A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature - enenuru

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Ugaritic <strong>Primer</strong>
Akkadian Letter Ugaritic Letter
Address to Superior Party
ana sûar maœt Ugarit
To the king of Ugarit,
2. beœlˆäya qibˆäma
my lord, speak.
3. umma taguh˙li ardˆäkaœma
Message of Taguh˙li, your
servant.
Declaration of Deference
4. ana sûeœpeœ beœlˆäya isûtu ruœqisû
To the feet of my lord, from
afar,
5. sûinˆäsûu sebˆäsûu amqut
two times-seven times I fall
down.
Situation Message
6. enuœma itti sûarri u ittˆäya
Now, with the king and with me
7. gabba sûulmu asûraœnu itti
all is well. There, with the
8. sûarri beœlˆäya mˆänumme®
sûulmaœnu
king, my lord, is everything
well?
9. teœma literruœni
A word may they return to me.
Letter Topic
1–2 l.mlkt adty
To the Queen, my lady,
3. rgm
speak.
4.–5. thm.tlmyn {bdk
Message of Tlmyn, your
servant.
6–7. l.p{n }adty
To the feet of my lady
8–9. sûb{d w.sûb{}id
seven times and seven times
10–11. mrhqtm qlt
at a distance (?) I fall down.
12–13. {m.}adty mnm.sûlm
With my lady, is everything
well?
12–13. rgm.ttb l.{bdh
A word return to her servant.
10–47 Concern about shipments This brief epistle ends here
Figure 3.2 Akkadian and Ugaritic Letters