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PRU 4, pl. 52 RS 17.0346 (P503633)
Treaty, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 4, pl. 52 RS 17.0346 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503633 |
| 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)
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 pa-ni {m}i-ni-{d}IŠKUR LUGAL KUR kar-ga-⸢miš⸣ | before Ini-Adad, king of Carchemish |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂⸣}sa₃-ki-nu u₃ {m}ma-ša-an-da a-na di-ni iš-ni-qu | Elu-sakīnu and Mašanda were chosen for a lawsuit. |
| 3 | {lu₂}sa₃-ki-nu a-kan₂-na iq-bi ma-a {m}ma-ša-an-da | The prefect said thus: “Mašanda |
| 4 | 4 li-im KU₃.BABBAR a-na ha-ba(MA-)li₃ ⸢il⸣-te-qe₃-mi | 4 thousand (shekels of) silver to Ḫabali of Eil-eteqemi |
| 5 | u₃ {m}ma-ša-an-da a-kan₂-na ⸢iq⸣-bi ma-a LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-ri-it | And Mašanda said thus: “The king of Ugarit |
| 6 | KASKAL-MEŠ ša {lu₂-meš}DAM.GAR₃ ⸢il⸣-ta-na-ri-iq-mi | The caravans of the merchants, Il-etanariqmi |
| 7 | u₃ a-na pa-ni {m}ur-hi-{d}U{⸢ub⸣} a-na di-ni na-aš-ša-ni-iq-mi | and before Urḫi-Ninurta in order to litigate |
| 8 | ni-ik-ka-se₂-e ša KASKAL-MEŠ ša-a-šu-nu e-tap-šu-mi | They have performed the rituals for those journeys. |
| 9 | u₃ 2 AŠ GUN KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ a-na muh-hi LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-ri-it | and 2 talents of silver to the king of Ugarit |
| 10 | iš-tak₂-nu-mi u₃ ṭup-pa kan₂-ka {m}ur-hi-{d}U{ub} | and the tablet at the gate of Urḫi-Šamaš |
| 11 | e-tap-ša-am-mi u₃ 4 li-im KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ ša i-dab₂-bu-bu | he has done, and 4 hundred (shekels of) silver that he shall litigate |
| 12 | an-nu-u₂ šu-mi i-na-an-na ṭup-pa kan₂-ka | This is it. Now the tablet is at your disposal. |
| 13 | ša KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ ša-a-šu ah-ta-pi₂-mi | That silver I have stolen. |
| 14 | u₃ {lu₂}sa₃-ki-nu a-kan₂-na iq-bi ma-a ṭup-pa kan₂-ku | and the prefect said thus: “The tablet is sealed. |
| 15 | ša ih-pu-u₂ u₂-ul ša 4 li-im KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ | that they have stolen, not of 4 thousand (shekels of) silver |
| 16 | ša i-dab₂-bu-bu šu-mi ša KU₃.BABBAR | That which he speaks, that which silver |
| 17 | ša {m}ta-li-im-mu šu-mi i-na-an-na šum-ma | From Talimmu. Now, if |
| 18 | ṭup-pa kan₂-ku ša he-pu-u₂ šum-ma ša 2 AŠ GUN KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ | A sealed tablet that has been broken. If two talents of silver |
| 19 | u₃ {m}ma-ša-an-da ša-li-im u₃ šum-ma ša KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ | and Mašanda of Šalim and if that silver |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {m}⸢ta⸣-li-⸢mu⸣ šu-u₂ u₃ KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ ša-a-šu | From Eta-eli-emû. And that silver |
| 2 | {m}ma-ša-an-da u₂-šal-lim | Mašanda he restored. |
| 3 | u₃ KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ ša 4 ME ANŠE-MEŠ ša i-dab₂-bu-⸢bu⸣ | and the silver of 400 donkeys that he shall redeem |
| 4 | {m}ma-ša-an-da li-it-ma šum-ma {m}ma-⸢ša⸣-an-da | “May Mašanda be alive!’ If Maṣša-Eanda |
| 5 | i-tam-ma u₃ 4 GUN KU₃.BABBAR {m}ma-ša-an-da₂ il-te-qe₃ | and Mašanda took 4 talents of silver. |
| 6 | ša-li-im u₃ šum-ma {m}ma-ša-an-da iš-tu ma-mi-ti | and if Mašanda from the land |
| 7 | i-na-ah-hi-is KU₃.BABBAR ša 4 GUN KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ | The silver is for 4 talents of silver. |
| 8 | {m}ma-ša-an-da a-na LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-ri-it | Mašanda to the king of Ugarit |
| 9 | u₂-ma-al-la | he will pay back. |
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