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Nougayrol Ugaritica 5, no. 21 (P503867)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | Nougayrol Ugaritica 5, no. 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503867 |
| 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' | ⸢um⸣-ma {m}niq₂-ma-{d}⸢IŠKUR DUMU⸣-ka | and Niqmaddu, your son |
| 2' | [a]-⸢na⸣ GIR₃-MEŠ a-bi-⸢ia⸣ [am]-⸢qut⸣ | Abiya, Amqutu |
| 3' | [a]-⸢na⸣ muh-hi-MEŠ a-bi-⸢ia lu⸣-u₂ [šul-mu] | May my father be well! |
| 4' | [a]-⸢na⸣ E₂.GAL-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣ MUNUS.NITA-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ka ERIN₂-MEŠ-ka] | When you enter your palaces, your women, your troops |
| 5' | [a]-na {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ-[ka] ANŠE.KUR.⸢RA⸣-[MEŠ-ka] | to your chariots and your army |
| 6' | a-na gab-bi [mim]-ma-u₂ ša | to all that |
| 7' | LUGAL KUR {iri}a-⸢la⸣-ši-ia ⸢a⸣-[bi-ia] | the king of the land of A’ela-ešīya (and) Ea-ebiya |
| 8' | dan-niš₂ dan-⸢niš₂⸣ lu-u₂ [šul-mu] | May they be strong, strong! |
| 9' | a-bu-ia a-nu-⸢um-ma⸣ ki-⸢i⸣ al-ta-⸢par₂⸣ | My father, I have gone down to the place where I went down. |
| 10' | [... a-na] muh-hi a-bi-ia [...] | ... to my father ... |
| 11' | [...] I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ i-na ŠU{ti} [...] | ... oil in the hand |
| 12' | [...] x a-na la-qe-e ṣi-⸢bu⸣-[ti ...] | ... for the laqû-offering of the ṣi-ēti |
| 13' | [...] ŠI u₃ i-na-an-na 1 lim x [...] | ... and now 1,000 ... |
| 14' | [... {lu₂}DAM].GAR₃ ka-a-ma I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ-ia ⸢ša⸣ [...] | ... the merchant, whenever my oil ... |
| 15' | [x]-⸢ba⸣-AD-šu u₃ 7-TA.AN.⸢NA⸣ [...] | x-eba-abu-šu and 7-ta-ana-e23 |
| 16' | [(x) {lu₂]}DUMU KIN-ia an-nu-u₂ a-kan₂-[na iq-bi] | this messenger of mine said: |
| 17' | [...]-⸢pu⸣-šu u₃ I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ [...] | ... his ... and oil |
| 18' | [...]-TA.AN.NA [...] | ... ... |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [... {lu₂}DUMU KIN]-ia an-nu-[u₂ ...] | this messenger of mine |
| 2 | [...] an-nu-[u₂ ...] | ... this ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢DI⸣.NAM-MEŠ | ... ēšallim-plant |
| 2 | [...] x x a-na 1 lim ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ [...] | ... for 1,000 (shekels of) silver |
| 3 | [...] ⸢iq⸣-ta-bi ⸢u₃⸣ 1 lim [...] | ... its iqēta plant, 1,000 ... |
| 4 | [... KUR]{ti} a-la-ši-ya u₂-[...] | ... the land of Alašiya |
| 5 | [... i-na] ⸢ŠU⸣{ti} {lu₂}DUMU KIN-⸢ia⸣ [...] | ... in the hand of the messenger |
| 6 | [... u₂-ga]-ri-it | ... the ugarit priestess |
| 7 | [...] ME | ... moonrise to sunset: |
| 8 | ⸢ša⸣-[ni-tam ...] x-TA.AN.[NA ...] | The ša-e-nītam-plant |
| 9 | ki-i [...] a-⸢bi⸣-[ia ...] | When ... my father |
| 10 | dan-⸢niš₂⸣ [...] IL [...] | Dan-ešue |
| 11 | ša-a a-bi-⸢ia⸣ [...] | That of Abiya |
| 12 | u₃ i-na-an-⸢na⸣ [...] HU [...] | And now ... |
| 13 | ul-tu muh-hi [a-bi]-⸢ia u₂⸣-tab-bi-[il] | from Abiya I raised up. |
| 14 | u₃ šum-ma a-bu-⸢ia-ma⸣ ta-an-⸢x⸣-[...] | And if Abu-eyama-e |
| 15 | ⸢la⸣-a i-še-[... a]-nu-um-ma [...] | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) Then ... |
| 16 | 1 li-⸢im⸣ [...]-MEŠ-šu ⸢a⸣-[...] ⸢x x i⸣-[...] | If a flood afflicts its ...: ... will ... . |
| 17 | [...] LI ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the temple |
| 18 | [...] ⸢x⸣ URUDU-MEŠ [...] | ... copper ... |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [... gab]-bi ša i-na | ... all that in |
| 2 | [...] ⸢gab⸣-bu DUMU-MEŠ KUR ⸢a⸣-[la-ši-ia ...] | ... Egabbu, the sons of the land of Ea-elašiya |
| 3 | [... li]-⸢it⸣-bu-ma u₃ {lu₂}[DUMU KIN-ia ...] | ... may they rise up and my messenger ... |
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