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RS 25.0138 (P503986)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 25.0138 |
|---|---|
| ID | P503986 |
| 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 | [a-na] MUNUS.LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-⸢ri⸣-[it] | to the queen of Ugarit |
| 2 | [GAŠAN]-⸢ia⸣ qi₂-bi-ma | Šamaš-eya’e speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ⸢al⸣-lu-wa-ma | thus Eluwa: |
| 4 | [am-qut] a-na GIR₃-MEŠ GAŠAN-ia | I fall at the feet of my lady |
| 5 | ul-tu ru-qiš 3{šu₂} 9{šu₂} | from a distance of 3 9 (cubits) |
| 6 | a-nu-um-ma [UTUL₂] GA.KIN.AG | Herewith, the large bowl of confections. |
| 7 | 15 pu-⸢ul⸣-la-an-za | 15, Pû-eulanza; |
| 8 | 5 te-ma-aš-ša | 5 lines |
| 9 | a-na GAŠAN-ia i-li-ku-ni(IR) | To my lady they came. |
| 10 | u₃ GAŠAN-ia {urudu}ŠEN | and my lady, a ram |
| 11 | {tug₂}GADA {na₄}eh₂-li-pa₂-⸢ak⸣-[ku] | a linen garment of ehlipak-stone |
| 12 | {giš}NU.LUH.HA KID as-sa₃-x-[...] | Nuḫurtu-plant (a kind of juniper) |
| 13 | šu-bi-la | Send! |
| 14 | a-nu-um-ma IBILA-MEŠ | Now, the heirs |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | a-na {lu₂}ha-at-nu-ut-ti | to the haruspex |
| 2 | i-la-ku | he will go. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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