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RS 94.2509 (P504158)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2509 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504158 |
| 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}u₂-ra-ia-an-ni | Thus Uriyanni: |
| 2 | a-na {m}niq₂-ma-{d}IŠKUR qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to Niqmaddu, |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na muh-hi-ka | May you be well! |
| 4 | ul-tu at-ta la-a ta-tal-ka | Since you did not come, |
| 5 | la-a ta-tal-kam-ma u₃ a-nu-ma | You did not come, and now |
| 6 | {lu₂}NIG₂.KUD.DA an-nu-u₂ il-la-ka-ku | This scepter will come. |
| 7 | u₃ DI-šu ki-i DUG₃.GA{iš} | and his legal case is as good as |
| 8 | [i]-⸢na⸣ KASKAL{ni} šu-ku-un u₃ ap-pu-na | I shall set out on a campaign, and I shall go up. |
| 9 | {⸢giš⸣}MA₂ ša {lu₂}NIG₂.KUD.DA-ia | The boat of my sailor |
| 10 | an-ni-i aš-ra-nu mi-ta-at | This is the ašranu-disease |
| 11 | u₃ LU₂-MEŠ el-lu-tu₄-⸢ka⸣ | and the men of Ellutu |
| 12 | ⸢lil⸣-li-ku-ni i-na {iri}⸢x⸣-ba-⸢a⸣-ni | Elil-elikuni in the city of Eba-elani |
| 13 | ⸢li⸣-it-mu-u₂ ma-a šum-ma | Elī-itmû said: "If |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢mim-ma⸣ iš-tu {giš}MA₂ | a fish from a boat |
| 2 | ⸢ni-nu lu⸣ na-al-te-qi₃-⸢mi⸣ | “Let him take (them) away from me! |
| 3 | ⸢u₃ ša {lu₂⸣}NIG₂.KUD.DA na-x-[x] | The e’u of the šangû-priest |
| 4 | [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢KIRI₆-MEŠ⸣ ša {iri}a-⸢la-at⸣-ha-⸢ma⸣ | The orchards of the city Ālu-lāṭḫa-emâ |
| 2 | EN-ka a-⸢na e-pe₂-ši iš⸣-pur | Your lord sent me to do (this). |
| 3 | ⸢x x x i⸣-na-an-na | Now |
| 4 | [x] x x ⸢i-na ŠA₃-šu KIRI₆⸣ ia-nu | there is no orchard in his hand |
| 5 | ⸢a-nu-ma⸣ {lu₂}kar-tap-pi₂-ia | Now, my kartappu priest |
| 6 | ⸢il⸣-la-ka-ak-ku 30 ERIN₂-MEŠ | Ilakakku 30 people |
| 7 | a-na ŠU-šu₂ ⸢i-din⸣ | into his hands Iddin-e23 |
| 8 | u₃ KIRI₆-MEŠ ša {iri}a-la-at-ha | and the orchards of Alatha |
| 9 | li-pu-uš-šu-nu-ti | may they do. |
| 10 | u₃ a-na lib₃-bi ša-a-šu A-MEŠ | and inside it, water |
| 11 | id-na-⸢am-ma⸣ šu-bi-la | Idnāma-e23 send to me! |
| 12 | ERIN₂-MEŠ i-na {iri}a-la-at-ha | troops in Alatha |
| 13 | KIRI₆-MEŠ ša-ni-tam(TE-)ma | that orchard |
| 14 | li-pu-uš u₃ ERIN₂-MEŠ ša-a-šu₂ | and that army |
| 15 | PAP.E-a li-pu-šu | May my prayers be heeded |
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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