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RS 04.0449 (P503259)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 04.0449 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503259 |
| 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 i-bi-ra | to Ibira |
| 2 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ni-iq-me-pa-ma | Niqmepa speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}IŠKUR na-pi₂-iš-ta-ka | O Adad, your light |
| 5 | li-iṣ-ṣur | may he release. |
| 6 | a-nu-um-ma {lu₂}ka-si₂-i-e | Now, the cupbearer |
| 7 | ša E₂{ti}ia in-na-bi-it | of my house he took away |
| 8 | u₃ i-na {iri}a-la-at-ha-ma{ki} | and in Alathama |
| 9 | ⸢a⸣-ši-ib i-na-an-na | Now then |
| 10 | iṣ-ba-tu-šu-ma | has seized, and |
| 11 | u₃ iš-tu qa-ti-šu-nu | and from their hands |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | i-iṭ-ṭe₄-ru-šu | he shall replace it |
| 2 | 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | 1 mina of silver |
| r | ||
| 1 | hu-ub-bu-ul | |
| 2 | u₃ ki-ma 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | and instead of 1 mina of silver |
| 3 | i-na E₂.GAL a-ši-ib | I reside in the palace. |
| 4 | i-na-an-na 3 ANŠE.KUR.RA | Now, 3 horses |
| 5 | u₂-hal-li-iq-ma | he destroyed, and |
| 6 | u₃ it-ta₂-bi-it | and he has departed |
| 7 | i-na-an-na LU₂ an-me-e | Now, this man |
| 8 | la ta₂-kal-la | do not hold back! |
Sources & licences
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- 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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