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ARM 02, 106 (P273015)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 02, 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273015 |
| 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 [qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | um-ma ia-qi2-im-{d}iszkur | Thus Yaqim-Addu |
| 3 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 4 | i-na pa-ni-tim a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | before my lord |
| 5 | ki-a-am asz-pu-ra-am um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I wrote thus: "I |
| 6 | _1(disz) ur-mah_ i-na ru-ug-bi-im | 1 lion in the ru₂ |
| 7 | sza e2-ak-ka-ka{ki} is,-s,a-bi-it | of Eakka seized, |
| 8 | szum-ma _ur-mah_ szu-u2 a-di a-la-ak <be-li2-ia> | If that lion as far as my lord's journey |
| 9 | i-na ru-ug-bi-im-ma usz2-sza-ab | in a fury dwells, |
| 10 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | my lord should write me. |
| 11 | u3 szum-ma a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | and if to my lord |
| 12 | u2-sza-ar-ra-asz-szu | he shall release him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | my lord should write me. |
| 2 | [i]-na#-an-na t,up-pi2 be-li2-ia u2-la-ap-pi2-tam | Now the tablet of my lord is finished. |
| 3 | u3 _ur-mah u4 5(disz)-kam_ i-na li-ib-bi | and a lion on the 5th day in the belly |
| 4 | ru-ug-bi-im u2-szi-ib _ur-gi7-ra_ u3 _szah2_ | the hero sat down, the dog and the pig |
| 5 | id-du-szum-ma a-ka-lam le-mu um-ma a-na-ku-ma | “The food is evil’, thus I: |
| 6 | as-su2-ur-re _ur-mah_ szu-u2 ih-ha-ad-da-ar | Assur, that lion shall be struck down. |
| 7 | ap-la-ah-ma _ur-mah_ sze-tu | I was afraid, and a lion was born. |
| 8 | a-na mu-ba-al-li-it-tim sza _gesz-hi-a_ | to the ... of the beams |
| 9 | u2-sze-ri-ib-ma i-na _{gesz}ma2_ [x?] | he brought in, and in the boat |
| 10 | u2-sza-ar-ki-ib-ma a-[na s,e-er be]-li2#-ia# | he made secure and to my lord |
| 11 | u2-sza-[ra-asz-szu] | he made him |
Sources & licences
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