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RS 94.2602 (P504208)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2602 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504208 |
| 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 {lu₂}ha-za-an-nu EN-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Speak to the mayor, my lord. |
| 2 | um-ma {lu₂}ki-ip-ša-an-de₄-en₆-ni | Thus (says) the kipšandeenni |
| 3 | IR₃-ka-ma | your servant. |
| 4 | a-na GIR₃-MEŠ EN-ia uš-šu-he₂-hi-in | I have turned to my lord's feet. |
| 5 | e-nu-ma 2 LU₂ ša u₂-da-mi ⸢ik⸣-tal-du-ni | When the two men who were born were slain |
| 6 | u₃ a-kan₂-na i-dab-bu-bu ma-a | And now they are saying: |
| 7 | 6 me-at ERIN₂-MEŠ {lu₂-meš}⸢SA⸣.GAZ | 600 troops of the E-SA-e-GAZ |
| 8 | ša LUGAL KUR <aš>-⸢šur⸣ iš-ši {⸢i₇⸣}ba-ar-ra-an-ni | From the king of the land of Casû. From the bank of the Barrani canal |
| 9 | i-na {iri}DU-ur-ni [x] ⸢ib⸣-bi-ir | in Dūrni |
| 10 | u₃ a-ia-ka-me-e ⸢pa-nu-šu⸣ na-⸢ad⸣-nu | “And if there is none, we will be able to help him. |
| 11 | u₂-ul ni-i-de₄ šum-ma ⸢an-ni⸣-ka-nu | We will not know. If your (own) enem(ies) |
| 12 | u₃ šum-ma i-na KUR ša-ni-ti [x] | And if in that land |
| 13 | pa-nu-šu na-ad-nu ma-nu i-de₄ [x] | His face was shaved, no one knew |
| 14 | ki-i ma-⸢ṣi⸣ u₂-me-e {⸢giš}GIGIR-MEŠ⸣-[ka/šu] | When the charioteers |
| 15 | i-na {iri}uš-na-at-ti x [...] | in Utti |
| 16 | lil-li-ku-ni an-ni-⸢ka⸣-[nu a-na] | let them come here, to |
| 17 | pa-ni-šu li-id-gu-lu [...] | May his face tremble |
| 18 | {iri}uš-na-at-ti i-na KUR [...] | The city Utti in the land |
| 19 | lu-u₂ aš-bu lu-u₂ šu-šu-[ru ...] | be it a man or a woman |
| 20 | u₃ MAŠ₂.ANŠE-MEŠ ša {⸢iri⸣}[...] | and the slaves of the city |
| 21 | šum-ma i-na lib₃-bi {⸢iri⸣}[...] | If in the inner city |
| 22 | šu-ri-ib x [...] | Receive ... |
| 23 | ⸢ub⸣-bu-uk-šu-nu-[ti ...] | “I have slain them(?) |
| 24 | a-di a-ma-⸢te⸣ [...] | as far as Ama-ete’e |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢u₃⸣ x x a-[...] | The ešû-priest |
| 2 | ⸢e⸣-nu-ma ⸢x⸣ [...] | “If he slips through the window and ..., |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣ x x x a x [...] | “The eše-priestess ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ mu-ša-⸢am⸣ [...] | and the mušā-emû-priest |
| 2 | u₃ EN-ia a-[...] | and my lord |
| 3 | šu-pu-ur mim-mu [...] | Send me anything ... |
| 4 | i-ba-aš-ši u₃ [...] | there is and |
| 5 | a-na muh-hi-ni la-a [...] | against us not |
| 6 | um-ma {m}SUM-{d}INANNA a-na {m}x-[... qi₂-bi-ma] | Thus (says) Iddin-Ištar. Speak to |
| 7 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na muh-[hi-ka] | May you be well! |
| 8 | a-mur ki-i 4{šu} eš₁₅-pu-ra-⸢ak⸣-[ku] | I have seen that he is 4 (shekels). |
| 9 | ma-a a-lik-mi a-na muh-hi AB₂.GU₄-HI.[A ša LUGAL] | "Go to the cattle of the king!" |
| 10 | u₃ at-ta a-ma-te-MEŠ-ia la-a ⸢ta⸣-[aš-me] | And you are not my words |
| 11 | u₃ i-na-an-na at-ta 4 GU₄-MEŠ BA.UŠ₂ [x] | And now you, 4 dead oxen |
| 12 | ki-i at-ta a-na muh-hi AB₂.GU₄-HI.A ša [LUGAL] | When you to the oxen of the king |
| 13 | a-na a-la-ki la-a ta-ma-gu-ur šum-[ma] | You will not return to your journey. If |
| 14 | la-a ta-ma-gu-ur u₃ {lu₂}⸢SIG₅-ka⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [muh-hi] | Do not be negligent, and your ‘good’-priest is the one who is negligent. |
| 15 | AB₂.GU₄-HI.A ša LUGAL be-li-ka am-mi-ni | What are the cattle of the king, your lord? |
| 16 | la-a ta-{ša}šap-pa-ar u₃ la-a i-⸢mur⸣-šu-nu-ti | You shall not write them down, and they shall not see them. |
| 17 | i-na-an-na i-na u₄-mi ša ti-ma-li 2 {lu₂}⸢UDU⸣ x | Now, on the day that you see, 2 sheep |
| 18 | 1{en} ša LUGAL u₃ 1{en} ša {lu₂}SANGA | One of the king and one of the priest |
| 19 | i-na e-re-bi {d}UTU it-tal-ku-ni ⸢u₃⸣ ra-ab-ṣu₂ | At the entry of Šamaš they came, the great temple |
| 20 | um-ma šu-nu-ma ma-a 40 ERIN₂-MEŠ ša LUGAL [id]-di-ni | Thus says he: "The king gave 40 people to me." |
| 21 | un-du 7 u₄-mi a-na muh-hi-ni iš-⸢ša/ta⸣-qu-ur-mi | Ring of 7 days on top of it |
| 22 | u₃ a-hu a-ha ⸢i⸣-du-uk-mi u₃ šu-nu | and a brother of one another I have killed, and he |
| 23 | iš-tu lib₃-bi-ni 5 ERIN₂-MEŠ ta₂-du-uk u₃ gab-bu | From among them you killed 5 people, and all |
| 24 | ERIN₂-MEŠ-ni ša x x-at ra-ab-ṣa u₃ ⸢GIG dan⸣-niš₂ | The troops of ... and the chief ēšiku-priest |
| 25 | u₃ ni-i-nu-ma iš-tu lib₃-bi-šu-nu | and we, from their heart |
| 26 | 10 ERIN₂-MEŠ na-du-uk-mi u₃ 30 GU₄-HI.A | 10 killed people and 30 oxen, |
| 27 | ta-ah-bu-tu₄ ⸢u₃⸣ at-ta {m}ŠEŠ SIG₅ | You are a flood, you (are) a good lord |
| 28 | šum-ma EGIR-šu-nu la-a ta-lak | If after them you do not go |
| 29 | u₃ GU₄-HI.A ša ha-ab-tu₄ | and the oxen of Habtu |
| 30 | la-a tu₃-te-ra-šu-nu a-kan₂-na | you did not return them here |
| 31 | lu-u₂ ti-i-de₄ ki-i iš-tu E₂-ka | May you know that from your house |
| 32 | tu-šal-lam-šu-nu | you have brought to them |
Sources & licences
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