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ARM 06, 017 (P338954)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338954 |
| 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 qi2-bi2#-ma | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | um-ma ba-ah-di-li-im _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | Thus Bahdi-Lim, your servant: |
| 3 | _iti_ a-bi-im _u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam _dumu_-mesz_ szi-ip-ri _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} | the month of Abum, 21st day, sons of the workman of Ešnunna |
| 4 | [a]-na s,e-er be-li2-ia at,-t,a3-ar-dam _u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_ | to my lord I have sent. The 22nd day |
| 5 | ki#-is,-re-et _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri _lu2_ babila2{ki} | the kiṣrītu of the sons of the work of the man of Babylon |
| 6 | [a-na ma-ri]{ki#} ik-szu-ud-ma [i]-na# a-bu-ul [...] | to Mari he conquered and in the city wall |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] e-pe2-et-te szum-ma a-na li-ib#-[bi] | ... to do, if to the heart |
| 2' | [x x x nu-ra]-ad-da u3 szum-ma u2-ul nu-ra-ad#-[da] | ... we will measure out, but if we do not measure out |
| 3' | [an-ni]-tam# la an-ni-tam me-he-er t,up-pi2-ia | This is not the answer to my tablet. |
| 4' | ar-hi-isz be-li2 li-sza-bi-lam | Quickly, my lord should send me. |
| 5' | asz-szum i-nu-ma i-na-an-na _i7-da_ a-na ga-am-ri-sza | Because now the river to its full extent |
| 6' | im-t,u2-u2 szi-ip-ru-um szu-u2 ik-ka-s,a-ru | It is a work assignment, it is bound. |
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