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Ras Shamra-Ougarit 07, 036 (P347874)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | Ras Shamra-Ougarit 07, 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347874 |
| 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)
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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 | um-ma {m}tu-u-na | Thus Tuna: |
| 2 | a-na {m}uz-zi-DINGIR{ti} | to Uzzi-ilī |
| 3 | DUMU-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Say to my son: |
| 4 | DUMU-ia 1 li-im DINGIR-MEŠ | My son, 1,000 gods |
| 5 | a-na šul-ma-ni PAP{ru}ka | For the protection of your body |
| 6 | li-šal-li-mu-ka | may they keep you alive! |
| 7 | u₃ {d}e₂-a EN DUGUD | and Ea, the mighty lord, |
| 8 | {d}AG EN GI.⸢DUB⸣.BA.A GI.⸢DUB⸣.BA.A | Nabû is the lord of the reed tablet, the ... tablet. |
| 9 | ma-aʾ-da-a a-na pa-ni | “I will go to the presence of |
| 10 | EN-MEŠ-ka li-ka-bi-tu₃-ka | May your lords keep you alive! |
| 11 | ša DUMU-ia iš-⸢pu⸣-ra | which my son wrote me |
| 12 | ma-a DUMU KIN{ri} an-na-a | "this messenger |
| 13 | ki-i DUG₃.GA{iš} | As it is agreeable |
| 14 | i-na KASKAL{ni} šu-ku-un | on the road he is going |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | u₃ mi-nu-me-e | and anything |
| 2 | mi-ri-il-ta-⸢ka⸣ | Irīlta'e |
| 3 | šu-up-ra | Send! |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-še-bi-lak-ku-mi | let me send to you. |
| 2 | i-na-an-na ar-hi-iš | Now, quickly |
| 3 | i-na KASKAL{ni} al-ta-kan₂-šu | I have set out on the road. |
| 4 | u₃ mi-re-el-tu | and mistress |
| 5 | mi-nu-u₂ ša e-ri-šu-ka | What is it that you desire? |
| 6 | at-⸢ta ma⸣-aš-ka-ta | You, from your house |
| 7 | a-⸢na⸣ [ia]-⸢ši⸣ mi-ri-⸢il⸣-ta | After I had entered the house of Iaši and Iri-il |
| 8 | la-a te-ri-ša-an-ni | you did not send to me |
| 9 | u₃ a-na-ku a-<na> pa-ni | and I before |
| 10 | ⸢ak⸣-ka-ša ⸢ak⸣-ka-ša mi-ri-il-ta | “When you enter, when you enter through a hole, |
| 11 | ⸢ir⸣-ri-iš-ka ka-am-ma | It is you who engendered me, |
| 12 | šu-lum-ka lu-u₂ ti-šap-pa-ra | May your well-being be sent to me! |
| 13 | ki-i-me-e i-na ŠA₃ KUR{ti} | When in the land |
| 14 | LUGAL ur-ra-⸢da mi⸣-nu-me-e | What does the king of Urra say? |
| 15 | ṣi-bu-ti-ia a-na muh-hi | My words concerning |
| 16 | DUMU-ia a-šap-pa-ra | my son I shall send. |
| 17 | DUMU-ia ṣi-bu-ti la-a i-kal-la-a | My son will not eat my food. |
| 18 | u₃ ⸢a-na⸣-ku ṣi-bu-ut-ka | and I have spoken to you |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | at-tu-ka ul a-kal-la-ku | I will not eat with you, |
| 2 | i-na-an-na i-na KUR hat-ti | Now, in the land of Hatti |
| 3 | ah-ri-ra-nu mi-im-mu | All the heirs |
| 4 | it-ti-ia i-ia-nu | are with me. |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | u₃ DUMU-ia NU.LUH.HA u₃ {sig₂}ZA.GIN₃.NA | and my son Nuhurtu and lapis lazuli |
| 2 | {na₄}ga-bi-i u₂-ba-an | he weighed out its gabi stone. |
| 3 | a-na sa₃-he-er-ti ša ANŠE.KUR.RA-ia | For the saḫertu of my army |
| 4 | šu-bi-la | Send! |
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