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RS 94.2486 (P504149)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2486 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504149 |
| 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}ma-du₂-al-la-nu-ra-aš₂ | Thus Madala-nurašu: |
| 2 | GAR{⸢kin₂⸣} KUR ku-zu-at-na-ma | the governor of the land of Kuzutnum |
| 3 | a-na ni-iq-bi-an-da LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-ri-it | to Niqbi-anda, king of Ugarit |
| 4 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 5 | a-na ku-a-⸢ša⸣ lu šul-⸢mu⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | To Ku'eša’e, may it be a Šul-emû-demon |
| 6 | a-⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-ni | ... his ... |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | The ešû-priest |
| 9' | ⸢ZA⸣ [...] | “The ... of the temple |
| 10' | DIŠ x [...] | If ... ... |
| 11' | [...]-nu | ...-nu |
| 12' | [...] ⸢ni x⸣ | ... his ... |
| 13' | [...] a-qa-bi | ... I shall say |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [x (x)] ⸢il⸣-te-qi i-⸢ta-at⸣-lak | “If he slips through the thresholds, he will go to ruin. |
| 2 | [a-nu]-ma ERIN₂-MEŠ-ka šu-up-ra | Now send your troops! |
| 3 | [x] [x]-MEŠ ša i-na {iri}ku-zu-at-na | ... who in Kuzatna |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x] x ŠU NI IR QI NI/ŠU NI IR KI TAB NI | ... hand |
| 2 | ⸢tu₃⸣-ṣa-bi-it tu-ul-te-bi-la | you have sent to me. |
| 3 | ša {iri}te-er-sa-an | of Tersan |
| 4 | ṣa-bi-it-ma še-bi-la | he brought, and sent |
| 5 | LU₂ ia-a-u₂ i-la-ak | “No man will go to me! |
| 6 | ERIN₂-MEŠ ṣa-bi-it še-bi-la | Send me the captured troops! |
| 7 | šum₂-ma a-bu-tu SIG₅ i-na ŠA₃-ka | If a good word is in your hand |
| 8 | ṣa-bi-it še-bi-la | the one who brought it |
| 9 | la ki-a-ma a-na LUGAL a-qa-bi | I shall not say to the king as follows: |
| 10 | ma-a ERIN₂-MEŠ-šu gab-bu ⸢ik-la-šu-nu⸣ | “All of his troops have been killed |
| 11 | SIG₅ a-bu-tu i-na pa-ni-⸢ka⸣ | Good word in your presence |
| 12 | ša ERIN₂-MEŠ-ka mi-ma al-te-⸢qi⸣ | From your troops, I have taken anything. |
| 13 | ša-al-šu-nu šu-up-⸢ra⸣ | Their hearts are swollen |
| 14 | ma-a-ni-a tal-te-qi | You have taken my land. |
| 15 | DI.KUD še-bi-la | Send me a judge! |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | U₄.13.KAM | 13th day. |
| 2 | UD 1(DIŠ)-KAM | 1st day. |
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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