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RS 94.2474 (P504138)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2474 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504138 |
| 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 {lu₂}UGULA KALAM.MA EN-ia | To the governor of the land, my lord: |
| 2 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {m}{d}30-a-bu IR₃-ka-ma | Thus (says) Sîn-abu, your servant: |
| 4 | a-na GIR₃-MEŠ EN-ia iš-tu ru-qiš | To the feet of my lord, from afar |
| 5 | 2{šu₂} 7{šu₂} am-qut | 2 7 amqut |
| 6 | a-ma-te-MEŠ ša EN-ia aš-šum {lu₂-meš}NA.GAD | The words of my lord are as follows: the sheikhs |
| 7 | ša KUR su-u-hi u₃ {iri}ba-lu-ga-ra-u₂ | of the land Suḫu and the city Balugaru |
| 8 | a-na muh-hi {lu₂}GAR{kin₂} KUR iš-pu-ra-an-ni | to the prefect of the country sent me |
| 9 | a-na {lu₂}GAR{kin₂} KUR a-da-bu-ub | I shall speak to the governor of the land. |
| 10 | u₃ {m}ŠEŠ-ma-ra-mat a-na pa-ni | and Šumma-marāmat before |
| 11 | {lu₂}GAR{kin₂} KUR uk-ti-in₄ | the governor of the land of Utin |
| 12 | [u] hi-ṭa₂ at-tu-šu₂-nu-ma | and you yourselves are guilty |
| 13 | [il]-ta-kan₂ ma-a am-mi-ni-i | he has placed, saying: "Why |
| 14 | [la-a] šal-ma-ti-ku-nu ta-da-bu-ba-⸢mi⸣ | “You are not yours, you will speak to me |
| 15 | [u₃] ⸢hi⸣-ṭa₂ ša EN-ia ul iš-ku-un | and the ēḫīṭa of my lord I did not place |
| 16 | [i-na-an]-⸢na⸣ {m}NIR-{d}KUR a-na {lu₂}GAR{⸢kin₂⸣} [KUR] | When Urdu-Šamaš to the prefect of the land |
| 17 | [ṭup-pa u₂]-⸢še⸣-bi-la u₃ {lu₂}GAR{⸢kin₂⸣} [KUR] | tablet of U’ešebila and the prefect of the land |
| 18 | [...] ⸢EN⸣-ia ha-⸢an⸣-[ṭiš ...] | ... my lord, may he release ... |
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ṭup-pi⸣-ia a-na muh-⸢hi⸣ [...] | My tablet on top of it |
| 3' | am-mi-ni-i la-a al-x [...] | Why did I not ...? |
| 4' | u₃ ki-i ir-u₂-bu i-na {iri}[x-x]-ra | and when they entered, in ... |
| 5' | ik-ta-la-an-ni u₃ a-na-ku | he has bound me, and I |
| 6' | ma-a it-ti ṭup-pi-ia a-na ku-tal-li-ia | “With my tablet to my rear |
| 7' | te-er-ra-an-ni-mi u₃ šu-u₂ | return to me, and he |
| 8' | ul i-ma-gur ma-a a-du {lu₂}DUMU KIN{ri} | “Until the messenger |
| 9' | ša iš-tu muh-hi LUGAL i-na-hi-sa | which he brought from the king |
| 10' | lu-u₂ aš-ba-ta-mi | may I be seized |
| 11' | LUGAL a-la-ak-ka i-qab₂-bi-i | The king will say: "I want to go." |
| 12' | ta-lak i-ia-nu-u₂ a-na ku-tal-li-ka | “Why do you go back to your side? |
| 13' | ta-na-hi-is | |
| 14' | u₃ {m}ka-da-aš₂-ma-har-be ša a-na LUGAL{ut-ti} | and Kadaš-maḫarbe, who to the kingship |
| 15' | iš-ku-nu i-na {iri}KA₂.DINGIR{li₃} {iri}si-pi₂-ir | in Babylon and Sippar |
| 16' | u₃ i-na {iri}ša-dul-na ir-da-ma | and in Šaduna he entered, and |
| 17' | it-ti-šu-nu id-da₂-bu-ub | speaks with them |
| 18' | u₃ a-na ku-tal-li-šu i-na {iri}lu-ub-da | and behind him in Lubda |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | it-ta-hi-is u₃ LU₂-MEŠ KUR aš-šur | he has fled, and the men of Assyria |
| 2 | ša i-na KUR kar-du-ni-ia-aš | which in Karduniaš |
| 3 | aš-bu a-na KUR aš-šur | to Assyria |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [it-ta]-at-la-ku u₃ {m}ta-ra-an-da ha-x-[x] | they have gone away, and Taranda ... |
| 2 | [qa-du] LU₂-MEŠ-ma ša it-ti-šu₂ iš-tu KUR aš-šur | Together with the men who are with him, I have gone out from the land |
| 3 | [a-na KUR] ⸢kar⸣-du-ni-ia-aš a-na muh-hi be-li-šu | to Karduniyaš against his lord |
| 4 | [it-ta]-bi-it u₃ {m}x-tak₂-mi i-na KUR aš-šur-ma a-ši-⸢ib⸣ | he fled, and -taklam from Assyria I went out. |
| 5 | [...]-ia qa-du ša i-na KUR aš-šur il-te-qu | ... my ... together with that which is in Assyria has taken |
| 6 | [...] x aš-ra-nu il-⸢la⸣-ka | ... he will come forth for you |
Sources & licences
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