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ARM 02, 129 (P273036)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 02, 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273036 |
| 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 zi-im-ri-{d}iszkur | thus Zimrī-Addu: |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | _dumu_ be-li2-igi-du _lu2-giri3-se3-ga_ | son of Belī-igidu, the šangû-officer |
| 6 | i-na qa-at,-t,u2-na-an{ki} im-ra-as,-ma | in Qaṭṭunan he struck, and |
| 7 | a-na a-bi-szu a-na ma-ri{ki} isz-pu-ur | to his father to Mari he sent |
| 8 | um-ma-a-mi ku-usz-dam be-li2#-igi-du | My mother is a captive, Beli-igidu |
| 9 | ik-szu-dam-ma a-di _dumu_-szu i#-nu-hu | he reached, and until his son he is dead |
| 10 | _u4 1(u)-kam_ u2-szi-ib-ma _dumu_-szu i#-nu-uh-ma | on the 10th day he shall reside, and his son shall be released, and |
| 11 | nu-ba-tam a-na ra-ha-tim{ki} nu-ku#-ri-im | the nubātum to Rāḫatum nukurum |
| 12 | pa-nam isz-ku-un | he set up a statue. |
| 13 | i#-na u4-mi-im sza a-na nu-ku-ri#-[im] | On the day that to Nukur |
| 14 | pa#-nam isz-ku-nu | they set the face. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu-us,-la-lam i-na _e2_ na-ap-t,a3#-[ri]-ma#* | the muṣalam-garment in the house of the napṭarum-official |
| 2 | u2-sza-ar-bi-im-ma il-KI-ma _dumu_-szu | he made great, and Il-kīma and his son |
| 3 | ki-sza-as-su2 i-na _gir2 zabar_ | his neck with a bronze sword |
| 4 | ik-ki-is3 a-na-ku isz-tu _a-sza3#*_-lim#* | I from the field |
| 5 | mu-us,-la-lam ak-szu-dam-ma | “I have made the muṣalālām-festival, and |
| 6 | szu-u2 ki-ma pa-ni-szu a-na s,e-ri-ia | he, like his face to my side |
| 7 | ISZ-hu-ra-am-ma a-na _e2_-tim i-te-er-ba-am | he smote, and into a house entered, |
| 8 | a-na i-ni-szu tu-sza-ma s,a-al-la-ku | You bring (them) to his house and they will go to sleep. |
| 9 | a-na da-ki-ia | to Dakiya |
| 10 | pa-ne2-szu isz#-ku-nam asz-hi-it, | he set his face towards him, he cut off |
| 11 | _lu2_ sza#-a-tu as,-ba-at-ma | that man I captured and |
| 12 | a-na ne-pa-ri-im u2-sze-ri-ib#-szu# | he brought him into the sanctuaries. |
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