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ARM 02, 048 (P273129)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 02, 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273129 |
| 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 ba-ah-di-li-im | Thus Baḫdi-Lim |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | isz-tu# _u4 5(disz)-kam_ i-na ha-da-nim | from the 5th day in Hadanum |
| 6 | ha-na-_mesz_ u2-qa-a u3 s,a-bu-um | the Hana-people, the uqâ-priests, and the shabum-officials |
| 7 | u2-ul i-pa-ah-hu-ra-am | he will not accept. |
| 8 | ha-na-_mesz_ isz-tu na-we-em ik-szu-da-am-ma | The Haneans gathered together from the reed bed and |
| 9 | u3 i-na li-ib-bi a-la-ni-ma wa-asz-bu | and in the midst of the city, where is he? |
| 10 | 1(disz)-szu 2(disz)-szu a-na li-ib-bi a-la-ni | (and) once or twice to the center of the city |
| 11 | asz2#-ta-pa-ar-ma <li>-id-ku-ni-isz-szu-nu-ti | I wrote and gave to them. |
| 12 | u3 u2-ul ip-hu-ru-nim-ma | and they did not accept me, and |
| 13 | u3 a-di _u4 3(disz)-kam_ u2-ul i-pa-ah-ha-ru-nim-ma | and until the 3rd day they shall not approach me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na-an-na szum-ma li-ib-bi be-li2-ia | Now, if the heart of my lord |
| 2 | _lu2_ be-el ar-nim i-na ne-<pa>-ri-im li-du-ku-ma# | May the man, the lord of battle, kill you in the netherworld and |
| 3 | qa-qa-as-su2 li-ik-ki-su-ma | his head may he cut off, and |
| 4 | u3 bi-ri-it a-la-ne2-e | and between the cities |
| 5 | a-di hu-ud-nim{ki} u3 ap-pa-an{ki} | as far as Ḫudnim and Appan |
| 6 | li-sa-hi-ru asz-szum s,a-bu-um i-pa-al-la-ah-ma | they shall return. Because the enemy will be frightened and |
| 7 | [ar]-hi#-isz i-pa-ah-hu-ra-am | quickly he will receive. |
| 8 | [a-na] t,e4-em ha-ma-t,i3-im | for a bad report |
| 9 | [sza] be-li2 u2-wa-e-ra-an-ni | which my lord has caused me |
| 10 | ar#-hi-isz ge-er-ra-am | quickly and furiously |
| 11 | a#-t,a3-ar-ra-du | Aṭarradu |
Sources & licences
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