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RS 94.2079 + RS 94.2367 (P504053)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2079 + RS 94.2367 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504053 |
| 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 LUGAL KUR [kar-ga-miš] | Thus says the king of Carchemish |
| 2 | a-na {m}niq₂{iq}ma-{d}[IŠKUR] | to Niqmaddu |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-ri-⸢it⸣ | king of Ugarit. |
| 4 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 5 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na muh-hi-⸢ka⸣ | May it be well with you! |
| 6 | u₂-ul {iri}a-la-at-ha {d}UTU{šu} | not Alalha, Šamaš |
| 7 | a-na ŠU-ka ra-ṣa-pa il-ta-par₂ | to your hand Raṣappa has sent |
| 8 | am-mi-ni-i ERIN₂-MEŠ KARAŠ-ka | Why are your troops in your camp? |
| 9 | ⸢KIN⸣-MEŠ ša {iri}a-la-at-ha | messengers of Alatha |
| 10 | la-a ep-pa-šu u₃ šum-ma ERIN₂-MEŠ KARAŠ-ka | They will not do it. And if the troops of your camp |
| 11 | ta-šap-pa-ra UD 5-KAM⸣ | You will write on the 5th day. |
| 12 | UD 6-KAM uš-ša-bu-u₂-ma | On the 6th day they appear and |
| 13 | it-ta-bu-ma ih-ta-na-al-la-qu | they have sinned, they have become frightened |
| 14 | ⸢i⸣-na-an-na a-nu-ma {m}ma-di-{d}KUR | Now Madi-Šamaš |
| 15 | {[lu₂]}DUB.SAR a-na muh-hi-[ka] | the scribe to you |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [al]-⸢ta⸣-par₂ 2 me-at | Al-eta-epar: 200 |
| 2 | [ERIN₂-MEŠ] ⸢KARAŠ⸣ a-na ŠU-šu₂ | troops of the ešakku-priest in his hand |
| r | ||
| 1 | [i]-⸢din⸣ šum-ma ⸢la⸣ | he will go out. If he goes out |
| 2 | ⸢ta⸣-na-din lu-u₂ ti-i-de₄ | he should give to him. |
| 3 | ki-i a-na muh-hi {d}UTU{ši} | as against Šamaš |
| 4 | a-šap-pa-ra u₃ ṣi-⸢il-tu⸣ | I write and Šibi-iltû |
| 5 | a-na muh-⸢hi-ka i⸣-kaš-šad | he will reach you. |
| 6 | ⸢u₃⸣ KIN-MEŠ ša {iri}a-la-at-ha | messengers of Alatha |
| 7 | iš-tu at-tu-ka na-si-ik | Since you are responsible, |
Sources & licences
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- 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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