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

Administrative Texts 95
the palace. It seems that the goods are going from
Shamamanu to }argmn and to nskm.
3 }argmn. “tribute” (see Pardee, 1974). It is sometimes spelled
}irgmn. There is no decisive reason to connect this word with
weaving or purple cloth.
4 nskm. From the root nsk, “to pour out.” Often used with ksp (i.e.,
nsk ksp, “metal worker”) in lists of guilds (e.g., KTU 4.47:6;
4.68:74; 4.99:14; 4.183:II:22).
4.3 TEXT DEALING WITH MARITIME COMMERCE (KTU 4.266)
4.3.1 Text (KTU 4.266)
4.266:1 b.ym. di.
4.266:2 b.yr>.pgrm
4.266:3 lq .bolmo r
4.266:4 w.bn. lp
4.266:5 me d
4.266:6 b.arbo
4.266:7 mat. r
4.3.2 Transcription (KTU 4.266)
4.266:1 b . ym . hdt .
4.266:2 b . yr. pgrm
4.266:3 lqh . b{lm{dr
4.266:4 w . bn . h˙lp
4.266:5 m}ih˙d
4.266:6 b . }arb{
4.266:7 m}at . h˙rs
4.3.3 Notes on KTU 4.266
2 yr, the tablet reads yr, which scholars take as a scribal
error for yrh˙. However, it could taken as an abbreviation
(and not an error), but this would be the only example.