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RS 94.2996 (P504217)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Ugarit · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | RS 94.2996 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504217 |
| 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] LUGAL KUR tar-hu-un-ta-aš-ša | Thus says the king of the land of Tarḫuntašu |
| 2 | [a]-[na] {m}niq₂-{d}IŠKUR | to Niq-Adad |
| 3 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR u₂-ga-ri-it-ta | from the king’s palace of Ugarit |
| 4 | DUMU-ia qi₂-bi-ma | Say to my son: |
| 5 | DUMU-ia DINGIR-MEŠ a-na SILIM{mi} PAP-MEŠ-ka | My son, may the gods keep you in good health! |
| 6 | aš-šum URUDU ša a-na DUMU-ia | Concerning the copper that is for my son |
| 7 | aš-pu-ru URUDU a-na du-ul-li-ia | I have sent copper for my work |
| 8 | ia-nu | there is none. |
| 9 | ⸢i-na⸣-an-na a-nu-um-ma | Now then |
| 10 | a-na DUMU-ia {m}hi-mu-DINGIR{li₃} | to my son, Humu-ilī, |
| 11 | IR₃-ia al-tap-ra | I have sent my messenger. |
| 12 | DUMU-ia ⸢URUDU hu⸣-uš-šu | My son, a copper kettledrum |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | DUMU-ia NU ut-ta | My son is not dead. |
| r | ||
| 1 | la ta-qab₂-bi | do not say, |
| 2 | [x x (x)] ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ | ... horses |
| 3 | [...] ANŠE-MEŠ-ia | ... my donkeys |
| 4 | [...] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ BA.UŠ₂ | ... a elû-demon will die |
| 5 | [...]-ia | my ... |
| 6 | [... ANŠE].⸢KUR⸣.RA-MEŠ | ... horses |
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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