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ARM 05, 066 (P338916)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 05, 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338916 |
| 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 i-la-sa-lim | Thus Ila-salim |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | _1(disz) {gesz}gigir_ lugal | 1 royal chariot |
| 6 | id-di-na-am-ma | he gave me, and |
| 7 | i-na a-ta-lu-ki-ia | in my journey |
| 8 | bi-ri-it ma-a-tim | between the lands |
| 9 | u3 _kur_-i _{gesz}gigir_ szu-u2 | and the land, that chariot |
| 10 | i-na qa-ab-li-ti-szu | in his midst |
| 11 | isz-sze-bi-ir | he sent. |
| 12 | u3 i-na-an-na | and now |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-nu-ma ki-a-em u3 ki-a-em# | When truth and truth |
| 2 | a-al-la-ku | I will go. |
| 3 | _{gesz}gigir_ sza a-ra-ka-bu | a chariot that I shall ride |
| 4 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is none. |
| 5 | szum#-ma li-ib-bi be-li2-ia | If the heart of my lord |
| 6 | _[1(disz)] {gesz}gigir_ be-i2 li-di-na-am | 1 chariot should be given to me. |
| 7 | a-di a-la-ak be-li2-ia | until my lord’s departure |
| 8 | ma-a-tam a-na asz-ri-sza | the land to its place |
| 9 | u2-ta-ar _ARAD2_ be-li2-ia | returned, my lord’s servant |
| 10 | a-na-ku be-li2 | I, my lord, |
| 11 | _1(disz) {gesz}gigir_ la i-ka-la-am | 1 chariot he does not have, |
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