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ARM 06, 003 (P338941)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338941 |
| 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 | na-ah-lum sza di-ir{ki} | the refugee of Ir, |
| 6 | u3 na-ah-lum sza mi-isz-la-an{ki} | and the district of Išlan |
| 7 | i-na _u4 1(disz)-kam_ | on the 1st day |
| 8 | il-li-ku-{nin}nim | Ilīku-nim, |
| 9 | na-ah-lum sza di-ir{ki} | the refugee of Ir, |
| 10 | 1(disz) _me gan2 a-sza3_ | 100 hectares of field |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza _lu2_ mu-usz2-ke-nim is,-pu | of a man a propitious word has spoken, |
| 2 | _a-sza3-hi-a e2-gal_-lim sza-lim | the fields of the palace are well. |
| 3 | mi-im-ma hi-t,i-tum | anything wrong, |
| 4 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is none. |
| 5 | na-ah-lum sza mi-isz-la-an{ki} | the sanctuary of Išlan |
| 6 | da-lu-wa-tim is,-pu | he smote the Aluwatum. |
| 7 | _a-sza3 e2-gal_ u3 _lu2_ mu#-usz2-ke-nim | the palace field and the man of Muškēnum |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-di wa-ar#-ka#-at na-ah-lim | until the end of Naḫlim |
| 2 | ik#-szu-dam a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | has arrived, to my lord |
| 3 | u2-ul asz-pu-ra-am | I did not send. |
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