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PRU 4, pl. 83 RS 18.0115 (P503722)
Treaty, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 4, pl. 83 RS 18.0115 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503722 |
| 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)
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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 | {m}⸢i⸣-[ni-{d}IŠKUR LUGAL KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš DUMU {m}ša-hu-ru-nu-wa LUGAL KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš-ma] | Evini-Adad (III), king of Carchemish, son of Šahurunuwa, (who was) also king (of) Kargamish. |
| 2 | ⸢ri⸣-[kil₂-ta i-na be-ri ša KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš u₃ be-ri ša KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it] | In the territory of Kargamiš and Ugarit |
| 3 | a-⸢kan₂⸣-[na ir-ku-us ma-a šum-ma-me-e {lu₂-meš}DAM.GAR₃ ša ma-an-da-ti] | he entered, saying: “If the merchants of many years |
| 4 | ša LUGAL KUR {⸢iri⸣}[u-ga-ri-it i-na lib₃-bi KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš i-du-ku-mi] | of the king of the land of Ugarit in Kargamiš killed |
| 5 | u₃ DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}[kar-ga-miš {lu₂-meš}da-ku-ti-šu-nu] | and the citizens of Kargamiš, their prisoners |
| 6 | i-ṣa-ba-tum-mi₃ ⸢u₃⸣ [DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it qa-du LU₂-MEŠ ša ba-bi-šu-nu] | Išbatum the sons of the land of Ugarit together with the men of their fathers |
| 7 | il-la-ku-nim-ma [i-na KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš li-it-mu-ma] | they shall come and in Kargamiš they shall swear, and |
| 8 | aš-šum ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu-⸢nu⸣ [KU₃-MEŠ-šu-nu ANŠE-MEŠ-šu-nu u₃ gab-ba ki-i] | Concerning the silver, their gold, their horses and all of it |
| 9 | ša ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu-[nu i-qa-ab-bu-ni DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš a-kan₂-na u₂-šal-la-mu-ni] | The sons of Kargamiš whom they have brought here |
| 10 | u₃ KU₃.BABBAR mu-[ul-la-a ša ZI-MEŠ 3 MA.NA ša 1{en} LU₂] | and the silver he has paid. Of the persons 3 minas of one man |
| 11 | DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}⸢kar⸣-[ga-miš u₂-šal-la-mu-ni ...] | The citizens of the land of Kar-egamiš who had come to me |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ šum-ma {lu₂-meš}[UZU ka-a-ma i-ṣa-ba-tu-ni u₃ {lu₂-meš}da-ku-ti-šu-nu] | And if the flesh of a man is seized, and their sucklings |
| 2 | la-a i-ṣa-ba-⸢tum⸣-[mi₃ DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš qa-du LU₂-MEŠ ša ba-bi-šu-nu] | The citizens of Kargamiš together with the men of their fathers |
| 3 | il-la-ku-nim-ma [i-na KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it i-na NAM.NE.RU li-it-mu] | they came to me and in the land of Ugarit in a dynasty may they die. |
| 4 | ma-a šum-ma-mi₃ {lu₂-meš}⸢da⸣-[ku-ti-šu-nu ni-di-mi] | “If we know their men |
| 5 | u₃ ša {lu₂-meš}DAM.GAR₃ an-nu-ti ⸢KU₃⸣.[BABBAR-MEŠ ANŠE-MEŠ gab-bu mim-mu šu-nu i-hal-liq] | and all these merchants, the silver and all the donkeys shall be destroyed. |
| 6 | u₃ KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ mu-ul-la-a ša ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ 3 MA.NA ša 1{en} LU₂-MEŠ ...] | and the silver that the ešītu-priests paid, 3 minas of one man |
| 7 | u₂-šal-la-mu-ni DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}kar-ga-[miš u₃ KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ ANŠE-MEŠ ...] | The citizens of Kargamiš and the silver, the horses |
| 8 | ša {lu₂-meš}DAM.GAR₃ la-a u-maš-ša-ru [...] | Of the merchants they did not extinguish |
| 9 | u₃ šum-ma {lu₂-meš}DAM.GAR₃ ša ma-an-da-⸢ti⸣ [ša LUGAL KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš i-na KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it] | And if the merchants of Manda-etî of Kargamiš in Ugarit |
| 10 | i-du-ku-ni u₃ {lu₂-meš}da-ku-ti-šu-nu [i-ṣa-ba-tum-mi₃ u₃] | he killed, and their prisoners he captured, and |
| 11 | DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš qa-du LU₂-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ [ba-bi-šu-nu il-la-ku-nim-ma] | The citizens of Kargamiš together with the citizens of the other side will come and |
| 12 | i-na KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it li-it-mu-ma [aš-šum ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu-nu KU₃.BABBAR-šu-nu ANŠE-MEŠ-šu-nu ...] | In the land of Ugarit let them know that their hands, their silver, their donkeys |
| 13 | u₃ DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it KU₃.BABBAR-[MEŠ-šu-nu ANŠE-MEŠ-šu-nu gab-ba mim-mu-šu-nu] | and the citizens of Ugarit, their silver, their property and everything else |
| 14 | a-kan₂-na u₂-šal-la-mu-ni u₃ [mul-la-a ša ZI-MEŠ] | Here they are bringing me, and the stars of life |
| 15 | 3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša 1{en} LU₂{lim} ⸢a⸣-[na DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš u₂-šal-la-mu-ni] | 3 minas of silver that one ea-e-na (and) the citizens of Kargamiš received. |
| 16 | u₃ šum-ma DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš LU₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ [da-ku-ti-šu-nu iš-tu DUMU-MEŠ] | And if the citizens of Kargamiš (and) the temple-enterers are killed, with the citizens |
| 17 | KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it la-a u₂-še-el-⸢lu⸣-[u₂ DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it il-la-ku-nim-ma] | The people of the land of Ugarit have not been able to escape, they are coming to me. |
| 18 | qa-du LU₂-MEŠ ša ba-bi-šu-nu i-na {⸢iri⸣}[nu-ba-an-na u₃ šum-ma i-na {iri}gur-a-ta] | together with the men of their fathers in the city Nubanna and if in Gurata |
| 19 | li-it-mu-u₂ ma-a šum-ma-mi₃ {lu₂-meš}da-[ku-ti-šu-nu ni-di-mi] | “Let them hear that if we know their deportees |
| 20 | u₃ ša {lu₂-meš}DAM.GAR₃ ša LUGAL KUR {iri}⸢kar⸣-[ga-miš KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ] | and the merchants of the king of the land of Bīt-ekar-gamiš the silver |
| 21 | ANŠE-MEŠ gab-bu mim-mu-u₂-šu-nu i-[hal-liq u₃ DUMU-MEŠ KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it] | All the donkeys will be destroyed, and the citizens of Ugarit |
| 22 | mu-ul-la-a ša ZI-MEŠ 3 MA.[NA KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ ša 1{en} LU₂ u₂-šal-la-mu-ni] | Whoever takes (this tablet) away, shall pay 3 minas of silver to whom one man shall pay. |
| 23 | u₃ {lu₂}⸢DAM.GAR₃ a-na {lu₂-meš}ši-bu⸣-[ti ...] | and the merchants to the citizens |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢ša⸣ [...] | The ša’e23 priest |
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