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Ras Shamra-Ougarit 07, 017 (P347855)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | Ras Shamra-Ougarit 07, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347855 |
| Museum no. | NMSA — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Ugarit (mod. Ras Shamra) |
| Coordinates | 35.6021, 35.7853 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL KUR u-ga-ri-it | to the king of Ugarit |
| 2 | EN-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 3 | um-ma {m}GAL-GI.NA IR₃-ka-ma | Thus (says) Rab-ukin, your servant: |
| 4 | a-na GIR₃-MEŠ EN-ia 2{šu₂} 7{šu₂} am-qut | I fall at the feet of my lord two times seven times. |
| 5 | EN-ia a-nu-ma LUGAL KUR a-mur-ri EN-⸢ia⸣ | Now, the king of Amurru, my lord, |
| 6 | il-tap-ra a-na muh-hi-ia ma-a a-na | he wrote to me, saying: "To |
| 7 | muh-hi LUGAL KUR u-ga-ri-it šu-pur | [Fingernail] of the king of Ugarit. |
| 8 | ma-a am-mi-ni ta-ak-ta-la-a | "Why have you gone away?" |
| 9 | {na₄-meš}al-ga-miš-ši iš-tu ŠU{ti} | algamišu-stone from Hand of |
| 10 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-ma-a-ši-ir ma-a LU₂-MEŠ-ka | Adad-māšir said: “Your men |
| 11 | i-za-ba-lu-u ma-a u₂-ul IR₃-⸢MEŠ-ia⸣ | They say: “It is not my fault!’ |
| 12 | u₃ {giš}MA₂-ia i-na-⸢ši-ši⸣-[na-ti] | and my boat they shall sail |
| 13 | i-na-an-na LUGAL EN-ia | Now the king, my lord, |
| 14 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-ma-a-ši-ir muš-ši-ir | Adad-māšir, the snake |
| 15 | {na₄-meš}al-ga-miš-ši li-il-qa-a | may algamišu stones be taken. |
| 16 | u₃ E₂-MEŠ LUGAL ŠEŠ-ka | and the houses of the king of your hand |
| 17 | li-ir-ṣi₂-pu | may it be released. |
| 18 | a-nu-ma ba-lu {na₄}al-ga-miš-ši | Now, the owner of the algamišu stone |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | E₂-MEŠ ka-ma iz-za-zu | You are the one who stands by the houses |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia a-⸢ma-ta an⸣-ni-ta | “Šarru, my lord, from this place |
| 3 | la-a te-pa₂-aš | you did not do |
| r | ||
| 1 | {na₄-meš}al-ga-miš-ši a-na | algamišu-stones for |
| 2 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-ma-a-ši-ir muš-ši-ir | Adad-māšir, the snake |
| 3 | NA₄-MEŠ mi-nu-me-e ša-a i-la-ku-u₂ | All the stones that he will take |
| 4 | iš-tu KUR a-mur-ri a-na-ku | I am from Amurru. |
| 5 | a-kal₂-la-šu-nu u₂-ul KUR 1{en} ne₂-e-nu | Their food was not rations, they were one. |
Sources & licences
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