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Ras Shamra-Ougarit 07, 047 (P347885)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | Ras Shamra-Ougarit 07, 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347885 |
| 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 | IR₃-ka {m}he₂-lu-ma a-na di-na-ni be-li₂-ia | Your servant Heluma: I would gladly die for my lord! |
| 2 | lu-ul-lik {d}IŠKUR {d}da-gan u₃ | May I go. May Adad, Dagan and |
| 3 | {d}u₂-tar₂-mi-ri DINGIR-MEŠ GAL{tu₄} | Utar-miri, the great gods |
| 4 | ša KUR ma-ri nap-ša-ti be-li₂-ia | of the land Mari, for the life of my lord |
| 5 | li-iṣ-[ṣu]-ru₃ a-na na-ṣa-[ri] | may they guard for the naṣaru service |
| 6 | ku-ul [...] ša be-li₂-ia [li-...] | May the ... of my lord |
| 7 | a-na E₂{ti} be-li₂-ia ki-⸢ib⸣-[si] | to the temple of my lord Ki’esi |
| 8 | u₃ tal-la-ak-ti ša ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | and the journey of my lord |
| 9 | ša-la-ma liš-ku-nu a-na a-[ma-ri] | Now let them come to me to see |
| 10 | ša be-li₂-ia lib₃-bi ma-aʾ-[da] | of my lord much heart |
| 11 | iṣ-ṣi-ha-an-ni man-ni pa-⸢ni⸣ [ba-nu-ti] | Who is it that will make me apprehensive? |
| 12 | ša be-li₂-ia li-mur [u₃] da-⸢ba⸣-[ba] | of my lord may he see, and Da’eba |
| 13 | DUG₃.GA ša be-li₂-ia liš-[te]-⸢em⸣-mi | May the good things of my lord continually come forth. |
| 14 | um-ma-a a-na be-li₂-ia-ma | Thus says my lord: |
| 15 | be-li₂ i-de ki-i ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ | My lord knows that |
| 16 | ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ a-na IR₃-ka | The horses to your servant |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-ma-at-ka-la | Adad-matkala |
| 2 | ad-di-nu | I gave. |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ ul u₂-še-bi-la | and I did not send the horses. |
| 2 | e-ne₂-en-na IR₃-ka {m}ia-ri-⸢x⸣-[...] | Now, your servant Iari-e... |
| 3 | ša a-na muh-hi be-li₂-ia aš₂-pu-ra | which I wrote to my lord |
| 4 | be-li₂ ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ ba-nu-u₂-ti | My lord, the first-born horses |
| 5 | i-tu {m}{d}IŠKUR-ma-at-ka-la | with Adad-matkala |
| 6 | li-im-hur-ma li-id-di-na-[an-ni] | may he receive and give to me. |
| 7 | ha-an-ṭi-iš lik-šu-da LUGAL [x] | May the king be glad. |
| 8 | SAG {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ i-na-aš-ši u₃ [x] | the head of the chariots he shall take and |
| 9 | ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ-u₂-a ia-nu-⸢ma⸣ | my horses I have brought out. |
| 10 | a-na be-li₂-ia la aš₂-pu-ra | I did not write to my lord. |
| 11 | a-na man-<<nu>>-ni lu-uš-pur ANŠE.KUR.[RA-MEŠ] | Let me send the horses to whomever. |
| 12 | ša be-li₂-ia šu-nu ki-i ⸢be⸣-[li₂] | of my lord, they are like Ebeli |
| 13 | u₂-še-bi-la-ma {giš}GIGIR i-na | I sent, and the chariot in |
| 14 | pa-an LUGAL u₂-še-te-qu be-li₂ | I have made it pass before the king, my lord. |
| 15 | u₂-sa-ta li-pu-ša-am-ma | let him perform a supplication for me, and |
| 16 | nap-ša-ti-ia be-li₂ li-ṭi-ra | My life may my lord be long! |
| 17 | um-ma-a a-na be-li₂-ia-ma | Thus says my lord: |
| 18 | i-na pa-an {lu₂}na-ak-ri | in the presence of the enemy |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | ki-i ah-he-pu-u₂ | when I had broken, |
| 2 | a-na lib₃-bi KUR at-ta-at-⸢lak⸣ | to the heart of the land I have gone out. |
| 3 | u₃ E₂{ti} ma-ši-i | and the house of Ašīya |
| 4 | e-ne₂-en-na ki-i | Now, how |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ak-šu-da KA₂-MEŠ{u₂}a ku-nu-ka šu-ul-man-na | I have sealed your sealed gates. May it be well |
| 2 | ba-na-a a-na be-li₂-ia ul u₂-še-bi-la | I did not send my foundation document to my lord. |
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