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ARM 02, 081 (P272992)

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

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Designation	ARM 02, 081
ID	P272992
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# za-ki-ra-ha-am-mu-u2	Thus Zakirahammû
4	_ARAD2_-ka-a-ma	your servant
5	a-lum qa-at,-t,u2-na-an{ki} u3 ha-al-s,u2-um sza-lim	The city Qaṭṭunan and the district are well.
6	u4-um tup-pi2 an-ne2-em a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia	Today my tablet to my lord
7	u2-sza-bi-lam	he sent.
8	{disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_ kur-da{ki}	Hammurapi, king of Kurda
9	a-na qa-at,-t,u2-na-an{ki} i-ru-ba-am	to Qaṭṭunan entered
10	sza-ni-tam i-na pa-ni-tim-ma asz-szum sze-im sza# _e2-gal_-lim#	Furthermore, in the past, concerning the barley of the palace
11	a#-na# ha-al-s,i2-im na-da-nim a-na s,e#-er	given to the haruspex, to the sheepfold
12	be-li2-ia asz-pu-ra-am u3 be-li2	my lord, I have written to you, and my [lo]rd
13	ki#-a-am isz-pu-ra-am um-ma-a-mi	Thus he wrote me:
14	mi#-im-ma _sze_ ha-al-s,u2-um	all the barley of the district
15	ha-asz-hu i-di-in	he gave as a gift.
reverse
1	u3# ni*-ba-am sza sze-im sze-ti	and the nībam-tax of barley and barley
2	u2-lu-u2 ki-ma s,i2-ib-tam us,2-s,a-bu	or like a ṣibtu-demon he will be seized,
3	u2-lu-u2-ma ki-ma qa-aq-qa-da-am-ma	or like a mountain
4	i-na e-bu#-ri-im u2-ta-ar-ru	they will return in the harvest.
5	an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam be-li2 u2-ul isz-pu-ra-am-ma	This is not this, my lord did not send me, and
6	ha-al-s,u2-um i-du-ur-ma um-ma-a-mi	The haruspex saw me, and my mother
7	as-su2-ur-re-ma i-na e-bu-ri-im	I asked, and in the harvest
8	sze-em u3 _masz2_-su2 u2-sza-ad-da-nu-ne2-ti	the barley and its interest they shall pay.
9	ma-am-ma-an sze-em u2-ul il-qe2	nobody took the barley.
10	u3 ka-lu-szu a-na sze-im isz-tu szu-bar-tim	and all of it for barley from the barley-heaps
11	za#-ba#-lim#* re-eq u3 am-sza-li-tam	Zaballim, the shepherd, and Amšalītum
12	et#-bi-ma#* i#-na# ma-ha-ar* ha#-am-mi-sza-gi-isz	I went up and before Hammi-šagish
13	ha#-ab#-ta#-ku# asz2#-[ta]-as#-si*	I am frightened, I am afraid.
14	[ha]-al-s,u2-um ik#-[tu]-un#	the remainder he sealed.
15	[i]-na-an-na be-li2 li-isz-ta-al-ma	Now, my lord should ask and
16	na#-ab _szu ti-a_ sza sza*-at-tim	Receive the gift of life of the year!
17	i*-da-mi-iq#	he shall measure out.
left
1	u2#-ul# i-ma-t,i2* 2(disz) me _a-gar3 sze_ a-na ha-al-s,i2#-im	he shall not be negligent. 200 hectares of arable land for cultivation
2	li#-in-na-di-in-ma i-na# e-bu-ri-im	he should give, and in the harvest
3	qa-qa-ad sze-im a-na [szu-du-nim] li#-tu-ur2	May he return the volume of barley to its place.
4	sza# _ARAD2_-du-ti-ia a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia asz-pu-ra-am	of my servant Dutiya to my lord I sent.
5	be-li2 ma-li e-li-szu t,a3-bu li-pu-usz2	My lord, may a good thing be done to him.

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