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ARM 05, 059 (P338909)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 05, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338909 |
| 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 ia-as2-ma-ah#-{d}iszkur | To my lord Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ARAD2-{d}suen-na | thus Warad-Sin: |
| 4 | _iti_ tam-hi-ri _u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam ba-zal-ma_ | The month Tamhiru, the day 21 passed, |
| 5 | t,e4-ma-am isz-tu ia-an-qi2!-ha{ki} | report from Yanqiha |
| 6 | ki-a-am ub-lu-nim um-ma-mi | Thus brought me my mother: |
| 7 | s,a-bu-um lu2 esz3-nun-na{ki} | Ṣabum, man of Ešnunna |
| 8 | i-na ka#-bi-it-ti-szu | in its entirety |
| 9 | i-na ma-an-ki-si{ki} | in Mankisi |
| 10 | i-pa-ah-hu-ur | he shall remove |
| 11 | u3 da-nu-um-ta-ha-az-mi | and Anum-taḫazmi |
| 12 | it-ti-szu | with him |
| 13 | i7# i-bi-ir-ma | the Ibir canal |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-[na] ra-pi2-qi2-im{ki}-mi | to Rapiqum |
| 2 | [i]-la-ak | shall go |
| 3 | [t,e4-ma]-am#-ma sza a-na ra-pi2-qi2-<im{ki}> i-la-ku# | News of Rapiqum: he will go |
| 4 | [u2-ul] u2-ki-nu-nim | did not establish |
| 5 | [u2]-ka-nu-nim-ma# | established for me, and |
| 6 | [a]-sza-pa-ra-am# | I will send. |
| 7 | a-na szi-i la szi-i | not to her. |
| 8 | t,e4-em-ka lu s,a-bi-it | May your report be released. |
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