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RIH 81/04 (P503254)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RIH 81/04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503254 |
| 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 ... ŠEŠ-ia] | To ... my hand |
| 2 | [qi₂-bi-ma] | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma ...] | Thus ... |
| 4 | lu-[u₂ šul]-mu a-na ⸢muh⸣-[hi]-⸢ka⸣ | May you be well! |
| 5 | li-⸢im DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ KUR {iri}bi-iʾ₂-ru-ti | May the lī-e-am-gods (and) the gods of the land of Bi-ru-ti |
| 6 | DINGIR-⸢MEŠ MUNUS.LUGAL KUR⸣ {iri}u₂-ga-ri-it | Ilī-eš, queen of the land of Ugarit |
| 7 | a-na šul-ma-ni PAP{ru}ka | For the protection of your body |
| 8 | ŠEŠ-ia a-nu-um-ma | My hand now |
| 9 | MUNUS{tu₄} {f}GEME₂-ia qa₂-⸢du⸣ | a woman, my slave girl, a qādu-priest |
| 10 | ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ši a-na muh-hi-⸢ka⸣ [x] x x [(...)] | Its ritual against you |
| 11 | [a]-⸢mu⸣-ut-te i-ši-⸢im⸣-[mu] | a flood will come. |
| 12 | [al]-tap-par₂-šu-⸢nu⸣ | I have sent to him |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [u₃] a-na pa-ni-ka | and before you |
| 2 | [it]-ti ha-mi-iš-mi | with Ḫamishmu |
| 3 | ⸢le⸣-e-zi-zu u₃ ⸢DI⸣.[KU₅-MEŠ-šu-nu] | “Le’ezizu and their temples |
| r | ||
| 1 | [te]-⸢ep⸣-pu-uš-šu-⸢nu⸣ | do it! |
| 2 | [u₃ ki]-i a-ma-te-MEŠ ⸢ti⸣-[iš-mu] | And as the words of my lordship |
| 3 | DI.KU₅-MEŠ-šu-nu ki-i | their judges as |
| 4 | ki-it-ti pu-ru-us-su-nu | “It is true, their verdict |
| 5 | ŠEŠ-ia aš-šum KAM-MEŠ-ka | My hand is upon you because of your destinies |
| 6 | ša-a ha-aš-ha-ta a-na muh-hi-ia | “He is frightened towards me |
| 7 | šup₃-ra u₃ a-⸢na⸣-[ku] | Scribe and priestess |
| 8 | ⸢a⸣-kan₂-na-ma a-na ⸢muh⸣-[hi-ka] | “At the gate of your gate |
| 9 | [a]-⸢šap⸣-par₂-mi | A-e-parmi |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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