title: Amarna letter EA 325
text: # Amarna letter EA 325
  
  Amarna letter EA 325, titled: "Preparations Completed (2)," is a shorter-length clay tablet Amarna letter from Yidya the governor-'mayor' of Ašqaluna. It is a letter addressing the Pharaoh in high terms, as well as stating the 'governor of Ašqaluna' is making preparations for the arrival of the Pharaoh's archer-army, the archers (Egyptian pitati). EA 325 is a vassal-state letter (from Canaan), and has some similar appearances, for example appearing like letters EA 270 and EA 271.
  
  ## The letter
  
  ### EA 325: "Preparations Completed (2),"
  
  EA 325, letter five of seven, by Yidya. (Not a linear, line-by-line translation, and English from French.)
  
      (Lines 1-9)--[To] the king, my lord, my god, my Sun, the Sun fr[om the s]ky; Message of Yidya, your servant, the dirt at your feet, the groom of [yo]ur horses. I indeed prostrate myself, on the back and on the stomach, at the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times and 7 times.
      (10-14)--I am indeed guarding the place of the king, my lord, and the city of the king, my lord, [w]here I am. Who is the dog that would not obey the orders of the king, the Sun from the sky?
      (15-19)--I have indeed prepared absolutely everything — [f]ood, strong drink, oxen, sheep, and $goats,^1$ grain, straw, absolutely everything that the king, my lord, commanded. I have indeed prepared it.
      (20-22)--And I am indeed p[reparing] the tribute of the Sun, in accordance with the comma[nd] of the king, my lord, the Sun fr[om the sky].
  
  ## Akkadian text
  
  The Akkadian language text:
  
  Akkadian:
  
      (Line 1)--A-na 1.-LUGAL-EN-ia -MEŠ-IA--(–1–: LUGAL-,.. -MEŠ-,..)
      (2)---UTU-IA -UTU ša iš-tu [ $an-ša_{10}-mi$ ]--(-UTU-,.. -UTU ša $-ša_{10}-mi!...)$
      (3)--umma 1.-(pi=yi)-YI-iD-(i)Ya ARAD-ka--(–1,– Yi--,.. ,...)
      (4)--ip-ri ša 2.-GÌR-MEŠ-ka--(,.. ša 2(1-1).-GÌR-MEŠ-,...)
      (5)--LÚ qar-tab-bi ša 2. ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-ka--(,.. qar--- ša 2.-ANŠE--RA-MEŠ-,...)
      (6)--ana 2.-GÌR-MEŠ LUGAL-EN-ia am-qú-ut--( 2.-GÌR-MEŠ,.. LUGAL-,.. -qú-ut!... )
      (7)--7.-šu ù 7.-ta-na--(7.-,.. ú 7,.. -,.. )
      (8)--lu-ú iš-tu-hu-hi-in--(lu-ú,.. --hu-hi-in!...)
      (9)--ṣi-ru-ma ù ka-ba-tu-ma
      segue:
      (single line ruling)(=paragraph)
      (10)--a-nu-ma i-na-ṣa-ru a-šar
      (11)--LUGAL-EN-ia ù URU- LUGAL-EN-ia
      (12)--ša it-ti-ia mi-la-mi
      $(13)--lu-ú-ur-gi_{12}$ ù la-a (pi=yi) yi-iš-te-mu
      $(14)--a-wa-ti_7$ LUGAL -UTU iš-tu an- { $ša_{10}-mi$ }
      segue:
      (single line ruling)(=paragraph)
      (15)--a-nu-ma šu-ši-ir-ti gáb-bi mi-im-mi
      (16)--[ NÌG-]-MEŠ KAŠ-MEŠ $(gu_4)GUD-MEŠ$ $ud_5-MEŠ$
      (17)--ŠE-MEŠ IN-MEŠ gáb-bi mi-im-[ mi ]
  
  English:
  
      (Line 1)--(To:.. 1.-King-Lord-Mine,.. (of) Gods (pl)-Mine,.. )
      (2)--(God-'Sun-God'-Mine,.. God 'Sun-God' 'which' from "Sky" (Heaven),.. )
      (3)--('message thus' 1.-Yi-iD-iYa(Yidya),.. Servant-Yours,.. )
      (4)--(dust,.. 'which at' 2.-feet (pl)-yours,.. )
      (5)--((the) Groom,.. 'which of' 2.-Horses(pl)-Yours,.. )
      (6)--(at 2. Feet (pl),.. King-Lord-Mine,.. (I) bow!... )
      (7)--(7. times and 7, times,.. )
      (8)--("may it be",.. (that I) prostrate (myself),.. )
      (9)--((on my) Back and Front (liver),.. )
      segue:
  