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RS 94.2416 + RS 94.2418 (P504120)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2416 + RS 94.2418 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504120 |
| 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 | [a-na {m]}ur-{d}IŠKUR ⸢ŠEŠ-ia⸣ | To Ur-Adad, my lord |
| 2 | [qi₂]-bi-ma | speak! |
| 3 | ⸢um⸣-ma {m}ŠEŠ-LUGAL ŠEŠ DUG₃.GA-ka | When Šūzub-šarru, your favoured servant, |
| 4 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na muh-hi-ka | May you be well! |
| 5 | DINGIR-MEŠ{nu} ša KUR {iri}ṣur-ri | The gods of the land of Burru |
| 6 | u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ ša KUR {iri}u-ga-ri-it | and the gods of Ugarit |
| 7 | a-na šul-ma-ni PAP{ru}ka | For the protection of your body |
| 8 | ⸢ši⸣-bu-ta SIG₅{ta} li-še-bu-ka | May the good ešībûtu-plants surround you |
| 9 | ⸢ul⸣-tu₃ i-na-an-na a-di da-ri-tim | Now, forever |
| 10 | ⸢a⸣-hi ⸢a⸣-nu-⸢um-ma⸣ it-ti-ia | “Ea-eḫi, Ea-nu’eumma with me |
| 11 | ⸢gab⸣-bu ⸢šul-mu aš-ra-nu⸣ | “Gabbu-ebbu-plant, ašvulmu-plant |
| 12 | it-ti ŠEŠ-ia mi-nu-⸢um⸣-[me]-⸢e⸣ | With my hand, what shall I do? |
| 13 | šul-ma-nu ṭe₂-ma te-er-ra-an-ni | You are merciful, turn back to me! |
| 14 | a-hi a-nu-um-ma 2 LU₂-MEŠ-ia | My brother, herewith, two of my men |
| 15 | aš-šum u₂-še-eš-še-er-ma | If he requests, and |
| 16 | I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ i-na aš-ra-nu | oil in the threshing floor |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na {giš}MA₂-ia u₃ at-ta | to my boat and you |
| 2 | ŠEŠ-ia {uzu}IGI-ka | my hand, your face |
| 3 | UGU-šu-nu iṣ-ṣi₂-ip aš-šum | upon them he heaped up, concerning |
| 4 | ba-lum i-qar-ru-ub LU₂{lu₄} | without a claim he shall strike the man |
| 5 | a-na muh-hi-šu-nu ša-ni-tam | against them another |
| 6 | aš-šum a-wa-te-MEŠ{ti} {m}ia-an-ha-mi | Concerning the words of Iaḫamu |
| 7 | DUMU-ka ki-i i-da-bu-ub | Your son will speak as follows: |
| 8 | it-ti-ka ṭe₂-ma te-er-ra-an-ni | With you, send me a message. |
| 9 | ki-i u₂-še-bi-la-aš-šu a-na UGU-⸢ka⸣ | When I sent him to you |
| 10 | i-na re-ši MU{ti} aš-šum tal-mi-du₄ | At the beginning of the year, when you were born |
| 11 | ṭup-pi₂ DUMU-ka šu-u₂-uṭ | The tablet belongs to your son. |
| 12 | u₃ aš-šum KAM-MEŠ-ka ša ha-aš-ha-ta | And if your days are short, |
| 13 | šu-kun i-na lib₃-bi ṭup-pi | Place it in the tablet. |
| 14 | a-na muh-hi-ia u₃ ul-te-bi-la-ak-ku | I have sent it to you. |
| 15 | ⸢a⸣-nu-um-ma LU₂-ia ša in-na-bi-it | “As for me, the man who has fled |
| 16 | ⸢i⸣-na aš-ra-nu ul-tu₃ MU.IM.MA | From the year |
| 17 | [a]-⸢na-ku⸣ al-te-me i-na 1{en} ki-in-ti | I have heard that from one foundation |
| 18 | [i-šu]-⸢u₂⸣ i-na aš-ra-nu | Išū-Euphrates in the field |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [u₃ at]-ta ŠEŠ-ia ⸢LU₂-ka⸣ [x] | And you, my servant, your ... |
| 2 | [x x] ⸢IN⸣ LU₂-ia ⸢an⸣-[ni-i] | ... of my man, this ... |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [x (x)] x a-šar i-⸢šu⸣-[u₂] ⸢u₃⸣ li-il-qa | May the king, my lord, take ... |
| 2 | [u₃ a-na]-⸢ku⸣ 20 KU₆-MEŠ [x x] x ⸢a⸣-na šul-ma-ni | And as for me, the 20 fishes ... are well. |
| 3 | [a-na] ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ia ul-te-bi-la | I have sent to my lord. |
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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