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RS 86.2208 (P504024)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 86.2208 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504024 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x] x u₂-ba-ʾe [...] x-u₂-šu | ... he will bring |
| 2' | [x x x] u₂-ba-ʾe LU₂ [...] x | ... a man ... |
| 3' | [x x x] u₂-bu-ni i-na ⸢E₂⸣.[GAL-ia] u₃ i-na be-er-ti-⸢ia⸣ | ... in the Ekallātiya and in the Inner City |
| 4' | [x x] x a-na ku-a-ša al-tap-ra-ku ma-a la ta-al-ta-na-me | I have sent ... to you, saying: "You should not give it to me!" |
| 5' | [x x]-MEŠ ša-ni-u₂-te ša u₂-ša-hu-zu-ka-ni | Those ... which he had brought to you |
| 6' | ⸢ta-ka⸣-la mi-im-ma i-na mar-ši-ti IR₃-MEŠ-ia | “Do not take away anything from my body! |
| 7' | a-nu-ma IR₃-šu ir-ta-na-qi am-ma-ka a-na pa-ne₂ | Now, he has sinned, where is he going? |
| 8' | DUMU ia-<<a>>-ri-me ki-i u₂-ba-ʾe-u₂-ni a-na KUR mi-iṣ-ri | When the son of Yarime brought it, he went to the land of Miṣru. |
| 9' | a-na ta-da-ni-šu aš-šum-ma ki-i u₂-du-ni mar-ši-ti | For his gift, if he is born a widow |
| 10' | ša EN-šu u₃ la-a i-na-di-nu IR₃ am-mi-a an-ni-ša | of his lord, and they will not give it. Why is this delay? |
| 11' | u₃ am-mi-ša a-na-ku u₂-ba-a-šu u₃ ki-i iq-bi-u₂-ni | “And why did I speak to him and when he said |
| 12' | DUMU ia-ri-me ma-a i-ba-aš-ši še-bu-tu ki-i ul-ta-ši | The son of Yarimmu said: "Is it true that he has been killed?" |
| 13' | 1 ME 50 KU₃.BABBAR {m}ša-qa-e a-na šu-a-šu u₃ GAL-MEŠ{tu} | 150 (shekels of) silver: Šaqâ for himself and the chiefs |
| 14' | ša {iri}u₂-ga-ri-it u₂-du-šu u₃ LU₂-MEŠ ša iq-⸢bi-u₂-ni⸣ | of Ugarit his sheep and the men whom he said |
| 15' | ma-a še-bu-tu-ia šu-nu-ti il-ta-aʾ-lu-šu-nu LU₂-MEŠ-ia | “These are my men who have taken them away, my men |
| 16' | ma-a at-tu-nu i-na ke-te še-bu-tu ša DUMU ia-ri-me ki-i ul-ta-ši | “You, by the true command of the son of Yarimmu, I have sent (this message) to you. |
| 17' | KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ a-na ŠU{at} {m}ša-qa-e iq-ṭi₃-bi-u₂-šu-nu-ti | Šaqâ has said to them: |
| 18' | ma-a la-a še-bu-tu ne₂-nu šum-ma i-na še-bu-ti i-ša-ku-nu | “This is not the case. If they are in the case |
| 19' | mu-še-ra-šu-⸢nu li⸣-it-mu DINGIR-MEŠ a-na pa-ne₂-šu-nu | May the gods hear his prayer. |
| 20' | u₃ ki-i iq-[bi]-⸢u₂⸣-ni {m}DUMU ia-ri-me a-na tar-ṣe pa-ne₂ ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ] | and when he said to me, the son of Yarime to the rear of the gods |
| 21' | ma-a la-aš-šu 1 ME 30 DUG I₃-MEŠ ša {m}ša-qa-e ⸢iq⸣-[ṭi₃-bi] | "There are no 130 pots of oil of Šaqâ. |
| 22' | ma-a šum-ma e-ta-am-ru i-na pi-tu-ia a-na KUR [mi-iṣ-ri] | "If he has seen it, in my responsibility to the land of Mišri |
| 23' | a-ta-lak a-di E₂{ti}ia iq-ṭi₃-bi [...] | I went, until my house he said ... |
| 24' | ⸢li⸣-li-ka u₄-ma 40 DUG I₃-MEŠ {⸢m⸣}[...] | When 40 pots of oil |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] i-ta-lak a-⸢na⸣ [...] | ... went, ... |
| 2' | i-ba-aš-ši i-na {iri}u₂-ga-⸢ri-it⸣ [...] | there is in Ugarit |
| 3' | am-ma-ka a-na ša-a-šu u₃ la-a iṣ-[bat ...] | Why to him and not to ... |
| 4' | a-na sa-ha-ri i-na lib₃-be₂ KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ ša iš-⸢tu⸣ [...] | From the silver that is now ... |
| 5' | il-qi-u₂-ni u₃ iq-ṭi₂-ʾi-ip a-na e-pa-aš ⸢KU₃⸣.[BABBAR-MEŠ ...] | he took, and he said to him to make silver |
| 6' | šu-ut u₃ IR₃-MEŠ-šu u₃ ta-ak-tu-un DUMU.MI₂ {m}ia-ri-me | The daughter of Iarime |
| 7' | a-na DAM{ti}šu u₃ la-a tu-la-ad a-na šu-a-šu | to his wife, and you will not give it to him. |
| 8' | u₃ ub-ta-ʾe a-na a-ha-zi MI₂ ša-ni-ta il-te-ša | and he has brought it to the aḫāzu of that woman |
| 9' | ki-i la tu-la-ad DUMU a-na ša-šu ki mu-de u₂-ti | If you do not bring the son to him, he will die. |
| 10' | DUMU.MI₂ {m}ia-ri-me te-ta-pa-ša-šu u₃ ta-su-uk | The daughter of Iarīmu you have treated him, and you have suckled. |
| 11' | GIŠ-MEŠ i-na lib₃-be₂ GIR₃ u₃ ta-ti-din-šu i-na ŠU{⸢at⸣} | wood from the šēpê-tree and you have given to him, from the hands of E-e-23 |
| 12' | {f}um-ma-ʾa-bi NIN{ti}ša u₃ tal-te-qe-šu | Umma-alabi, his mistress, and you have taken him |
| 13' | iš-tu il-ti-u₂-ni u₃ sa-mu-ki iṣ-ṣa-bat GIŠ-MEŠ | After he has sinned and seized Samuku, the wood |
| 14' | lib₃-ba-šu u₃ i-sa-aq-ra ⸢iš⸣-pu-ru-u₂-kum qu-ba-su | his heart and he will be angry with you. E-šu-purum is his opponent. |
| 15' | iš-tu e-mu-⸢ru⸣-ni ki-i pa-nu-⸢šu⸣ a-na mu-a-ti | After the emūrūnu had left for the dead, |
| 16' | u₃ il-ta-ṭar KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ ⸢kat₂-ta⸣-u₂-ti-ia ⸢li-num⸣-mu-šu | and he has paid back the silver of my ekatta-ētî-priestess (and) his eli-num-e-mušu-priest |
| 17' | mi-mu-šu ša am-ma-ka i-na lib₃-be₂ ṭup-pe a-na UGU-ia | Whatever it is that I have written on a tablet |
| 18' | i-na-ša-i qu-ul a-mu-e-at a-ba-la-aṭ u₃ u₂-ba-ʾa | “It is a storm, a flood, an affliction, and a famine. |
| 19' | EN mi-im-mu-ia ša a-na UGU mi-im-mu-ia u₃ ⸢iq-ṭi₃⸣-[bi] | Lord of everything that pertains to everything and the iqtû-priestess |
| 20' | ma-a a-na-i-ša qu-ul ta-mur ⸢šap-ru-te⸣ | saying: “Why did you see the šaprīrūtu-tree |
| 21' | a-na UGU mi-im-mu-ia ⸢u₃ a-na SISKUR-MEŠ⸣ {d}IŠKUR [...] | Concerning my possessions, for the offerings of Adad |
| 22' | u₃ lu ta-e-ra [...] | or you ... |
| 23' | NIN [...] | ... lady |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...]-ri-im-me a-ṣa-bat ṣi-ib-ta | ... I have seized from the netherworld |
| 2 | [...] u₂-ga-ri-it | ... Ugarit |
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