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Nougayrol Ugaritica 5, no. 37 (P503866)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | Nougayrol Ugaritica 5, no. 37 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503866 |
| 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{ti} u-ga₅-⸢ri⸣-ti | to the king of Ugarit |
| 2 | EN-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 3 | um-ma {m}par₂-ṣi IR₃-[ka] | Thus Paršub, your servant: |
| 4 | a-na GIR₃-MEŠ EN-⸢ia⸣ [am-qut] | I fell at the feet of my lord |
| 5 | [lu-u₂] šul-⸢mu⸣ [a-na muh-hi-ka] | May it be well with you! |
| 6 | ⸢EN⸣-ia ⸢ki⸣-i LUGAL KUR-⸢MEŠ a-mur-ri⸣ | my lord of Ekî, king of the lands of Amurru |
| 7 | u₂-lu a-kan₂-na ana pa-ni-ka₃ | or here in your presence |
| 8 | ⸢aq-ṭiₓ(DE₂)bi ma-a ki-i | he said: “How |
| 9 | ṭe₂-ma ša-a {lu₂}KUR₂.DUR₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KUR₂.DUR₂-MEŠ | You are the enemy, the enemy. |
| 10 | tal-te-me u₃ a-na KUR-ia | You heard, and to my land |
| 11 | šu-⸢pur⸣-mi₃ u₃ i-na-an-na | Send me! And now |
| 12 | EN{li} am-mi-ni₇ | my lord, I have named you. |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | la-a tal-tap-ra | you did not send. |
| 2 | a-na muh-hi-ni | against us |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na a-ma-te {lu₂}⸢KUR₂⸣.DUR₂-ME {lu₂}⸢KUR₂⸣.DUR₂-ME | To the words of the ēšû-priests |
| 2 | ki-i tal-te-me | when you heard |
| 3 | ša-ni-tam EN-ia | That is my lord |
| 4 | KUR-MEŠ a-mur-ri u₃ KUR-MEŠ u-ga-ri-te | The Amurru and Ugarit lands |
| 5 | 1{en}ma šu-nu | 1 - that one |
| 6 | šum₂-ma EN-ia ṭe₂-ma tal-te-me | If you speak to my lord and you hear (it) |
| 7 | a-na {lu₂}KUR₂.DUR₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KUR₂.DUR₂-MEŠ u₃ EN-ia | To the šakkû-priests, the mṣābu-priestess and my lord |
| 8 | a-⸢na⸣ muh-hi-ia lu-u₂ | May the water be upon me! |
| 9 | tal-tap-ra EN{⸢li⸣} | you wrote to me, my lord |
| 10 | a-nu-ma a-na-ku ⸢al⸣-[tap-ra ma-a] | Now, I have written to you: |
| 11 | {giš}MA₂-MEŠ ša-a IGI-MEŠ{⸢ni⸣} | The boats before him |
| 12 | ⸢lu u₂⸣-maš-šar a-na a-ma-⸢ri⸣-[ka] | “He, the emaššar plant, to your mother |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | u₃ EN-ia lu-u₂ i-de₄ | may my lord know! |
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