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ARM 06, 005 (P338943)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338943 |
| 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 | _na4_ i-na {d}igi-kur me-eh-re-et | stone from Igikur, first-class |
| 6 | ap-pi2 la-bi-ru-tim a-na sza-di-tim | (and) the old pips to the mountains |
| 7 | im-qu2-ut-ma u2-ut, u2-pu-ur-ra-am | he fell, and he sinned, |
| 8 | u2-ma-at,-t,i esz-me-e-ma | he has sworn by the oath |
| 10 | 4(u) s,a-ba-am i-na ap-pa-an{ki} | 40 captives in Appan |
| 11 | u3 hu-um-sa3-an{ki} al-pu-ut-ma# | and Ḫumsān I carried off, and |
| 12 | szi-ip-ra-am sza-a-tu | that work |
| 13 | as,-ba-at i-na-an-na | I seized. Now |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _na4_ sza-a-ti u2-ha-ap-pa | that stone he shall remove |
| 2 | u3 me-e ur-ra-am a-na a-bu-ur-ri-szu-nu | and water in the future to their fathers |
| 3 | u2-ta-ar u3 mu-u2 a-na ma-ri{ki} | he returned, and the year to Mari |
| 4 | mi-im-ma u2-ul i-ma-at,-t,u2-u2 | nothing will be erased. |
Sources & licences
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