta⸣
r 012012	[KUR.MEŠ LUGAL] [...]
r 013013	[...]-⸢te⸣
r 014014	[...]
r 015015	[...] ša
r 016016	[...] ⸢li⸣-de₄
r 017017	[...]
r 018018	[...]
r 019019	[...]
Top
t.e. 020t.e. 020	[u₃] ⸢na⸣-ad-na-ma
t.e. 021021	[a-na DUMU.MEŠ ^m]⸢IR₃⸣-a-ši-⸢ir-ta⸣

1This Šumu-Haddi is perhaps to be distinguished from the Šum-Adda of EA 008 and EA 224; see Hess (1993a: 145-46) for discussion.

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