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RS 20.0238 (P503904)
Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 20.0238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503904 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| 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 LUGAL KUR a-la-ši-ia | To the king of the land of Alašiya: |
| 2 | a-bi-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Say to my father: |
| 3 | um-ma LUGAL KUR u-ga-ri-it | Thus says the king of Ugarit: |
| 4 | DUMU-ka-ma | your son |
| 5 | a-na GIR₃-MEŠ a-bi-ia ⸢am-qut⸣ | To the feet of my father Amqutu |
| 6 | a-na muh-hi a-bi-ia lu-u₂ ⸢šul-mu⸣ | to my father may it be repaid. |
| 7 | a-na E₂-HI.A-ka NITLAM₄-MEŠ-ka ⸢ERIN₂⸣-ka | to your houses, your possessions and your troops |
| 8 | a-na gab-bi ⸢mim⸣-mu-u₂ | to all the emû |
| 9 | ša LUGAL KUR [a]-la-ši-⸢ia⸣ | From the king of Alašiya. |
| 10 | a-bi-ia ⸢dan⸣-niš₂ dan-niš₂ | my father was very strong |
| 11 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ šul-⸢mu⸣ | The elû-priestess, the svul-emu-priest |
| 12 | a-⸢bi⸣ a-nu-ma {giš}MA₂-MEŠ | Now, the boats |
| 13 | ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂-meš}KUR₂ il-la(⸢DAG-)ka | The enemy will come to you. |
| 14 | ⸢IRI⸣-HI.A-ia i-na IZI ⸢i-ša-ti⸣ }} | my fortresses with fire |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [i]-ša-ri-ip | Išarip |
| 2 | [u₃] a-ma-at | and the word |
| 3 | [la]-a ⸢ba⸣-ni-ta | without his permission |
| 4 | [i]-⸢na⸣ lib₃-bi KUR i-te-⸢ep⸣-šu₂ | (If) the heart of the land is disturbed |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-bu-ia u₂-ul ⸢i-de⸣ | my father I did not know. |
| 2 | ki-i gab-bu ERIN₂-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x-ia⸣ | like all the troops of ...-ia-e23 |
| 3 | i-na KUR ha-at-ti | in the land Hatti |
| 4 | aš-bu u₃ gab-bu {⸢giš}MA₂⸣-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | All the boats of mine |
| 5 | i-na ⸢KUR⸣ lu-uk-⸢ka⸣-a | Let me enter into the Ekur temple |
| 6 | aš-bu [a]-⸢di⸣-ni ul ik-šu-da-ni | As for me, the river did not approach me. |
| 7 | u₃ KUR{tu₄} ka-am-ma na-da-at | and the land was given to me. |
| 8 | [a]-⸢bu⸣-ia a-ma-at an-ni-tam | my father, this word |
| 9 | [lu]-u₂ i-de i-na-an-na | he knows. Now |
| 10 | 7 {giš}MA₂-MEŠ ša {lu₂-meš}KUR₂ | 7 horses of the enemy’s army |
| 11 | ⸢ša⸣ il-la-ka-⸢an⸣-ni | When he goes out, |
| 12 | u₃ a-ma-at maš-ik-ta | and the word of the incantation |
| 13 | it-ep-šu-na-a-ši | they have performed against him |
| 14 | i-na-an-na šum-ma {giš}⸢MA₂⸣-[MEŠ] | Now, if the boats |
| 15 | ša {lu₂-meš}KUR₂ ša-na-⸢tu⸣ | of the enemy's troops |
| 16 | i-ba-aš-ši-mi ṭe₂-⸢ma⸣ | Is it true that he will return? |
| 17 | [a]-⸢ia⸣-ka-am-ma šu-up-up-⸢ra-an⸣-ni | My father, send me a message! |
| 18 | [u₃] lu-u₂ i-de₄ | or knows |
Sources & licences
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