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PRU 6, no. 18 RS 19.0053 (P503772)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PRU 6, no. 18 RS 19.0053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503772 |
| 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 | um-ma {m}NIR-{d}AG {lu₂}DUB.SAR{ru₃} | Thus (says) Nidintu-Nabû, the scribe. |
| 2 | a-na {m}na-he₂-ši-šal-mu ŠEŠ DUG₃.GA-ia | To Nahesvi-šalmu, my good steward |
| 3 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR{ru₃} ša {m}DU₃-{d}UTU {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM GAL | Scribe: Eriba-Šamaš, chief treasurer. |
| 4 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 5 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na muh-hi-ka | May you be well! |
| 6 | DINGIR-MEŠ a-na šul-ma-ni | May the gods protect me |
| 7 | PAP{ru}ka | in your presence |
| 8 | ŠEŠ-ia a-me-ni ra-aʾ-ba-ta | Who can rival me? |
| 9 | it-ti ŠEŠ-ka ul ki-i | It is not with your hand that |
| 10 | ša pa-na-nu pa-nu-ka it-ti-ia | Whose face is like your face with me |
| 11 | šum-ma hi₂-ṭu-ia i-na pa-ni-ka | If my sin is in your presence |
| 12 | u₃ i-na ṭup-pi₂ šu-ku-un-ni | and placed on a tablet |
| 13 | a-na muh-hi ŠEŠ-ka šup₃-ri | Send it to your hand! |
| 14 | e-ne₂-na e-nu-ma GU₂.GAL {{ hu-ul-lu-ru }} | When Gugal was destroyed |
| 15 | GU₂.TUR {{ ka-ak-ku-u₂ }} i-na | a cow, a kakkû-vessel, in |
| 16 | E₂ ŠEŠ-ka ia-aʾ-nu | There is no house of yours |
| 17 | me-ri-il-ta an-ni-ta | “From this side of the river, |
| 18 | la-a ta-kal₂-la-an-ni | do not hold me back! |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša-ni-tam a-ma-ta an-ni-ta | This is the word of this. |
| 2 | si-ma-an-ni {kuš}E.SIR₂ | “Seize my sandals! |
| 3 | ša ta-di-na-an-ni | that you gave me |
| 4 | šum-ma ṭup-pa ša DUH.LAL₃ | If a tablet of wax |
| 5 | ta-ra-am u₃ lu-din-na-ku | Give me a gift, and I will give it to you. |
| 6 | u₃ ṭup-pa ša it-ti-ka | and the tablet that is with you |
| 7 | a-na be-li-šu te-er | Return to its owner. |
Sources & licences
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- 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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