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ARM 06, 016 (P338953)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338953 |
| 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 | t,e4-hi-tum isz-tu _babila2{ki} ik-szu-dam | the teḫītu-offering from Babylon arrived. |
| 6 | {disz}i-s,i2-su-mu-a-bi# ha#-ab-[du]-ma#-lik | Iṣi-sumu-abī shall go |
| 7 | u3 ma-an-nu#-[ba-al-ti-el] | and Mannu-balti-El |
| 8 | _ARAD2#-mesz_ [be-li2-ia ...] | the servants of my lord |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u3 [_lu2-mesz_] _babila2#_[{ki}] | and the people of Babylon |
| 2' | e#-te-qa-am u2-ul i-le#-[u2] | they will not be able to pass by. |
| 3' | [an]-ni-isz il-li-ku-nim# | they have come here. |
| 4' | [t,e4]-em-szu-nu a-na be-li2-ia | their report to my lord |
| 5' | [i-na]-ad-di-nu-ma u3 i-te-qu2 | they will give, and they will take. |
| 6' | _[ARAD2]-mesz_ be-li2-ia asz2-ta-al-ma | I asked the servants of my lord |
| 7' | [ki-a-am] sza-ap-ru um-ma-a-mi | Thus (says) the letter |
| 8' | [s,a-ab] til#-la-tim sza ki-ma ik-szu-da-kum-ma | the captives of the endowments, who as soon as they have gathered you |
| 9' | [hu-mu]-ut,#-ma t,u2-ur-dam | he will recover and be compensated. |
| 10' | [mi-im]-ma# la ta-ka-al-la# | you should not eat anything. |
| 11' | [li-lu]-u2 ka-ak-ki | lilû-disease of the throat |
| 12' | [li-pu-szu ...] | May they do .... |
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