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RS 94.2578 (P504192)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2578 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504192 |
| 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-ri-ia-an-ni | Thus Uriyanni: |
| 2 | a-na {m}⸢niq₂-ma⸣-{d}IŠKUR LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-ri-it | to Eniqmaddu, king of Ugarit |
| 3 | qi₂-[bi]-ma | speak! |
| 4 | ⸢lu-u₂ šul⸣-[mu] ⸢a-na⸣ muh-hi-ka | “Elû, my well-being is surpassing you! |
| 5 | ⸢ṭup-pa₂⸣ iš-tu E₂.GAL{li₃} i-na {iri}tu-ul-tul₂ | The tablet from the palace in Tullat |
| 6 | il-tap-ru-ni-in-ni LUGAL KUR {iri}kar-ga-miš | the king of Carchemish sent me. |
| 7 | it-ti-ia il-la-ak u₃ at-ta | he will go with me, and you |
| 8 | LUGAL KUR u₂-ga-ri-it u₃ LUGAL KUR qi₂-in-sa₃ | king of Ugarit, and king [of Qinsa], |
| 9 | it-ti-ia-ma ta-la-ka | you will come with me. |
| 10 | i-na-an-na a-nu-ma i-na a-i-me-e UD-KAM | Now, herewith, on the day |
| 11 | ṭup-pa an-na-a a-na muh-hi-ka | This tablet to you |
| 12 | aṭ-ru-us a-na-ku i-na UD 10-KAM | I, on the 10th day |
| 13 | i-na {iri}hal-ba₂ a-ba-at | in Ḫalbat |
| 14 | u₃ at-ta 30 {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ | And you, 30 chariots |
| 15 | u₃ 3 me-⸢at⸣ ERIN₂-MEŠ KARAŠ | and 300 of the troops of the palace |
| 16 | a-na pa-ni-⸢ia⸣ šu-uk-nam-ma | Give it to my face! |
| 17 | ⸢i-na⸣ UD 10-KAM i-na {iri}hal-ba₂ | On the 10th day in Halba |
| 18 | al-ka u₃ šum-ma i-na UD 10-KAM | Come, and if on the 10th day |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | i-na {iri}hal-ba₂ la-a ta-kaš-šad | in Halbaba you will not reach. |
| 2 | lu-u₂ ti-i-de₄ ki-i ṣi-il-⸢tu₃⸣ | May you know that ṣillûtu-disease |
| 3 | ⸢ša⸣ {d}UTU{ši}ma a-na muh-⸢hi-ka⸣ | O Šamaš, upon you |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-kaš-šad ⸢u₃ šum-ma x-x-x-ka⸣ | he will achieve. If ... |
| 2 | a-la-ak-ka u₂-ul ⸢na-ṭu it-ti-ka⸣ | I will not go with you. |
| 3 | ERIN₂-MEŠ KARAŠ-ka u₃ {⸢giš}GIGIR-MEŠ⸣-ka | Your troops of the palace and your chariotry |
| 4 | a-na ŠU {lu₂}sa₃-⸢ki-ni šu-uk-nam⸣-ma | Speak to the hand of the governor, and |
| 5 | ha-mut-ta ⸢a-na muh-hi-ia lil⸣-qa-a | May a curse fall upon me. |
| 6 | u₃ ku-da-nu AL.[LA₂] ⸢ša⸣ [MU n]-KAM | and kudīnu-sulphur, the weight of eša-e-plant, year n |
| 7 | lil-qu-u₂ [x]-⸢x-x⸣ a-na {iri}tu-ul-tul₂ | they should take. to Tullat |
| 8 | aš-šum a-ma-at ⸢x-x-x⸣ il-la-ak | Because the word of he goes |
| 9 | u₃ šum-ma ta-⸢kal-li⸣-šu | And if Ta'ekallišu |
| 10 | u₃ pa-ni a-ma-ti ⸢a-kan₂⸣-na | and the face of the word |
| 11 | lu-u₂ ti-i-⸢de₄ u₃ a-nu⸣-ma | either Tī-Ede or Anu-Ema |
| 12 | i-na {iri}a-⸢la-at⸣-[ha] {⸢giš}GIGIR-ka⸣ | in the city of A’elāḫ, your chariot |
| 13 | u₃ ERIN₂-MEŠ ⸢KARAŠ-ka⸣ i-na {iri}a-la-at-⸢ha⸣ | and the troops of Ekur-ēriš in Alat-ehā-e23 |
| 14 | u₂-ul aš-⸢bu⸣ u₂-ul KIN-MEŠ | I will not go out, I shall not come out. |
| 15 | ša {iri}a-la-at-ha i-na ŠU-ka | of Alatha from your hand |
| 16 | ip-taq-du-šu u₃ i-na-an-na a-kan₂-na-ma | they have appointed him, and now here |
| 17 | mu-uš-šu-ur i-na-an-na a-kan₂-na-ma | Now, here |
| 18 | {m}ma-di-{d}KUR {⸢lu₂}DUB.SAR⸣ a-na muh-hi-ka | Madi-Šamaš, the scribe, to you |
| 19 | aṭ-ru-us 2 me-at ERIN₂-MEŠ | 200 people |
| 20 | a-na ŠU{šu₂} i-⸢din⸣ | to his hand he shall remove |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | ša KIN-MEŠ ep-pa-šu | Who performs the work |
| 2 | i-na {iri}a-la-at-ha | in Alatha |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | mu-tu₃ nap-ša-tu₄ | life-giving womb |
Sources & licences
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