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RS 94.2387 (P504104)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2387 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504104 |
| 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' | um-[ma ...] | Thus ... |
| 2' | a-na ⸢GIR₃⸣-[MEŠ EN-ia] | to the šēpi guards, my lord |
| 3' | 2{šu₂} 7{šu₂} ⸢am⸣-[qut ...] | 2 7 e22equt plants |
| 4' | u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ ša ⸢LUGAL x⸣ [...] | and the gods of E-Šarru |
| 5' | {d}NIN.E₂.GAL.LA li-šal-li-mu-ka | May Ninegala keep you well! |
| 6' | PAP{ru}ka ZI-MEŠ li-ba-li-ṭu | May your life be long! |
| 7' | i-li-ia a-di da-ri-ti | my god forever. |
| 8' | be-li ša taš₃-pu-ra {m}pu-u₂-ṣa | My lord, what you wrote me: Puṣa |
| 9' | a-na muh-hi IR₃-ka ma-a NINDA-MEŠ MAR.QA | [Concerning] your request: “The Amurru-breads |
| 10' | la-a tu-še-bi-la-an-ni be-li | Do you not send me, my lord? |
| 11' | a-ma-ta an-ni-ta i-na KAM₂{ti} | this word in the year |
| 12' | ša IR₃-ka ⸢lu la-a ta-šak⸣-kan₂{an} | Of your servant, the elu-priestess, you shall not place. |
| 13' | be-li a-nu-um-ma u₄-mi ka-ša-⸢di⸣ | My lord, now the day is right for you |
| 14' | {m}šal-mu-ki-ni a-na muh-hi-ia | Vulmukini to me |
| 15' | u₃ ṭup-pa-ka ki-i a-ta-mar-šu | and your tablet when I saw it |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | u₃ gab-ba e-te-pu-uš | and all he has done |
| 2 | NINDA-MEŠ MAR.QA-MEŠ KU₆-MEŠ I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ | bread, emmer, fish, oil |
| 3 | u₃ ANŠE-MEŠ ša {lu₂-meš}DAM.GAR₃ | and the donkeys of the merchants |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-na ŠU LU₂ KIN at-ta-din | I have given it in the hand of a man. |
| 2 | u₃ i-tah-sa₃ iš-tu {iri}ap-pi₂ | and she has returned from Appi |
| 3 | ma-a ID₂-MEŠ ra-ah-ba-nu ma-gal | “The rivers are large. |
| 4 | u₃ la-a i-le-u₂ a-na a-⸢la⸣-ki | and he does not have to go up to you. |
| 5 | i-na-an-na a-nu-um-ma NINDA-MEŠ KAŠ-MEŠ | Now, herewith, bread and beer |
| 6 | MAR.QA-MEŠ I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ gab-ba | All the Amurru-priests, oil-pressers |
| 7 | mi-ri-il-ti ša EN-ia | [The re]sponsibility of my lord |
| 8 | i-na ŠU {m}pu-u₂-ṣi at-ta-din | from the charge of Pušbi I have given |
| 9 | u₃ at-ta be-li ŠA₃-ka | And you, my lord, your hand |
| 10 | mim-ma lu-u₂ la-a tu₄-šam₃-ra-⸢aṣ⸣ | “Whatever you wish for, do not abandon it! |
| 11 | i-na-an-na ki-i-me-e u₄-mi-⸢MEŠ⸣ | Now, like the days |
| 12 | ba-nu-u₂ u₃ a-na-ku {lu₂}DUMU ⸢KIN⸣ [ša] | and I, the messenger of that |
| 13 | a-na UGU-ia [...] | to me |
| 14 | a-⸢na muh⸣-[hi-ka ...] | (Sum) The water on your head(?) ... (Akk) Your water upon your head |
| 15 | i-⸢na⸣-[...] | I-ena-e-[...] |
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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