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PRU 4, pl. 68 RS 17.0393 (P503669)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 4, pl. 68 RS 17.0393 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503669 |
| 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)
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 {lu₂}GAR+{kin} KUR{⸢ti⸣} | to the governor of the land of Etiu |
| 2 | ša KUR {iri}u₂-ga-⸢ri⸣-it | of the land of Ugarit |
| 3 | EN-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 4 | um-ma {m}ep-pi₂-qi₃ IR₃-ka | Thus (says) Eppiqi, your servant: |
| 5 | a-na GIR₃-MEŠ EN-ia iš-tu ru-qiš | To the feet of my lord, from afar |
| 6 | 2{šu₂} 7{šu₂} am-qut | 2 7 amqut |
| 7 | EN-ia ki-i-me-e DUMU-MEŠ KUR {⸢iri⸣}[uš]-⸢na⸣-ti | My lord, when the citizens of the land of Ušenati |
| 8 | tu-muš-šar u₃ ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ {iri}⸢uš-na⸣-ti | Tumuššar and the citizens of Eusvnaeti |
| 9 | ti-iṣ-na-bat mi-na-a | What does Tišnabat know? |
| 10 | [x]-x-DU i-na lib₃-bi | ... among |
| 11 | [KUR]{⸢ti⸣} ša EN-ia | the land of my lord |
| 12 | [...] il-tar-qu | ... they have plundered |
| 13 | [...] ⸢TA⸣ BA HU ⸢TAM⸣ MA | ... ešamû-plant |
| 14 | [mi-nu]-um-me-e lu-[u₂] | whatever there is |
| 15 | [la-a] e-pa-šu LU₂ ša-a-šu-nu | they did not do, that man |
| 16 | ⸢i⸣-na lib₃-bi KUR{ti} | and the heart of the land |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] EN-ia a-na muh-hi-⸢ia⸣ | ... my lord to me |
| 2 | [id-di]-na-am u₃ a-na-ku | gave me, and I |
| 3 | [lu]-u₂ i-de hi-ṭe₄-šu-nu | may he know of their sin |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣-ni-tam EN-ia {lu₂}IR₃-ka an-nu-u₂ | This is my lord, your servant. |
| 5 | ⸢im-ta⸣-har an-ni-ka-nu a-ma-⸢ta⸣ | “It is enough, this is enough! I want to make it available to you! |
| 6 | ⸢iš⸣-tu ⸢KA⸣-šu | It is an ešûtu-demon |
| 7 | a-na pa-ni {d}IŠKUR{la}na | before Adad-lāna |
| 8 | u₂-gam₂-mi-ir-mi | he defeated me. |
| 9 | ma-a a-na-ku u-tam-ma-mi | “I have seen |
| 10 | i-na ha-aṣ-ṣi₂-in-ni-⸢ši u₃⸣ | in the ḫassinni-eši canal |
| 11 | i-na-an-na ki-i-me-e | Now, like |
| 12 | EN-ia iš-tu KUR su₂-⸢bar⸣-ti | my lord from the land of Sumer |
| 13 | it-tal-ka u₃ šu-nu | has come, and that |
| 14 | a-ma-te-MEŠ lu gam₂-mi-ir(NI) | May my words be favourable. |
| 15 | aš-šum LU₂ ša-a-ši | If that man |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢LU₂⸣-MEŠ ša-šu-nu | ... those slaves |
| 2 | [...] ⸢la-a⸣ | ... the elā’e temple |
| 3 | [...] šu-nu | ... that |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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