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ARM 02, 022 (P272934)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

Designation	ARM 02, 022
ID	P272934
Museum no.	NMSD —
Collection	National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Letter
Find spot	Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)
Coordinates	34.5504, 40.8887

English translation

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Line	English
obverse 1	To my lord
obverse 2	speak!
obverse 3	Thus Ibal-pi-El,
obverse 4	your servant:
obverse 5	Hammurapi in the following way said to me,
obverse 6	thus: “..., and the heavy troops
obverse 7	to attack the enemy’s military campaign
obverse 8	went but, at the right place
obverse 9	no bridge emerged. And
obverse 10	those troops empty-handed returned.
obverse 11	And the campaign of the enemy continues
obverse 12	without fear. As of now
obverse 13	let the light army go,
obverse 14	and the campaign of the enemy attack, and
obverse 15	interpreters
obverse 16	they should always take.” This
reverse 1	Hammurapi said to me, and
reverse 2	Sakirum , together with 3 hundred
reverse 3	troops, to Šabaṣṣim I have sent.
reverse 4	And the troops that I sent: 1 hundred 50 are my troops,
reverse 5	50 are Suḫeans, 1 hundred are troops of the bank of the Euphrates
reverse 6	and 3 hundred are troops of the man of Babylon.
reverse 7	Before the army of my lord, Ilšu-Naṣir,
reverse 8	the diviner, the servant of my lord, will go.
reverse 9	And with the army of Babylon 1 diviner
reverse 10	of the man of Babylon will go.
reverse 11	6 hundred, these troops, in Šabaṣṣim
reverse 12	will camp and the diviners divinations
reverse 13	will collect; corresponding to
reverse 14	their favorable divinations, 1 hundred 50 troops
reverse 15	will go out. And 1 hundred 50 will enter.
reverse 16	This my lord should know.
reverse 17	The army of my lord is well.

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	a-na be-li2-ia
2	qi2-bi2-ma
3	um-ma i-ba-al-pi2-dingir
4	_ARAD2_-ka-a-ma
5	{disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 ki-a-am iq-be2-em
6	um-ma-a-mi isz-sze#-ma s,a-bu-um ki-bi-it-tum
7	a-na sza#-ha-at,# ge-er-ri _{lu2}kur2_
8	il#-li#-ik-ma a-szar szu-ub-tim na-de4-em
9	ti-tu-ru-um# u2-ul ib-ba-szi u3
10	s,a-bu-um# szu#-u2 re-qu2-su2 i-tu-ur
11	u3 ge-er-ri _{lu2}kur2_ sa-da-rum-ma sa-di-ir
12	u2-ul szu-uh-hu-ut i-na-an-na
13	s,a-bu-um qa-al-la-tum li-il-li-ik-ma
14	ge#-er-ri _{lu2}kur2_ li-isz7-[hi]-it,-ma
15	_lu2-mesz_ sza li-sza-nim
16	li#-il-te-qu2#-u2 an-ni-tam
reverse
1	{disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 iq-be2-em-ma
2	{disz}sa-ki-ra-am qa-du-um 3(disz) me-tim
3	s,a-bi-im a-na sza-ba-s,i2-im{ki} at,-t,a3-ra-ad
4	u3 s,a-bu-um sza at,-ru-du 1(disz) me 5(u) s,a-bi
5	5(u)# su2-hu u3 1(disz) me s,a-ab# _gu2_ {i7}pu-ra-an-tim
6	u3 3(disz) me-tim s,a-ab _lu2_ babila{ki}
7	i-na pa-an s,a-ab be-li2-ia dingir-szu-na-s,ir
8	_{lu2}masz2-szu-gid2-gid2 ARAD2_ be-li2-ia i-la-ak
9	u3 it-ti s,a-ab babila{ki} _1(disz) {lu2}masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_
10	_lu2_ babila{ki} i-la-ak
11	6(disz) me s,a-bu-um an-nu-um i-na sza-ba-s,i2-im{ki}
12	usz2-sza-ab-ma _{lu2}masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_ te-re-tim
13	u2-ka-ap-pa-tu-ma a-na zi-im
14	te-re-ti-szu-nu sza-al-ma-<tim> 1(disz) me 5(u) s,a-bu-um
15	us,-s,i2 u3 1(disz) me 5(u) i-ir-ru-ub#
16	an-ni-tam be-li2 lu-u2 i-de
17	s,a-ab be-li2-ia sza-lim

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