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RS 94.2478 (P504142)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2478 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504142 |
| 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 LUGAL ⸢KUR TUL₂⸣-[MEŠ] | “If the king of the Ekur, the shrines |
| 2 | a-na LUGAL KUR u₂-[ga-ri-it] | to the king of Ugarit |
| 3 | ŠEŠ-⸢ia qi₂-bi-ma⸣ | Speak to me! |
| 4 | lu-⸢u₂⸣ [šul]-⸢mu a-na⸣ muh-hi-ka | Let me enter, let me enter on your behalf. |
| 5 | ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ a-na šul-ma]-ni | the gods in order to save |
| 6 | [PAP]{⸢ru⸣}ka | in your presence |
| 7 | [a-nu-um-ma] ⸢it⸣-ti-ia šul-mu | Now, my third year is well. |
| 8 | [aš]-⸢ra-nu⸣ it-ti ŠEŠ-ia | Ašranû with my hand |
| 9 | mi-nu-um-me-e ⸢šul⸣-ma-⸢nu⸣ | What is it that makes them enter? |
| 10 | ṭe₂-ma te-er-ra | to return, return |
| 11 | [a]-nu-ma 50 KU₃.BABBAR ša⸣ | Herewith, 50 (shekels of) silver |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢IR₃⸣-ia an-ni-i | This ēribīya |
| 2 | a-na muh-hi | against |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}ia-ad-lu-ni | Iadluni, |
| 2 | u₃ 7 KU₃.BABBAR iš-tu ⸢KU₃⸣.[BABBAR] an-ni-i | and 7 (shekels of) silver from this silver |
| 3 | it-ta-din | he gave. |
| 4 | u₃ gab₂-bi KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ | and the rest of the silver |
| 5 | u₂-ka₃-al | shall hold. |
| 6 | u₃ a-nu-ma IR₃-ia | Now, my servant |
| 7 | an-na-a qa-du | this together with |
| 8 | {lu₂}ši-bi-šu | his witness |
| 9 | a-na muh-hi-ka | to you |
| 10 | aṭ-ru-us-šu-nu | their limbs |
| 11 | u₃ at-ta [x x] | and you ... |
| 12 | DI.KUD-šu-⸢nu⸣ | Diŋšu-Enû |
| 13 | i-na KASKAL{ni} | on the road |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ki-i DUG₃.GA{iš} | As it is agreeable |
| 2 | šu-ku-un | to bind |
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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