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RS 94.2527 (P504168)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2527 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504168 |
| 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 | a-na LUGAL KUR u-ga-ri-it | to the king of Ugarit |
| 2 | EN-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 3 | um-ma EN BI ZU NI IR₃-ka-ma | Thus (says) the lord of ...: |
| 4 | ⸢a-na⸣ GIR₃-MEŠ EN-ia 2{šu₂} 7{šu₂} am-qut | I fall at the feet of my lord two times seven times. |
| 5 | ⸢EN⸣-ia a-nu-ma LU₂ an-nu-u₂ | My lord, now this man |
| 6 | IR₃ LUGAL KUR a-mur-ri šu-ut | It is an arazu prayer of the king of Amurru. |
| 7 | u₃ il-⸢te⸣-qe₃ 10 ANŠE-MEŠ | and he has taken 10 donkeys |
| 8 | ⸢iš-tu⸣ ŠU{ti} DUMU-MEŠ KUR um-me | Hand of the sons of the land of Umma |
| 9 | ⸢x x x x u₃⸣ it-ta-bal-šu-⸢nu⸣ | “If he slips through ..., |
| 10 | [x x] x x x x x it-ta-din | ...... has given |
| 11 | [x (x)] i-na {iri}⸢si₂⸣-ia-ni | in the city Sîn-Eyannu |
| 12 | ⸢x x x KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ⸣ u₃ il-te-qe₃ ŠAM₃-MEŠ-šu-nu | he has taken the silver and their purchase price |
| 13 | 1 me⸣-at 10 KU₃.BABBAR u₃ it-ta-ha-ṣa | 100+10 (shekels of) silver and he has taken (it). |
| 14 | u₃ i-na {iri}a-ri ki-i | and in Aru, as |
| 15 | ik-ta-ša-ad u₃ DUMU-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ | he has bound, and the sons of Eša-e23 |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | {iri}a-ri ⸢iṣ-ṣa⸣-ab-tu₃-⸢šu⸣ | Āri, the eissba-abtu-ešu-priest |
| 2 | u₃ 1 me-at 10 KU₃.BABBAR-MEŠ | and 110 (shekels of) silver |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša-a-šu iš-tu ŠU-šu₂ | That man from his hand |
| 2 | il-te-qu₂ u₃ iq-te-bu-na-šu | he has taken and said to him |
| 3 | ma-a qi₂-bi ma-a LU₂ KUR kar-ga-miš | "Say: the man of Carchemish |
| 4 | a-na-ku u₃ šu-ut | I and that |
| 5 | iq-te-bi ma-a IR₃ LUGAL | he said: "The king's courtier |
| 6 | KUR a-mur-ri a-na-ku u₃ LU₂ KUR ṣi₂-du-ni | I am a land of Amurru, and the man of the land of Sidon |
| 7 | it-ti-šu i-na-an-na | Now then |
| 8 | a-nu-ma LU₂ an-na-a a-na | Now, this man to |
| 9 | muh-hi LUGAL EN-ia aṭ-ru-us-⸢šu⸣ | On behalf of the king, my lord, I call out to you |
| 10 | u₃ at-ta EN-ia a-na pa-ni-ka | And you, my lord, in your presence |
| 11 | šu-zi-iz-zu | to stand |
| 12 | i-na KASKAL{ni} šu-ku-un-šu | on his own journey |
| 13 | u₃ KU₃.BABBAR-šu lu-u₂ ta-er-ru | and his silver shall be returned. |
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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