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PRU 6, no. 6 RS 17.0144 (P503576)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 6, no. 6 RS 17.0144 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503576 |
| 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 | ⸢um⸣-ma {m}zu-u-la-an-na | Zulanna, |
| 2 | a-na {lu₂}sa₃-ak-ki-in-ni ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[ia qi₂]-⸢bi⸣-ma | Speak to my prefect: |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na muh-hi-⸢ka⸣ | May it be well with you! |
| 4 | DINGIR-MEŠ a-na šul-ma-ni PAP{ru}[ka] | May the gods keep you well! |
| 5 | ki-i ŠEŠ-ia taš₃-pu-ra | Like my hand you wrote to me |
| 6 | ma-a GIR₂ AN.BAR u₃ {tug₂}⸢GADA ṣi-bu⸣-ti-ia-mi | “The iron sword and the linen ṣibūtiyammu-garment |
| 7 | a-na-ku a-na ŠEŠ-ia aš-⸢šum⸣ ṣi-bu-ti-[ka] | I, to my master, you are the one who speaks to me |
| 8 | mim-ma ul-te-bi-il₅ ⸢u₂⸣-ul | “Anything that I raised, I did not raise, |
| 9 | a-na šul-ma-ni-ma-a ul-te-bil₂ | I have sent (it) to you. |
| 10 | i-na-an-⸢na⸣ ki-i ŠEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | he will pay back to him as my payment |
| 11 | aš-šum {lu₂}SAG {lu₂}SAG u₃ ANŠE.GIR₂.NUN.⸢NA⸣ | If a eunuch, rēša-priest, or an ērib-man |
| 12 | u₃ aš-šum ANŠE.KUR.RA taš₃-pu-ra | And as to what you wrote to me about the horses |
| 13 | u₃ a-nu-ma a-na ŠEŠ-ia | And now, to my servant |
| 14 | 1 ANŠE.KUR.RA SAL.AL.LA₂ | 1 full-grown Ekur horse |
| 15 | u₃ 1 IBILA ul-te-⸢bil₂⸣ | and I have sent one heir. |
| 16 | u₃ aš-ra-nu-ma a-na {lu₂}SAG{ut-ti₃} | and as for you, to the eunuch |
| 17 | ⸢li⸣-pu-šu-šu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | u₃ IBILA šu-u₂-ut | and that heir |
| 2 | SIG₅ dan-niš₂ | strong one |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ ANŠE.GIR₃.NUN.NA-MEŠ | and mules |
| 2 | it-ti-ia u₂-ul aš-bu | I am not with him. |
| 3 | ki-i-me-e ANŠE.GIR₂.NUN.NA-MEŠ | Just as the mules |
| 4 | i-li-ik-ku-u₂-ni | came to me, |
| 5 | 1 ANŠE.GIR₂.NUN.NA SIG₅ | 1 good mule |
| 6 | a-na ŠEŠ-⸢ia⸣ u₂-⸢še-bal⸣ | I will bring it to my lord. |
| 7 | u₃ aš-šum TUG₂ ku-⸢uš⸣-[ši-ti] | And as for the ku-euš-e-ši-ti (garment) |
| 8 | ša tu₃-um-te-ʾe-e-ra | of Tumteʾe |
| 9 | e-ep-pu-šu u₃ a-na [ŠEŠ-ia] | they will do, and to my hand |
| 10 | u₂-še-eb-bal | he carried off |
| 11 | u₃ ki-i ŠEŠ-ia taš₃-pu-ra | And you wrote to me as my request |
| 12 | ma-a šum-ma ṣi-bu-te-HI.A-⸢ia⸣ | "If Šubbiteya |
| 13 | an-nu-ti tu-še-ba₂-la-am-mi | these you have brought to me. |
| 14 | u₃ a-na-ku ŠAM₃-šu-nu u₂-še-ba₂-⸢la⸣-[ak-ku] | and I will redeem their property |
| 15 | a-na-ku it-ti ŠEŠ-ia ŠAM₃-MEŠ | I have bought them from my seller. |
| 16 | mim-ma e-te-ne₂-ep-pu-uš | whatever he has done |
| 17 | a-na ia-a-ši KU₃.GI | To me gold |
| 18 | ⸢dan⸣-niš₂ ṣi-⸢bu-ti⸣-ia | my scepter |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | u₃ {⸢na₄⸣-meš}me-e-ku eh-li-pa-ak-ku | and ehlipakku-stones, |
| 2 | u₃ ŠEN ZABAR ṣi-bu-ti-ia | and the bronze kettledrum of my ears |
| 3 | ŠEŠ-ia {na₄-meš}me-e-ki u₃ ŠEN ZABAR | My hand is a mekku-stone and a bronze lord. |
| 4 | ⸢šu⸣-bi-la | he brought. |
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