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Nougayrol Ugaritica 5, no. 52 (P503905)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | Nougayrol Ugaritica 5, no. 52 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503905 |
| 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}ma-da-ʾe-e | Thus Madalê: |
| 2 | a-na {lu₂}sa₃-ki-ni | to the prefect |
| 3 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 4 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na muh-hi-ka | May you be well! |
| 5 | DINGIR-MEŠ a-na šul-ma-ni | May the gods protect me |
| 6 | PAP{ru}ka | in your presence |
| 7 | aš-šum GU₄-MEŠ-ia ša il-tar-qu | If my oxen are stolen |
| 8 | LU₂-MEŠ {iri}ra-ak-⸢ba-ia⸣ | The men of the city of Rāk-ebaya |
| 9 | ki-i taq₂-ta-⸢bi⸣ | when you said, |
| 10 | ma-a ki-i-me-⸢e⸣ [LUGAL] | "When the king |
| 11 | iš-tu ⸢KUR⸣ [u₂-ga-ri-it] | from Ekur-ēriš the Ugarit |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | il-la-[ak] | will go |
| 2 | šu-up-ra-⸢am⸣-[mi] | send me! |
| r | ||
| 1 | di-na ša GU₄-MEŠ-[ka] | Judge the case of your oxen. |
| 2 | lu ga-mi-ir-mi | I want to praise. |
| 3 | i-na-an-na di-na ša-⸢a-ši⸣ | Now, a lawsuit against Ša-eaši-e |
| 4 | gu₅-mi-ir GU₄-MEŠ-ia | my oxen herdsman |
| 5 | li-te-ru-ni-in-ni | may they return to me. |
| 6 | u₃ šum-ma GU₄-MEŠ-ia | And if my oxen |
| 7 | la-a i-na-di-nu-ni | they will not give me. |
| 8 | {lu₂-meš}ŠU.GI-MEŠ ša {iri}ra-ak-ba | the treasurers of the city of Rakba |
| 9 | {m}ba-bi-ia-nu | Abiyanu |
| 10 | DUMU {m}ia-du-da-na | son of Iadudana, |
| 11 | {m}ab-du qa-du₄ DUMU-šu | Abdu, together with his son |
| 12 | u₃ {m}ad-du-nu | and Addunu |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}ha-at-ni-šu | his brother |
| 2 | u₃ {lu₂}UGULA li-im | and the overseer of the troops |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | LU₂-MEŠ an-nu-tu₄ lil-⸢li⸣-ku-ni | Let these men come up for me! |
| 2 | ⸢a⸣-na E₂ DINGIR{li₃} li-ru-bu | may he enter the temple of the god |
| 3 | u₃ lu-u₂ za-ku-u₂ | or cleared, |
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