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PRU 4, pl. 66 RS 17.0383 (P503664)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 4, pl. 66 RS 17.0383 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503664 |
| 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 | a-na LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-ri-it | to the king of Ugarit |
| 2 | EN-ia qi₂-bi-⸢ma⸣ | My lord, speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {m}ta-gu₅-uh-li IR₃-ka-ma | Thus (says) Taguhli, your servant: |
| 4 | a-na GIR₃-MEŠ EN-⸢ia⸣ iš-tu ru-qiš | To the feet of my lord, from afar |
| 5 | 2{šu₂(DIŠ)} 7{šu₂} am-qut | 2 male and 7 female lambs |
| 6 | e-nu-ma it-ti LUGAL u₃ it-ti-ia | Now with the king and with me |
| 7 | gab₂-ba₂ šul-mu aš-ra-nu it-ti | All is well with me. |
| 8 | LUGAL EN-ia mi-nu-me-e šul-ma-nu | All is well with the king, my lord. |
| 9 | ṭe₂-ma li-te-er-ru-ni | If he requests, may he return it. |
| 10 | mi-nu-u₂ a-ma-tu-MEŠ an-na-tu₄ | What are these words? |
| 11 | ša a-na LUGAL tal-ta-nap-pa-ra | which you constantly send to the king |
| 12 | ma-a a-nu-ma {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ ul-te-bi-lak-ku-⸢um-mi⸣ | "Now I have sent you lapis lazuli. |
| 13 | u₃ ŠA₃-šu ša LUGAL dan-niš₂ im-ta-li | and the hand of the mighty king has diminished |
| 14 | u₃ a-na a-ia-ši LUGAL iṣ-ṣa-ab-ta-an-ni | and to whom the king has seized me |
| 15 | ma-a u₂-ul a-na muh-hi-ia-a an-nu-u₂ | "It is not to me." |
| 16 | u₂-la-za-an-mi u₃ NA₄ ka-am-ma | he will pay back. And the stone is always. |
| 17 | iš-tu qa-qa-ri it-ta-ši-mi | From the ground he came up. |
| 18 | u₃ ul-te-bi-la-am-mi | and I have sent it to me. |
| 19 | ma-a a-nu-ma {na₄}ZA.GIN₃-MEŠ | "Now the lapis lazuli |
| 20 | ul-te-bi-lak-ku-um-mi | I have sent to you. |
| 21 | ⸢ki⸣-it-tu₄-u₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ al-⸢lu-u₂⸣ | E-ittu, lapis lazuli, al-elû-stone |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša tu-še-bi-la | that you sent |
| 2 | u₃ lu-u₂-me-e šu-bu-lu-um-ma | or any other person, |
| 3 | la-a tu-še-ba-la u₃ NA₄ ka-am-ma nu-ut-ki | You will not bring it, and there is no stone for you. |
| 4 | la-a ta-na-aš-ši-ma la-a tu-še-ba-la | You shall not take it away and you shall not bring it with you. |
| 5 | u₃ ŠA₃-šu ša LUGAL a-na muh-hi-ka | And the king's hand to you |
| 6 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ la-a tu-ma-al-la | “You did not make the elû-priestess present, |
| 7 | i-na-an-na {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ iš-tu a-ia-iš-am-me-⸢e⸣ | Now, lapis lazuli from Aya-išvamme-e |
| 8 | a-mu-ur-ma ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL šu-bi-la | I saw and sent (it) to the king. |
| 9 | ⸢u₃⸣ ŠA₃-šu ša LUGAL a-na muh-hi ⸢EN⸣-ia | The king's hand against my lord's house |
| 10 | lu-u₂ la-a i-ma-al-li | he should not lie. |
| 11 | u₃ e-nu-ma a-na-ku dan-⸢niš₂⸣ am-ta-ra-⸢aṣ⸣ | And when I, Dan-ešti-E, am constantly seeking out |
| 12 | u₂-ba-an lu-u₂ la mi-ta-a-ku | I shall have no claim. |
| 13 | i-na-an-na iš-tu GIG-ia ab-ta-lu-uṭ | Now, I live with my illness. |
| 14 | ⸢u₃⸣ {d}ap-šu-uk-ka ša {iri}ir-ha-an-da | The temple of Apsukka of Irḫanda |
| 15 | e-te-la-a u₃ a-na LU₂ tap-pu-ti-šu | he has left, and to the man of his companion |
| 16 | e-er-ri-ša-an-ni u₃ ma-an-nu-me-e | Errīšanni, and nobody |
| 17 | a-na DINGIR{li₃} ša-⸢a⸣-šu SISKUR-MEŠ | To the god, his lord, the offerings |
| 18 | ša LU₂ tap-pu-ut-ti e-ep-pa-aš | of a man who has companions will be made |
| 19 | u₃ NIG₂.BA-HI.A ma-aʾ-di-iš ub-bal | and he will carry out many gifts. |
| 20 | u₃ {sig₂}ZA.GIN₃ ub-ba-al i-na-an-na | and lapis lazuli he shall weigh out. Now |
| 21 | EN-ia {sig₂}ZA.GIN₃-MEŠ li-še(TE-)bi-la | May my lord send me blue wool. |
| 22 | šum-ma EN-ia {sig₂}ZA.GIN₃.NA la-a | If my lord does not wear blue wool |
| 23 | ⸢u₂⸣-še-ba-la a-na a-ia-ši | to the ešebala canal |
| 24 | ma-an-nu ša-nu-um-ma {sig₂}ZA.GIN₃-⸢MEŠ⸣ | Who is this blue-purple wool? |
| 25 | i-na-an-da-na šum-ma | he will give back. If |
| 26 | EN-ia la-a i-na-da-⸢na⸣ | my lord, shall not come out. |
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