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ARM 06, 001 (P338939)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338939 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ — ? |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, 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 | am-sza-li _lu2-tur_ i-din-{d}da-gan | Amšali, child of Iddin-Dagan |
| 6 | a-na s,e-ri-ia ik-szu-dam-ma | he reached my steppe and |
| 7 | t,e4-em-szu esz-me-e-ma | he heard his report, and |
| 8 | a-na er-re-tim at-ta-la-ak | I went to battle. |
| 9 | u3 sza-a-tu a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | and that to my lord |
| 10 | at,-t,a3-ar-dam a-na er-re-tim | I have sent to you. |
| 11 | ak-szu-ud-ma szu-ul-mu-um | I reached, and well-being |
| 12 | bi-it-qum e-lu-u2 sza ab-nim | “Exalted one, who surpasses, |
| 13 | sza be-li2 i-pu-szu | which my lord did |
| 14 | me-e ub-ba-al am-ma-at | I am the one who carries water. |
| 15 | mu-u2 i-[na] mu-uh-hi ab-nim | the name on top of the abnim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-la-ku [ka-lu]-ma# sza-lim | All is well. |
| 2 | er-re-tum qa-ab-li-tum | “Lady of the qablītu-shrine, |
| 3 | sza#-ap#-la-nu-um ti-tu#-ri#-im | The lower part is Titurum. |
| 4 | u2-su-ka-sza sza-ap-le#-e-em | he imposed upon her a crown. |
| 5 | mu-u2 iq-qu2-ru-ma | he smote, and |
| 6 | qa-na u3 ni-ka-as2 | the qana and the nikas |
| 7 | im-ta-qu2-ut er-re-tam | he has fallen into poverty, |
| 8 | sza ab-nim ab-tu-uq-ma | I smashed the bricks that I had built and |
| 9 | a-na er-re-tim qa-ab-li-tim | for the extispicy of the battle |
| 10 | mu-u2 im-t,u2-u2-ma | he has died, and |
| 11 | a-na u2-su-ki-im sza er-re-tim | for the ūsukum of the extispicies |
| 12 | e-pe2-szi-im qa-tum sza-ak-na-at | The hand is placed on the work. |
| 13 | mi-im-ma u2-ul sza na-'a4-di#-im | Nothing of the stela |
| 14 | szu-ul-mu-um | well-being |
| 15 | er#-re-tum sza ab-<nim> | The extispicies of the mountain(s) |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 bi-it-qum sza ab-nim sza be-li2 | and the debts of the abnu-official of my lord |
| 2 | i-pu-szu sza-lim mi-im-ma | All is well. |
| 3 | be-li2 la i-na-a'2-'i3-id | My lord should not be afraid. |
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