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RS 94.2587 (P504198)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2587 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504198 |
| 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 u₂-ga-ri-it | to the king of Ugarit |
| 2 | EN-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 3 | um-ma {m}DUGUD-{d}IŠKUR | Thus Ṭab-Adad |
| 4 | lu-u₂ šul-mu it-ti EN-ia | May it be well with my lord! |
| 5 | ⸢x x⸣ ša LUGAL {na₄}me-ku | ... stone of the king |
| 6 | ša it-ta₂-din u₃ 1{en} ⸢ša x x x x⸣ | he has given, and one eša-plant |
| 7 | ⸢lib₃⸣-bi-šu₂ la-a i-ba-aš-ši | his heart does not have |
| 8 | ⸢gab⸣-ba-ma i-pu-uš | he built a fortress there. |
| 9 | u₃ EN-ia 30 {na₄}me-ku šu-bi-la | And my lord, send me 30 stones. |
| 10 | ia-nu-um-ma 40 {na₄}me-ku | Herewith, 40 meku stones |
| 11 | ba-nu-ti šu-bi-la | Send me a copy! |
| 12 | ša-a a-na ma-ni-me | that to anyone |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | iq-bu i-na lib₃-bi-⸢šu⸣ | he said in his heart |
| 2 | la-a i-ba-aš-ši | there is none |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša-⸢ni-tam EN-ia⸣ | That which my lord |
| 2 | NA₄ ⸢gab₂-bu⸣ a-na EN-ia | To my lord |
| 3 | ul-te-bi-⸢la⸣-ak-ku | I have sent to you. |
| 4 | u₃ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃-MEŠ SIKIL | and pure lapis lazuli |
| 5 | ma-aʾ-a-ad šu-bi-la | Send me a report! |
| 6 | a-na E₂ ⸢ša-x-x⸣ }} | to the house of |
| 7 | ha-aš-ha-ku | |
| 8 | ⸢ša-ni-tam⸣ ki-na-ta ⸢x⸣ | The šānitam-temple, the true temple |
| 9 | a-na EN-ia la-a aq-⸢ba⸣ | I did not speak to my lord. |
| 10 | ma-a GU₄-HI.A-ia im-ṭu₃ | He said: “My oxen have been slaughtered. |
| 11 | i-na-an-na 3 IRI-MEŠ lil-li-ku | Now, let them go to three cities. |
| 12 | li-it-mu | may he live! |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | u₃ [...]-⸢im-ma⸣ | and ...-emma’e |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢na⸣ | ...-na’e |
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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