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PRU 4, pl. 6-7 RS 17.0079 + RS 17.0374 + RS 17.0338 (P503547)
Treaty, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 4, pl. 6-7 RS 17.0079 + RS 17.0374 + RS 17.0338 |
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| ID | P503547 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Treaty |
| 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.
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| 1 | um-ma {d}UTU {m}mu-ur-ši-li [LUGAL GAL] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR {iri}ha-at-ti] | Thus (says) Šamaš, Uršili, the great king of E-Šarru-e, the land of Hatti. |
| 2 | at-tu₃-ka ša {m}niq₂-me-pa ⸢a-na ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣ [... u₃ LUGAL a-na {giš}GU.ZA a-bi-ka] | You, Niqmepa, are your servants. The king to the throne of your father |
| 3 | ul-te-še-eb-ka₃ KUR ša a-⸢bi⸣-[ka] ⸢ut⸣-te-er-ra-ak-[ka u₃] ⸢at-ta⸣ {[m}niq₂-me-pa] | I have sent to you the land of your father, your mother, and your sister Niqmepa. |
| 4 | qa-du KUR-ka IR₃{di₃} ⸢u₃⸣ [šum-ma] ⸢at⸣-ta {m}niq₂-me-⸢pa iš-tu u₄⸣-mi ⸢an-ni-i⸣ [i-na EGIR u₄-mi] | If Niqmepa from the day before this in the future |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti be-⸢el⸣-[ka u₃] ⸢KUR {iri}ha-at-ti u₂-ul ta⸣-na-⸢aṣ⸣-ṣa-⸢ar⸣ [u₃ ki-i at-ta {m}niq₂-me-pa] | The king of the land of Hattu, your lord, and the temple of Hittite you will not be able to enter. And as you, Niqmepa |
| 6 | ra-ma-an-ka SAG.DU-ka ⸢DAM⸣-[MEŠ-ka DUMU-MEŠ-ka u₃] KUR-⸢ka aq⸣-ra-⸢ta⸣-ak-ku ⸢u₃ ra⸣-[ma-an LUGAL] | Your love, your head, your ewes, your sons and your land, I have prayed to you, my love, the king. |
| 7 | SAG.DU LUGAL DUMU-MEŠ LUGAL ⸢u₃⸣ [KUR {iri}ha-at-ti a]-⸢na⸣ da₂-⸢ra-a⸣-ti lu-⸢u₂⸣ aq-ra-⸢ta⸣-[ak-ku] | The king’s head (and) the sons of the king of the land Ḫattu, Aya-ena-eti, Lu-Eta-akku |
| 8 | ⸢u₃⸣ i-na ar-ka₃-at u₄-⸢mi⸣ [ša LUGAL KUR] {⸢iri}ha-at-ti⸣ ša ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ ⸢LUGAL⸣ ša ⸢DUMU DUMU-MEŠ LUGAL⸣ | In the future, during the days of the king of the land of Hatti, of the royal sons, the royal grandsons, |
| 9 | u₃ ša KUR {iri}ha-at-ti ⸢ri⸣-[ik]-sa₃ ⸢u₃⸣ ša-la-a-⸢ma⸣ u₂-ṣur i-na-an-na at-⸢ta⸣ {m}[niq₂-me-pa] | and of the land of Hattu, he destroyed it. Now then Niqmepa |
| 10 | a-na muh-hi LUGAL al-ka₃ ⸢u₃⸣ i-na ši-ma-ni ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ a-šap-pa-ra-ak-ku a-⸢na⸣ [muh-hi LUGAL] | I am coming to the king. I will send you the ešû-vessel at the appointed time of the royal house. The king should know (this). |
| 11 | al-⸢ka₃⸣ u₃ šum-ma a-na a-[la]-⸢ki⸣-ka₃ ⸢at-ta⸣ im-ma-ti-ma im-ma-ti-ma ul na-a-ṭu₄ pi₂-qa₃-at [...] | If to Alaka’eka the Attae temple is near, but it is not near, the responsibility of |
| 12 | a-ma-⸢tu₄⸣ mi-im-ma i-na ⸢pa⸣-[ni]-⸢ka ib⸣-ba₂-aš-ši i-na ⸢ni-iš DINGIR⸣-MEŠ lu-⸢u₂⸣ pa-⸢ṭe₄-er⸣ | (Sum) The word of the gods is something that should not be present in your assembly (Akk) Whatever it is that is present in yo[ur] assembly may it be present(?) in the assembly of the great gods |
| 13 | u₃ it-ti sa-⸢al⸣-[mi-ia lu-u₂ sa]-⸢al-ma-a⸣-ta it-ti {⸢lu₂}KUR₂⸣-ia lu-⸢u₂⸣ na-⸢ak⸣-ra-a-[ta] | and with my sa-e-al-mīya, or with my [sa]-e'al-mêta, with my enemy, may you be my enemy!” |
| 14 | šum-ma LUGAL KUR {iri}⸢ha⸣-[at-ti i-na KUR] {⸢iri}ha-ni⸣-gal-bat šum-ma ⸢KUR {iri}mi-iṣ⸣-ri-i [...] | If the king of the land of Ḫātti in the land Ḥanigalbat, if the temple of the city Miṣiri |
| 15 | šum-ma KUR {iri}ka-⸢ra⸣-{[d}du-ni-ia-aš] ⸢u₃ šum-ma⸣ KUR {iri}al-še mi-⸢nu-um-me⸣ KUR.KUR-MEŠ {lu₂}KUR₂ | If the land of Ka-era-e-duniyaš is inhabited, if it is occupied by a land of Alamu, there will be enemy lands. |
| 16 | ⸢ša⸣ i-na ZAG ⸢KUR⸣-[ka qe-er-bu] ⸢ša it⸣-ti LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-⸢ti⸣ [na]-ak-⸢ru⸣ [u₃] ⸢mi-nu-um-me⸣-[e] | On the right side of your temple, inside it is the month of the king of the land of Ḫat-eti-e, the nak-ērû and the m[inum-mē-e] |
| 17 | [KUR].⸢KUR⸣-MEŠ ša i-⸢na⸣ [ZAG KUR-ka qe-er]-⸢bu ša⸣ it-ti LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti ⸢sal-mu KUR {iri⸣}mu-[kiš] | (As for) the other lands, which are in the middle of the border of your land, it is with the king of the land of Hatti (and) with the enemy land of Mukiš. |
| 18 | [KUR] {⸢iri⸣}hal-ba₂ KUR {iri}⸢nu⸣-[ha-aš-ši] i-ša-⸢ah⸣-hu-ru-ma ⸢it⸣-ti LUGAL ⸢KUR {iri⸣}ha-at-ti | The land of the city Ḫalba, the land of Nuḫašši, he conquered and the king of the lands of Hatti |
| 19 | [i]-⸢na⸣-ak-ki-ru-[ma ki-i-me-e LUGAL KUR] {⸢iri⸣}ha-⸢at-ti⸣ a-na ha-ba₂-⸢ti⸣ u₂-⸢uṣ-ṣa-a⸣ [u₃] šum-ma ⸢at-ta⸣ | When the king of the land of Iri-Ḫātti-e23 to Ḫaba-E23 he shall remove, and if he (the king) |
| 20 | {⸢m⸣}[niq₂-me-pa] ⸢iš-tu ERIN₂⸣-[MEŠ-ka {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ-ka u₃ i-na] ⸢kul₂⸣ lib₃-⸢bi-ka ul ta-na-muš⸣ | Niqmepa, your troops, your chariots, and in the cult center of your heart you will not be satisfied. |
| 21 | u₃ [šum]-⸢ma⸣ i-⸢na⸣ [kul₂ lib₃-bi-ka it-ti {lu₂}KUR₂ ul] ⸢ta⸣-an-ta-[at-ha-aṣ] | And if he goes out, your whole heart will not be pacified with the enemy. |
| 22 | u₃ ⸢šum-ma⸣ DUMU LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ [GAL qa-du ERIN₂-MEŠ]-⸢šu {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ-šu ak-ka₃-a⸣-[ša ak-ka₃-a⸣-[ša a-na {m}niq₂-me-pa] | and the king’s son, the great lord, together with his troops, his chariots, I set up for Niqmepa. |
| 23 | a-na [ti]-il₅-lu-ti-⸢ka⸣ [il-lak u₃ šum-ma ERIN₂-MEŠ a-na KUR] ša-⸢ni-ti⸣ a-na ⸢ha⸣-ba₂-ti ⸢a⸣-[šap-par₂-ka] | He will go to Tilluti-ēkalle. And if the troops to that land, to Eḫābati and Ea-šappar |
| 24 | u₃ ⸢šum-ma⸣ at-ta {[m}niq₂-me-pa i-na kul₂ lib₃-bi-ka iš-tu ERIN₂-MEŠ-ka] {⸢giš}GIGIR-MEŠ⸣-[ka ul] ⸢ta⸣-[na]-⸢muš⸣ | And if you, Niqmepa, from all of your heart, with your troops and your chariots, I will not go out |
| 25 | u₃ ⸢it-ti⸣ {lu₂}KUR₂ ⸢ul⸣ [ta-an-ta-at-ha-aṣ u₃ šum-ma sa₃-ar-ta mi-im-ma te-pa-aš] | and the enemy's eštītu-demon you have struck down, and if you perform a sa’artu (against) anything |
| 26 | ki-⸢i⸣-[a-am] ⸢ta⸣-qab₂-⸢bi⸣ [a-na-ku ša ma-mi-ti u₃ ša ri-ik-si₂-mi₃ šum-ma] {⸢lu₂⸣}KUR₂ | I am the one who makes a claim and breaks the contract. If a demon |
| 27 | ⸢li-du⸣-[uk]-⸢šu⸣-nu-mi₃ [u₃ šum-ma {lu₂}KUR₂ li-du-ku-mi₃ lu la i-de u₃ šum-ma a-na] {lu₂}KUR₂ | and if a enemy should kill me, he should not know, but if to the enemy |
| 28 | ⸢ša⸣-[a]-⸢šu KU-x at-ta⸣ [ta-šap-par₂ a-nu-um-ma ERIN₂-MEŠ KUR {iri}ha-at-ti a-na ha-ba₂-ti] | You are the one who sent a message to me. Now, the troops of Hittite to Habatu |
| 29 | ⸢il⸣-[la]-⸢a-ku⸣-mi₃ lu-u₂ [du-un-nu-na-ta-mi₃ u₃ iš-tu ma-mi-ti te-te-ti-iq] | “I shall be my elala-priestess, I shall be yours, and you shall pass by from the land.’ |
| 30 | [u₃ šum-ma] ⸢it⸣-ti ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR {[iri}ha-at-ti {lu₂}KUR₂ ša-nu-u₂ i-te-eb-bi u₃ KUR ha-at-ti i-hab-bat] | If the king's throne reaches the land of Hatti that enemy will revolt, and the land Hatti will be destroyed. |
| 31 | [u₃ šum-ma] ⸢it⸣-ti ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR {iri}ha-at-ti na-bal-ku-tu in-ne₂-pu-uš u₃ at-ta {m}niq₂-me-pa i-ša-am-me-ma] | And if the king’s house (and) the land of Hatti have been destroyed, you, Niqmepa, will hear (this). |
| 32 | [u₃ iš]-⸢tu⸣ [ERIN₂-MEŠ-ka {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ-ka a-na ti-il₅-la-at LUGAL GAL ha-mut-ta ta-al-la-ak u₃ šum-ma a-na {m}niq₂-me-pa] | And now your troops and chariots for the life of the great king you went. And if to Niqmepa |
| 33 | [a-na a]-⸢la⸣-ki-šu ⸢la-a ri-it⸣-[ta u₃ lu-u₂ DUMU-šu lu-u₂ ŠEŠ-šu qa-du ERIN₂-MEŠ {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ] | To A'ela-ekišu, Rīt-Eta or his son or his brother together with the troops and chariots |
| 34 | [a-na] ⸢ti⸣-il₅-la-at LUGAL KUR {⸢iri⸣}[ha-at-ti ha-mu-ut-ta li-il-li-ik] | to E-ilat, king of the land of Ḫattu, a widow may he go. |
| 35 | ⸢u₃ šum⸣-ma ak-ka₃-a-ša ak-ka₃-a-ša a-na {m}⸢niq₂⸣-[me-pa ma-am-ma iṣ-ṣa-ah-ha-as-su₂ lu-u₂ ...] | If (someone) breaks the contract, anyone to Eniq-emepa shall be his debtor. |
| 36 | lu-u₂ ma-am-ma u₃ a-na ⸢LUGAL KUR⸣ {[iri}ha-at-ti ta-šap-par₂-ma a-na ti-il₅-lu-ti-ia al-kam-mi₃] | “Whoever you are, and to the king of the land of Hatti you sent word, and I came to my aid. |
| 37 | u₃ LUGAL a-na ti-il₅-lu-⸢ti⸣-[ka il-la-a-ka u₃ šum-ma DUMU LUGAL u₃ šum-ma EN GAL qa-du ERIN₂-MEŠ {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ] | And the king goes to your tillûtu-offering. And if the son of a king or the great lord together with the troops and chariots |
| 38 | i-šap-par₂-ma u₃ {lu₂}KUR₂ [ša-a-šu ... i-du-uk-ku] | he shall write, and that enemy will kill you |
| 39 | i-na-an-na {m}niq₂-me-pa ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR {iri}ha-at-ti a-na IR₃{ut-ti} u₂-ut-te-er-ka u₃ šum-ma be-lu-MEŠ] | Now Niqmepa, the šarru of Hatti, has returned to your service. And if the lords |
| 40 | qa-du ERIN₂-MEŠ {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ ša [KUR {iri}ha-at-ti ša i-na KUR {iri}u₂-ga-ri-it al-tap-ra] | I have sent together with the troops and chariots of the land Ḫattu in the land Ugarit. |
| 41 | u₃ a-na IRI-DIDLI-HI.A-ka ⸢i⸣-[te-er]-⸢ru⸣-[bu {m}niq₂-me-pa lu-u₂ i-na-ṣa-ar-šu-nu u₂-ša-ka₃-al-šu-nu] | and to your cities, etēru-ebu, Niqmepa shall bring them, and he shall hold them. |
| 42 | u₃ a-na pa-ni-šu ⸢ki⸣-[i] ⸢a⸣-hu-ut-ti lu-[u₂ ... u₃ LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti ta-na-aṣ-ṣa-ar] | And before him, E-e-i and E-a-ḫutti and the king of Ḫatti you will praise. |
| 43 | u₃ ma-an-nu-um-me-⸢e DUMU⸣ KUR {iri}ha-at-ti ap-[pu-na-ma a-na {m}niq₂-me-pa za-pu-ur-ta] | And as for Mannum-mê, the citizen of Hatti, I prayed to Niqmepa, the exorcist. |
| 44 | u₂-ba-ʾa-a ⸢šum⸣-ma IRI{li₃}šu KUR-su₂ a-na ⸢hu⸣-[ul-lu-qi₂ u₂-ba-ʾa-a u₃ iš-tu ma-mi-ti i-te-ti-iq] | If he goes out, his city will be turned into a ruin hill and he will pass through a curse. |
| 45 | u₃ a-i-u₂-ti-me-e NAM.RA-MEŠ iš-tu KUR-⸢ka⸣ [LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti ul-te-ri-ib] | and Ayyūtume the governors from the land of Ekae the king of the land Ḫattu I brought in. |
| 46 | NAM.RA-MEŠ ša KUR {iri}ha-ni-gal-bat NAM.RA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša KUR {iri}qi₂-in-sa₃ NAM.RA-MEŠ ša KUR {iri}ni-ia] | The governors of Hanigalbat, the governors (of) the land Qinsa, (the governors) of the land Niya |
| 47 | ⸢u₃⸣ NAM.RA-MEŠ ša KUR {iri}nu-haš-ši KUR {iri}⸢mu⸣-[kiš u₃ šum-ma ma-am-ma LU₂ MUNUS{tu₄} iš-tu NAM.RA-MEŠ] | The governors of the land Nuhašši, the land of Ēṣumu-kissu, and if any man or woman from the governors |
| 48 | an-na-a-ti in-na-bi-it i-na KUR-⸢ka⸣ [ir-ru-ba u₃ ki-i-a-am la-a ta-qab₂-bi a-na-ku] | These things have been brought to an end, they have entered the land of Eka’e, and you should not say as follows: I myself |
| 49 | ša ri-ik-si₂ ⸢u₃⸣ ša ma-mi-ti-⸢mi⸣ [mi-im-ma lu-u₂ la-a i-de-mi₃ i-na lib₃-bi KUR{ti}ia] | of the rīksi of Ea, of Ammiti-emi, anything he did not know in the land of Tia |
| 50 | lu-u₂ aš-bu-mi {m}niq₂-me-pa li-iṣ-ba-⸢as⸣-[su₂ u₃ a-na LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti li-te-er-šu] | Alternatively, may Niqmepa release him, and may he return him to the king of Hatti. |
| 51 | šum-ma ka-a-ša a-na {m}niq₂-me-pa a-ma-te-⸢MEŠ⸣ [la-a ba-na-ti ma-am-ma u₂-ša-ha-az] | If it is yours, to Niqmepa, the words are not mine, nobody will make it. |
| 52 | lu-u₂ DUMU KUR {iri}ha-at-ti lu-u₂ DUMU KUR {⸢iri⸣}[u-ga-ri-it lu-u₂ IR₃-su u₃ at-ta {m}niq₂-me-pa] | or the son of the land of Hattu, or the king’s son of Ugarit, or his servant, and you, Niqmepa |
| 53 | ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti la-a tu-[še-bal-šu iš-tu ma-mi-ti te-te-ti-iq] | The king of the land of Hatti did not abandon him, he passed away from the land. |
| 54 | [u₃ a-i]-⸢um⸣-me-e DUMU KUR {iri}u₂-ga-ri-[it ša i-na lib₃-bi KUR ha-at-ti aš-bu lu-u₂ be-lu] | And Aya-eum-emê, the citizen of Ugarit, who is in Hatti, may the lord |
| 55 | [lu-u₂] ⸢IR₃⸣ GEME₂ {m}niq₂-me-pa a-na LUGAL KUR {[iri}ha-at-ti i]-⸢ir-ri⸣-[šu šum-ma i-na-an-din-šu] | or a female slave of Niqmepa shall bring it to the king of Hatti. If he gives it |
| 56 | [li-il]-⸢qe₂ u₃ šum-ma⸣ LUGAL KUR {iri}[ha-at]-⸢ti la⸣-a i-na-[an-din-šu in-na-bi-it] | If the king of the land of Ḫat-ēti does not give it, he will be sold. |
| 57 | [a-na muh-hi-ka il-la-a]-⸢ka⸣ u₃ šum-⸢ma⸣ {m}niq₂-me-pa i-šar-ri-⸢iq⸣ [iš-tu ma-mi-ti i-te-ti-iq] | He will come to you, and if Niqmepa is victorious, he will die of hunger. |
| 58 | [u₃ mi-nu-um-me-e] ⸢a-ma⸣-te-MEŠ [i-na] ⸢pu⸣-uz-ri ša LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣ {[iri}ha-at-ti a-qab₂-ba₂-ak-ku] | And whatever else I shall say in the assembly of the king in the city Hatti |
| 59 | [... x]-⸢i⸣ ia-nu-[um]-⸢ma-a⸣ a-qab₂-ba₂-ak-ku u₃ šum-[ma {m}niq₂-me-pa a-ma-te-MEŠ an-na-a-ti i-na pu-uz-ri] | ... I shall speak to you, and if Niqmepa these words in the assembly |
| 60 | [la ta-na-aṣ-ṣa]-⸢ar iš-tu⸣ ma-mi-ti te-te-ti-⸢iq⸣ | Do not be negligent, you have sinned against me. |
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| 1 | [u₃ šum-ma IRI{ki]} ⸢a⸣-i-u₂-um-ma i-te-eb-bi i-na ⸢KUR⸣-[ka] | And if a city has become dilapidated in your palace |
| 2 | [il-la-a]-ka {m}niq₂-⸢me-pa a⸣-ma-⸢te-MEŠ⸣ la ba₂-na-a-ti a-na pa-ni-šu-nu ⸢i⸣-[da-ab-bu-ub] | Niqbi-Emepa, the envoys who were not born, spoke before them: |
| 3 | [IGI-HI.A-šu]-nu a-na HUR.SAG-⸢ma šum-ma⸣ a-na KUR{ti} ša-ni-ti ta-[ša-ak-ka-an] | Their eyes are directed to Hursag-ēma. If you want to go to another land |
| 4 | [a-na] ⸢pa⸣-ni-šu-nu a-ma-te-MEŠ ⸢ba₂-na⸣-a-ti du-bu-ub pa-ni-šu-[nu a-na] | To their chambers speak the words of the chambers, their faces to |
| 5 | [a]-⸢ša⸣-bi šu-ku-un-šu:nu KAŠ ṣi₂-di₁₂-ta id-⸢na⸣-[aš-šu-nu u₃ šum-ma LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti] | If the king of the land of Hatti |
| 6 | [KUR {lu₂]}KUR₂ ma-am-ma iš-tu ta-ha-az-zi iṣ-ṣa-ah-ha-tu₃-[šu-ma i-te-eb-bi] | The enemy’s land, no one from the Taḫaẑ-šūzu-temple seized him and he fled. |
| 7 | [a-na] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ KUR {iri}u₂-ga-ri-it ir-ru-ba u₃ {m}niq₂-me-pa li-[iṣ-bat-su₂-ma a-na] | to the Fortress of Ugarit entered, and Niqmepa took him away, and to |
| 8 | [LUGAL KUR] {iri}ha-at-ti li-id-din šum-ma {m}niq₂-me-pa la-a iṣ-⸢ṣa⸣-[bat-su₂-nu a-na LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti] | If Niqmepa does not give them to the king of Hatti |
| 9 | [la-a] i-na-an-din iš-tu ma-⸢mi-ti⸣ te-<te>-⸢ti⸣-[iq] | he will not give. After you have passed the rites |
| 10 | ⸢šum-ma⸣ iš-tu KUR {iri}ha-at-ti {lu₂}mu-⸢nab-tu₄⸣ in-⸢na⸣-[bi-it i-na KUR {iri}u₂-ga-ri-it il-la-a-ka] | If a ghost comes out from the land of Hattu, he will go to Ugarit. |
| 11 | {m}niq₂-me-pa li-iṣ-bat-su₂-ma a-na LUGAL KUR {iri}⸢ha-at⸣-[ti li-id-din šum-ma la-a ...] | Niqmepa should seize him and give him to the king of the land of Ḫat-eti. If not |
| 12 | iš-tu ma-mi-ti [te-te-ti-iq] | You have passed by from the land |
| 13 | šum-ma {lu₂}mu-nab-tu₄ iš-tu KUR {iri}u₂-[ga-ri-it in-na-bi-it i-na KUR ha-at-ti] | If a fugitive has fled from Ugarit, in Hatti |
| 14 | il-la-⸢a-ka⸣ LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti u₂-⸢ul⸣ [i-ka₃-al-la-a-šu ...] | Ilaka’e, the king of the land of Ḫattu, will make an appeal to him. |
| 15 | a-na ⸢LUGAL KUR {iri⸣}ha-at-ti a-na x [...] | to the king of the land of Hatti to |
| 16 | iš-tu KUR {iri}ha-ni-gal-bat ⸢il⸣-[la-ka ...] | From the land Ḫanigalbat to the elala temple |
| 17 | il-la-a-ka {m}niq₂-me-pa la-a [i-ka₃-al-la-a-šu ...] | Niqmepa will come, but he will not hold him. |
| 18 | ⸢šum⸣-ma ta-ka₃-al-la-a-šu [iš-tu ma-mi-ti te-te-ti-iq] | If he is ill, you have passed away from my fate. |
| 19 | u₃ mi-na-a ša {m}niq₂-me-pa [ha-aš-hu a-na LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti li-ri-iš-ma mi-nu-um-me-e] | And what is it that Niqmepa has escaped to the king of the land of Hatti? What else? |
| 20 | LUGAL KUR {iri}⸢ha-at-ti⸣ [i-na-an-din-šu li-il-qe₂ mi-nu-um-me-e LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti u₂-ul i-na-an-din-šu lu-u₂ la-a i-le-eq-qe₂] | The king of the land of Hatti shall give it, but let him take it. Whatever the king (of) the land [of Hatti] does not give, but may he not take (it). |
| 21 | u₃ ki-i-me-e ⸢a-na-ku {m}niq₂-me⸣-[pa ...] | And as for me, Niqmepa |
| 22 | u₂-ba₂-an-ni-šu u₃ šum-ma ⸢at⸣-[ta {m}niq₂-me-pa ... šul-ma ša KUR {iri}ha-at-ti] | And if Niqmepa is missing from the land of Hatti |
| 23 | u₃ qa-at {m}mur-ši-li LUGAL ⸢GAL⸣ [LUGAL KUR {iri}ha-at-ti la-a u₂-ba-ʾa-a u₃ šum-ma šul-ma] | and the hand of Muršili, king of the Ekallu (temple), king [of the land of Ḫattu], he did not raise, and if he is healthy |
| 24 | [a-na] ⸢KUR⸣{ti} ša-ni-ti ⸢ša KUR⸣ {iri}⸢ha⸣-[ni-gal-bat šum-ma ša KUR {iri}mi-iṣ-ri-i] | To that Ekur temple, that temple, the land of Eḫae-nigalbat, if that land Misrî |
| 25 | [u₂-ba]-⸢ʾa⸣-a šum-ma ŠU LUGAL ⸢GAL⸣ [ša-ni-i u₂-ba-ʾa-a iš-tu ma-mi-ti te-te-ti-iq u₃ i-na lib₃-bi ri-ik-si₂ an-ni-i] | If it is the hand of a king of the palace that he has seized, you have taken it from a man, and within this contract |
| 26 | [li-im DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ li-ip-hu-ru ⸢lil⸣-[te-mu-u₂ u₃ lu-u₂ ši-bu-tu₃] | May the king, my lord, accept the prayer of the gods, may the elilītumû-priests, and the deity |
| 27 | {[d}UTU ša-me-e {d]}⸢UTU {iri}a⸣-ri-in-na {[d}IŠKUR ša-me-e {d}IŠKUR {iri}ha-at-ti {d}še-e-ri {d}hu-ur-ri] | Šamaš, who is mine, E-Šarru of the city A-e-rinna, Adad of the land Hatti, S&dveri, Hurru |
| 28 | {[hur.sag}na-an-ni {hur.sag]}⸢ha-zi⸣ {d}[IŠKUR KI.LAM {d}IŠKUR KARAŠ {d}IŠKUR {iri}ha-la-ab] | “Nanni, Eḫazî, Adad, the weight of Adad (and) the stele(s), Adad of the city Ḫalab |
| 29 | {[d}IŠKUR {iri}zi-ip-pa-la-an-da {d}IŠKUR {iri}ne-ri-ik {d}IŠKUR {iri}li-ih-zi-na {d}IŠKUR DU₆] | Adad of Zippalanda, Adad (of) Erikka, Ištar of Liḫzina (and) Adad the Great Mountain |
| 30 | {[d}IŠKUR {iri}hi-iš-ša-aš-ha-pa {d}IŠKUR {iri}ša-ah-pi₂-na {d]}⸢IŠKUR {iri}ša⸣-[pi₂-nu-wa {d}IŠKUR {iri}pit₂-ti-ia-ri-ik] | Adad of the city Ḫišša-Asḫappa, Adad (of) the city Vahpuna, Ea (of?) the city Vapinuwa (and) Adad from the city Pittiyarik |
| 31 | {⸢d}IŠKUR⸣ {[iri}ša-mu-ha {d}IŠKUR {iri}hur-ma] {⸢d⸣}IŠKUR {⸢iri⸣}ša-⸢ri-iš⸣-ša {⸢d}IŠKUR⸣ [A₂.TAH {d}IŠKUR {iri}u₂-da ...] | The god Adad of the city Šamuha, (the god) Adad (of) the city Hurma, (and) the gods of the cities Vais and Ištar, the divine guardian of Adad, Uda |
| 32 | {d}IŠKUR {⸢iri⸣}[ki-iz-zu-at-na {d}IŠKUR] {iri}iš-hu-pi₂-⸢it-ta⸣ {d}IŠKUR {⸢iri⸣}[u₂]-⸢ga-ri⸣-[it ...] | Adad of the city Kizzutna Adad (of) the city Isvhupi-ittae Adad, the city Ugarit |
| 33 | {d}LAMMA {d}[LAMMA {iri}ha-at-ti {d}zi-it]-⸢ti-ha⸣-[ri-ia-aš] {d}[kar-zi]-⸢iš⸣ {[d]}⸢ha⸣-pa-an-⸢ta⸣-[li-ia]-⸢aš⸣ [...] | Lamaštu, the lamassu of Hatti, Zit-Etiḫeriyas, Karzi-Eis, Hāpân-eta-eliya-E23 |
| 34 | {⸢d}LAMMA {iri⸣}[ka-ra-ah-na {d}LAMMA] ⸢ṣe⸣-e-[ri {d}LAMMA] {⸢kuš⸣}[kur]-⸢ša-aš⸣ {[d]}⸢A⸣.A-aš {d}al-[la]-⸢a-tu₄⸣ [...] | The protective spirit of Karaḫna, the guardian spirit of Bēl-ēri, the protector of Kuškur-Ea, Ea-ea-as, Alla-eatu-e23 |
| 35 | {[d]}⸢te-le⸣-[pi₂-ni ša {iri}tur₂]-⸢mi⸣-it-⸢ta⸣ {[d]}⸢te-le⸣-pi₂-nu ša {⸢iri}ta-u⸣-<i-ni>-⸢ia u₃⸣ x {d}te-le-pi₂-[nu ...] | “Etel-pīni of Tur-Eit-etae, (and) Etel-epinu of Ta'u’iniya, ... Telepinu |
| 36 | [ša] {⸢iri⸣}[ha-an-ha-an-na {d}BU].⸢NE.NE {d}pi₂-ir-wa⸣ {d(iri)}a-[aš-ga-ši-pa ...] | of the city Ḫanhana, Bu-eneme, Pirwa-e, Ašgašipa |
| 37 | {⸢d⸣}30 ⸢EN⸣ [ma-mi-ti {d}iš-ha-ra] ⸢MUNUS⸣.LUGAL ma-mi-⸢ti⸣ {[d}he₂-bat MUNUS.LUGAL ša-me]-⸢e⸣ {d}U.DAR {⸢d}U.DAR ṣe₂-ri⸣ | E-Sîn E-Bēl Išhara E-MUNUS-E-Šarru Ami-Eti E-Ḫebat Queen of Šame-E’e I-Ninurta |
| 38 | {[d}U].⸢DAR⸣ {[iri}ni-nu-wa {d}U.DAR {iri}ha-at-ta-ri-na {d}ni-na-at-ta] {⸢d⸣}[ku-li-it]-⸢ta⸣ {d}ZA.BA₄.⸢BA₄⸣ | Nebuchadnezzar of Nineveh, Nergal of Hattarina, Ninatta, Kulit-Ea, Zababa-ea |
| 39 | {[d}ZA].⸢BA₄.BA₄⸣ {[iri}ha-at-ti {d}ZA.BA₄.BA₄ {iri}el-la-ia {d}ZA.BA₄].⸢BA₄ {iri}ar⸣-zi-ia | Zababa of the city Hatti, Zababu of my city Ellaya, Zabbubu of (my) city Ariza |
| 40 | {[d]}⸢ia⸣-ar-⸢ri⸣-[iš {d}za-ap-pa-na-aš ...] | Eya-eariš (and) Zappanassu |
| 41 | {[d]}⸢ha⸣-an-ti-ta-⸢aš⸣-[šu-uš ša {iri}hu-ur-ma {d}a-pa-ra-aš ša {iri}ša-mu-ha {d]}⸢ka⸣-tah-⸢ha⸣-[aš] | Eḫantīta-Eašuši of Ḫurma Aparaṣ of Šamuha Ekaetah – |
| 42 | ⸢ša⸣ {iri}a-an-ku-⸢wa⸣ {[d}MUNUS.LUGAL ša {iri}ga-ta-pa {d}am-ma-am-ma-aš ša {iri}ta-hur-pa] {d}hal-la-ra | of the city Āku-ewāe, the queen of Gatappa, Ammammaš of Taḫurpa for the god Ḫalla |
| 43 | [ša] {iri}du-un-⸢na⸣ {[d}GAZ.BA.A.A] ša {⸢iri}hu-pi₂-iš-na⸣ {[d}ta-pi₂-šu-wa ša] {iri}iš-hu-pi₂-ta | of Dūn-edina, GAZ.BA.A of Ḫupišna, Tabî-wa of Ishhupita |
| 44 | {⸢d}be⸣-el-ti {iri}[la-a-an-da] {⸢d⸣}[ku-ni-ia]-wa-⸢an⸣-[ni]-iš {iri}[la-a-an-da {d]}⸢NIN⸣.ŠEN.⸢ŠEN⸣ | E’elti of Laanda Kuniyawa-Eanis of Ladana Bēlet-belšu-e23 |
| 45 | ša {iri}⸢qi₂⸣-in-[sa₃ {hur.sag}la-ab]-la-na {[hur.sag}ša-ri-ia-na {hur.sag}pi₂-ša-i-ša] ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ lu-⸢la⸣-[ah-hi] | of the city Eqī-eša, the Lablana, the Variyana, (and) the Piswa - the temples of Lu-elahhi |
| 46 | ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ ha-bi-⸢ri⸣ {[d}EREŠ.KI.GAL] DINGIR-MEŠ LU₂-MEŠ ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ MUNUS-MEŠ gab₂-bi-šu-nu ša KUR {iri}ha-at⸣-[ti] | The gods of Ḫabi-ērī, Ereškigal, the gods, men, (and) all the women of the land of Haṭetu |
| 47 | DINGIR-MEŠ LU₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ MUNUS-MEŠ] ⸢gab₂⸣-bi-šu-nu ⸢ša KUR⸣ {iri}⸢u₂-ga⸣-ri-⸢it⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ ša da]-⸢ra-tim⸣-[ma] | The gods, the men (and) the gods of the women are their descendants. The land, the city Ugarit, the god(s) of the Darius, |
| 48 | gab₂-bi-⸢šu⸣-[nu {d}na]-⸢ar⸣-ra {d}nap-ša-⸢ar-ra⸣ {d}⸢mi-in₄⸣-ki {[d]}⸢tu⸣-u-hu-ši {d}[a-am-mu-un-ki {d}a-am-mi-iz-za-du₄] | “All of them Nabû-eṭira-napšāti-etera, Emineki, Etu-uḫuši, Ammunki and Ammiz-zadu |
| 49 | {⸢d}a⸣-[nu {d}al]-⸢la-a-li⸣ {d}a-an-⸢tu₄⸣ {d}a-pa-an-⸢tu₄⸣ {d}en-lil₂ {d}⸢nin⸣-[lil₂] HUR.SAG-MEŠ [ID₂-MEŠ] | E-e-nu, Al-elali-e, An-eštar, A-pān-e'e, Enlil, Nin-Elil, the mountains (and) rivers |
| 50 | ⸢TUL₂⸣-[MEŠ A].⸢AB⸣.BA GAL ša-mu-u₂ ⸢u₃⸣ [er]-⸢ṣe⸣-tu₄ ⸢ša⸣-[a-ru u₃ er]-⸢pe₂⸣-[tu₄] | “It is the Great Abzû, it is the Eršētu, the Ešāru, and the Erpi’etu. |
| 51 | [a-na] ⸢an⸣-ni-i ri-ik-si₂ ⸢u₃⸣ [a-na ma]-⸢mi⸣-ti [lu-u₂ ši]-⸢bu-tu₄⸣ | To the king, my lord, the rīksi of the temple, to the land, may it be a ši’utu-demon |
| 52 | mi-nu-um-me-e a-ma-te-MEŠ ša [ri-ik-si₂ u₃ ša ma-mi-ti ša i-na lib₃]-⸢bi ṭup⸣-[pi₂] | All the words of the scribal art and the wording of the tablet |
| 53 | an-ni-ti šaṭ-rat{at} šum-ma {m}niq₂-⸢me⸣-[pa a-ma-te-MEŠ an-na-a-ti] ⸢ša⸣ ri-⸢ik⸣-[si₂] | This is the šaṭarbaṭ. If Niqmepa these words is a rīk-esi |
| 54 | u₃ ša ma-mi-ti la-a i-⸢na⸣-[ṣa-ar u₃ ne₂-eš] DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢an-nu⸣-[u₂-ti {m}niq₂-me-pa qa-du SAG.DU-šu] | and he will not raise a claim against me. Further, the rites of the gods will not arise. Niqmepa together with his head |
| 55 | DAM-MEŠ-šu DUMU-MEŠ-šu DUMU DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu⸣ [E₂-šu IRI-šu] ⸢KUR⸣-šu u₃ [mim-mu]-⸢šu⸣ [li-hal-li-qu-šu] | May his wife, his sons, his grandsons, his house, his city, his palace, and his descendants destroy him. |
| 56 | u₃ šum-ma {m}niq₂-me-pa a-ma-te-MEŠ [ša ri-ik-si₂] u₃ ša ma-[mi-ti] | And if Niqmepa, the words of a curse or an oath |
| 57 | ša i-na lib₃-bi ṭup-pi₂ an-⸢ni⸣-[ti šaṭ-rat i-na]-⸢ṣar-šu⸣-[nu u₃] {m}niq₂-me-⸢pa ni⸣-[iš DINGIR-MEŠ] | who in this tablet is named, and Niqmepa, the scribe of the gods |
| 58 | an-nu-ti qa-du SAG.DU-⸢šu DAM⸣-[MEŠ-šu DUMU-MEŠ-šu DUMU DUMU-MEŠ-šu E₂-šu IRI-šu KUR-šu] | These together with his head, his wife, his sons, his grandsons, his house, his city, his land |
| 59 | u₃ qa-du mim-mu-⸢šu⸣ [li-iṣ-ṣu₂-ru-šu] | and together with his possessions may they curse him. |
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