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ARM 02, 053 (P272964)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 02, 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P272964 |
| 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 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na be-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ia-as2-ma-ah-{d}iszkur | Thus Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | i-na pa-ni-tim-ma asz-szum s,a-bi-im a-na be-li2-ia asz-pu-ra-am | In the past, concerning the capture, I wrote to my lord. |
| 6 | u3 be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am um-ma be-li2-ma | And my lord wrote to me thus: "My lor[d] |
| 7 | _{gesz}ma2-hi-a_ sza la-hu-un-{d}da-gan ri-ik-ba-am-ma | the boat of Laḫun-Dagan was tied, and |
| 8 | u3 at-la-kam an-ni-tam be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | And this is what my lord wrote me. |
| 8 | i-na-an-na pa-ni-ia a-na at-lu-ki-im asz-ku-nam-ma | Now, I have set my face towards you. |
| 10 | _lu2-mesz_ ia-ri-ha-yu{ki} su-ga-gu sza {lu}ha-na-_mesz_ | the men of Yarimḫayu, the sagagu of the mayors |
| 11 | il-li-ku-nim-ma u3 ik-lu-ni5-in-ni | came to me, and they gathered me. |
| 12 | sza-ni-tam _lu2-mesz_ su-ga-gu sza _dumu-mesz_ ia-mi-na{ki} | Furthermore, the Sugagu men of the citizens of Yamina |
| 13 | i-na za-al-pa-ah{ki} ip-hu-ru-ma | in Zalpah they opened, and |
| 14 | a-na a-hu-na-a{ki} il-li-ku-ma | to Aḫuna went, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}s,u2-[ra-ha-mu u3 ia-ri-im-li-im] | Ṣurahamu and Yarim-Līm |
| 2 | usz2-bu-ma a-na# s,e#-er# be#-li2#-ia# a-na a-la#-ki#-im | I sat down and to my lord to go |
| 3 | id-bu-bu _lu2-mesz_ su-[ga]-gu sza ha-na# | he spoke. The Sugagu of Hana |
| 4 | it-bu-ma a-na ia-ri#-[im]-li#-im | came up and to Yarim-Lîm |
| 5 | u3 s,u2-ra-ha-am-mu-u2 ke#-em# iq-bu-u2 | and ṣurahammû, according to what they said |
| 6 | um-ma-a-mi szu-nu-ma a-na s,e-er zi-im-ri-li-im | “They are the people, to Zimrī-Lîm |
| 7 | [al]-ka-ma u3 a-la-ni5-ni5 er-sza | come, and alānini, the queen |
| 8 | szum#-ma la-hu-un-{d}da-gan | If Laḫun-Dagan |
| 9 | [la i]-il-la-ak u2-lu ni5-da-ak-szu | he will not go, or his enemies |
| 10 | u2-la#-szu-ma i-na _{gesz}gu-za_-szu | he did not have, and on his throne |
| 11 | nu-da-ap-pa-ar-szu an-ne2-tim | this weeping |
| 12 | _lu2-mesz_ su-ga-gu# sza _dumu-mes_ ia-mi-na{ki} i-da-ab-bu-bu | The Sugagu men of the sons of Yamina speak: |
| 13 | [i]-na#-an-na a-nu-um-ma ia-ri-im-li-im | Now, herewith, Yarim-Lîm |
| 14 | s,u2-ra-ha-am-mu-u2 u3 _lu2-mesz_ su-ga-gu | Ṣurahammû and the Sugagu men |
| 15 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia i-il#-[la-ku]-nim ma-li sza i-ri-szu | they will come to my lord's side. The one who is with him |
| 16 | be-li2 la i-ka-al-la-szu-nu-szi-im u3 a-na-ku | My lord will not hold them back, and I |
| 17 | wa-ar-ki-szu-nu-ma a-ka-asz-sza-dam | After them, I will arrive. |
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