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PRU 4, pl. 11 RS 17.0116 (P503560)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 4, pl. 11 RS 17.0116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503560 |
| 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' | [lu-u₂ šul-mu] ⸢a-na muh-hi-ka⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ | May you be well! May the gods protect you! |
| 2' | [ša KUR] u₂-ga-ri-it {d}IŠKUR | of the land Ugarit of Adad |
| 3' | [... {d]}⸢ri⸣-ba-ni {d}pi₂-id-ra-i | ... Eri-ebāni, Pidrâ |
| 4' | [u₃ li]-⸢im⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ PAP{ru}ka | and may the gods watch over you. |
| 5' | ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ia a-ma-te-MEŠ ša a-na pa-ni | My lord, the words which before |
| 6' | {[m]}gu₂-u-za-li ta-ad-bu-ba-šu-nu | Guzalu, you spoke to them |
| 7' | al-te-me-šu-nu ha-da₂-ak-ku dan-niš₂ | I heard them, a severe famine |
| 8' | u₃ aš-šum a-ma-ti ša DAM{ti}ka | And as for the words of your wife |
| 9' | a-mur MUNUS{tu₄} ša-a-ši iš-tu pa-na-nu-ma | Look, that woman from before |
| 10' | a-na ka-a-ša ti-ih-ta-ṭi₃ | to you you have sinned |
| 11' | u₃ a-na muh-hi-ia a-ma-te-MEŠ | and to me, the words |
| 12' | ša la-a ba-nu-ti ti-id-⸢bu⸣-ba | Whose utterances are unfathomable |
| 13' | u₃ aš-šum-mi-ka-⸢ma⸣ a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ KUR {iri}⸢kar-ga⸣-miš | And as for you, my lord, the king of Kargaemis |
| 14' | al-ta-par₂ MUNUS{ta} ša-a-ši | I have sent. That woman |
| 15' | an-na-kam al-te-qe₃-ši | I have taken it here. |
| 16' | u₃ MUNUS{tu₄} ša-a-ši | and that woman |
| 17' | i-na ša-nu-ti-ši i-na aš-ra-nu | In those days, in those days |
| 18' | la-a u₂-ta-er-ši it-ti | he shall not return it with |
| r | ||
| 1 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ši al-ta-kan₂-šu | I have placed his hands on him |
| 2 | u₃ ŠEŠ-ia lu-u₂ i-de₄ | and my hand he knows. |
| 3 | ŠEŠ-ia a-mur a-na-ku u₃ at-ta | Look at my hand, I and you |
| 4 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ ša-a 1 LU₂{li₃} ⸢ŠEŠ-MEŠ{e⸣} | These are the sons of one man of the ēšu-house. |
| 5 | ni-i-nu u₃ i-na be-ri-ni ⸢am-mi⸣-ni | We and in our midst, |
| 6 | la-a DUG₃.GA-ni ma-an-nu-me-e | Nobody [can] do it. |
| 7 | ⸢ṣi₂⸣-bu-te-ka a-na muh-hi-ia | your ešbūtu to me |
| 8 | [ša] ⸢ta⸣-šap-par₂-ra a-na-di₃-na-ak-ku | of Eta-ešapparra I shall give to you |
| 9 | [u₃] ⸢at⸣-ta ṣi₂-bu-ti-ia lu-u₂ ta-na-di₃-na | and you should give me a copy of my tablet. |
| 10 | [LU₂]-⸢MEŠ⸣ 1 E₂{tu₄} ni-i-nu | The house-born slaves, 1 weaned house |
| 11 | [ṣi₂-bu]-⸢ta mim⸣-ma te-pu-ša a-na muh-hi-ia | Send me anything that you have done to me! |
| 12 | [ta-šap-par₂-ra] ⸢a⸣-[na]-⸢ku a⸣-na-di-na-ak-ku | You write to me: “I want to go up to you, I want to give you up to him! |
| 13 | [...] ⸢dan-niš₂⸣ | ... the mighty |
| 14 | [... DUMU KIN]-⸢ia⸣ | ... son of Ululiya’e |
| 15 | [...] x | |
| 16 | [... du-bu]-⸢ub⸣-šu-nu | ... of their towers |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ŠU {m}gu₂-u-za-⸢li⸣ | ... hand of Guza-eli |
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