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RS 94.2412 (P504118)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2412 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504118 |
| 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 {m}eh-li-{d}IŠKUR | Thus Ehli-Adad |
| 2 | a-na {m}ur-{d}IŠKUR ŠEŠ-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to Ur-Adad, my lord. |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šu-ul-mu a-na muh-hi ŠEŠ-ia | May it be well with my hand. |
| 4 | ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ a-na šul-ma-ni PAP{ru}ka | The ēšu-priests are waiting for you. |
| 5 | ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ia a-nu-um-ma I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ a-ka-na | My lord, herewith, oil in your mouth |
| 6 | ir-te-hi₂-ni 3 me-at DUG I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ | 300 pots of oil |
| 7 | u₃ at-ta a-na pa-ni LUGAL{ri} | and you before the king |
| 8 | qi₂-bi-ma li-il-ka {giš}MA₂-MEŠ | Speak, so that he may come. The boats |
| 9 | ⸢qa⸣-du DUG-MEŠ u₃ li-il-qu-u₂ | They should take a cup and take it. |
| 10 | [I₃].GIŠ-MEŠ an-na-a maš-ka-nu LUGAL{ri} | This sesame oil is the pledge of the king. |
| 11 | [ta]-qa-ab-bi u₃ šum-ma LUGAL{ru} | and if the king |
| 12 | [i]-qa-ab-bi ma-a la-a a-na-an-din | He says: "I will not give it." |
| 13 | [I₃].GIŠ-MEŠ i-na {giš}MA₂-MEŠ u₃ lu-u₂ i-de | sesame oil in boats or knows |
| 14 | u₃ at-ta ŠEŠ-ia {m}nu-me-[na] | And you, my son Numena |
| 15 | ša-al-šu aš-šum I₃.GIŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ | It is favourable because of the oil |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | ša u₂-še-⸢eṣ-ṣu₂-u₂ LU₂⸣-[MEŠ-x] | of Uše-ešû, the ... |
| 2 | aš-ra-nu u₃ lu-da-al [x] | I want to go and ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ at-ta ŠEŠ-ia | And you, my son |
| 2 | [it]-ti-šu-nu ru-ub u₃ pal-[hu ...] | With them, fear and terror ... |
| 3 | [u₃] mi-nu-um-me-e šul-ma-nu-ku-nu | and whatever else you wish for |
| 4 | [mi]-nu-um-me-e ṭe₂-mu-ku-nu | Whatever you wish for |
| 5 | [x]-⸢x⸣ a-na muh-hi šu-pur-ma | ... on it, a tablet |
| 6 | [u₃] i-na-an-na ki-i aš-ra-nu | And now, as before |
| 7 | [a]-ba-ak-ku a-na-ku aš-ra-nu | I am a fisherman, I am an equid |
| 8 | ⸢a⸣-na-ba-ki ki-i ki-i | When you enter, when |
| 9 | la-a i-la-ak aš-ra-nu | He will not go as a substitute |
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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