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PRU 3, pl. 13 RS 15.0018 (P503301)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 3, pl. 13 RS 15.0018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503301 |
| 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' | [i]-⸢na KISLAH u₃⸣ ha-<al>-ṣi₂-ia aš-bu | When I enter the grave and enter the house, it is my fault. |
| 2' | i-na-an-na GU₄-MEŠ iš-ri-iq-qu₂-u | Now, the oxen are plundered |
| 3' | u₃ iš-tu ŠU{ti} IR₃-MEŠ-ku-nu | and from the hands of your servants |
| 4' | iṣ-ṣa-ab-tu₄ DUMU-MEŠ KUR{ti}ku-nu | seized the citizens of your land |
| 5' | a-na LU₂ ha-ma-ti it-tal-ku-u-mi | They have come to the hamatu-man. |
| 6' | {lu₂-meš}NI₂.ZU{ut-⸢ti⸣} | the prisoners of war |
| 7' | iš-tu ŠU{ti}⸢šu⸣-[nu] | From Hand of Anu |
| 8' | il-te-qu₂-u-šu-nu | they have taken |
| 9' | ⸢i⸣-na-an-na a-nu-ma | Now then |
| 10' | {lu₂-meš}SIPA GU₄ | oxherd herdsmen |
| 11' | a-na muh-hi-ka | to you |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | aṭ-ru-us-su₂-šu-nu | their limbs |
| r | ||
| 1 | IR₃-MEŠ-ku-nu ša-al-ma | It is well with you. |
| 2 | mu-ul-la-a i-ši-ma | “It is enough! It is sufficient! |
| 3 | i-din šum-ma la-a ta-na-an-din | If you do not give (it), |
| 4 | u₃ a-na LUGAL a-šap-par₂ | and I shall write to the king. |
| 5 | LU₂{lu₄} ša LUGAL il-la-ak | the man of the king will go |
| 6 | mu-ul-la-a i-le-qe₃ | he will take the stolen property. |
| 7 | a-kan₂-na la-a ta-qa-bi | You should not say thus: |
| 8 | ma-a a-na ia-ši am-mi-ni | "Why to me?" |
| 9 | ⸢ma⸣-a ri-ta-ši ia-nu ma-a | “There is no reed fence |
| 10 | x-⸢im⸣-x-ti a-na muh-hi ⸢LUGAL⸣ | to the palace of the king |
| 11 | [...] ⸢KUR⸣ [...] | ... the Ekur temple |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | a-na muh-hi LUGAL ⸢al⸣-[ta-par₂] | I have sent to the king. |
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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