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RS 94.2585 (P504197)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2585 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504197 |
| Language | Akkadian; Hittite |
| 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 {iri}u₂-ga-ri-it | to the king of Ugarit |
| 2 | ŠEŠ-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to my hand |
| 3 | um-ma {m}ku-la-na-mu-wa | thus Kulanamuwa: |
| 4 | ŠEŠ-ka-ma | Your hand |
| 5 | it-ti ŠEŠ-ia mi-nu-me-e | with my hand anything |
| 6 | šul-ma-nu ṭe₂-ma šu-up-ra | Šulmānu, send me! |
| 7 | am-mi-ni ŠEŠ-ia a-ka₄-na | Why does my hand tremble |
| 8 | te-te₉-pu-uš {d}UTU{šu₂} | you have performed against me, O Shamash, |
| 9 | ma-na-ha-ti ša iq-bu-u₂ | the rites which he said |
| 10 | {lu₂-meš}u₂-ra-a-an-ni | |
| 11 | u₃ a-na-ku a-ma-ta | and I myself |
| 12 | a-na |KA×U| {d}UTU{ši} | to the Gate of Šamaš |
| 13 | ni-iq-ta-<bi> 3 li-im | Its niqtû: 3 thousand |
| 14 | ⸢a⸣-na muh-hi-ka | upon you |
| 15 | ⸢il⸣-ta-ak-nu | eltaknu-plant |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂-meš]}⸢u₂⸣-ra-ia-an-ni | |
| 2 | [u₃ a-na]-⸢ku⸣ | and I shall go out |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-na |KA×U| {d}UTU]{ši} ni-iq-ta-bi | we spoke to the gate of Šamaš |
| 2 | [x x x (x)] uh-ta-li-qu | ... have fled |
| 3 | [x (x)] ⸢x 3 li-im a-na muh-hi-ka lil qu | ... three thousand upon you |
| 4 | ⸢u₃⸣ {lu₂}sa₃-ki-na ṭe₂-ma il-tak₂-nu | “You are the sakīnu-priest, and they have established it. |
| 5 | e-nen-na a-nu-um-ma | Now then |
| 6 | ma-na-ha-ti {d}UTU{šu₂} ⸢en⸣-da | the rites of Šamaš, the en priestess |
| 7 | i-na {iri}su-li-it-ta i-din | in Sulitta he gave |
| 8 | i-na-an-na ma-na-ha-ti | Now the mashtātu |
| 9 | li-šu-ni-ma lu-ub-lu-ni u₃ a-⸢na⸣-ku | May he bring it to me, and may I not die! |
| 10 | la-a ha-ma-ša-ti | may they not be destroyed! |
| 11 | aš-pu-ra-ku₁₃ | Ašpuraku |
| 12 | lu-u₂ {d}UTU{šu₂} un-ta-še-ra-⸢ku₁₃⸣ | or Šamaš, he will not be able to enter |
| 13 | at-⸢tu⸣-ia la lib₃-bi | (Sum) My one who is not angry with me(?) (Akk) The one who does not fear me |
| 14 | i-⸢na⸣-an-na {d}UTU{šu₂} | I-e-ana, Šamaš |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | la u₂-ma-aš-šarₓ(ŠUR) | he shall not release |
| 2 | u₃ ma-na-ha-ti | and mashtātu, |
| 3 | ha-mut-ta ⸢lil⸣-qu-ni | “Ḫamuta, elil-equni, |
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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