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ARM 06, 018 (P338955)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338955 |
| 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 | [a]-lum ma-ri{ki} _e2-gal_-lum u3 ha-al-s,um sza-lim | the city Mari, the palace and the district are well. |
| 4 | t,up-pa-am# sza be-li2 a-na s,e-er ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | The tablet of my lord to Hammurapi |
| 5 | u2-sza-bi#-lam t,up-pa-am sza-a-tu ki-ma u2-sza-ak-szi-du-ni-isz-szu#-ma | I sent to him that tablet as he had done, and |
| 6 | a-na s,e-er ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 usz-ta-bi-il-szu | he had him carry (them) down to the steppe of Hammurapi. |
| 7 | u3 a-na-ku ki-ma sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | And I, as my lord wrote me, |
| 8 | t,up-pa-am usz-ta-wi-ma a-wa-[at] ri-ki#-is3# <s,i2-im>-da-tim-ma | A tablet has been written and the wording of a ri-kīṣum tablet |
| 9 | u2-sza-asz2-t,e4-er-ma t,up-pa-am# [usz-ta-bi-il]-szum# | I wrote and sent to him a tablet. |
| 10 | sza-ni-tam wa-ar-ki t,e4-mi#-[im sza isz-tu ha]-am#-mu-ra-pi2 | Secondly, after the report which from Hammurapi |
| 11 | il-li-ku t,e4-mu-um sza#-[nu-u2-um] ik#-szu-dam | The second report arrived. |
| 12 | {disz}i-szi-im-e2-a _ARAD2_ [be-li2-ia] | Išim-Ea, servant of my lord |
| 13 | {disz}{d}marduk-ni-szu [u3 ...] | Marduk-nišu and |
| 14 | 2(disz) _dumu_ szi-ip-ri babila2#[{ki} ki-a-am iq-bu-nim] | 2 sons of the messengers of Babylon said thus: |
| 15 | [um]-ma#-a-mi ki-ma s,a-[...] | “Thus (says) ... |
| 16 | [a-na] t,e4-em [...] | for a report ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [pa-an s,a-bi-im an-ni-im] | before this army |
| 2' | {disz}a-bu-me-ki-in# i-s,a-ab-ba-[at] | Abum-mekīn will seize |
| 3' | t,e4-ma-am an-ne2-em i-szi-im-e2-a _ARAD2#_ [be-li2-ia] | this report, Išīm-Ea, servant of my lord |
| 4' | u3 2(disz) _dumu_ szi-ip-ri _lu2_ babila2_[{ki} ub-lu-nim] | and 2 sons of the šipru of the man of Babylon brought. |
| 5' | u3 a-nu-um-<ma> _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti a-na s,e-[er be-li2-ia] | Now, these men to my lord |
| 6' | at,-t,a3-ar-dam i-na-an-na isz-tu s,a-bu-um it#-[ta-al-kam] | Now then he has gone with the troops. |
| 7' | u3 i-mu-ru-nim s,a-bu-um szu-u2 ar-hi-isz i-ta#-[a-ar] | and he saw me, that slave quickly returned. |
| 8' | i-ha-am-mu-t,a3-am t,e4-em s,a-bi-im sza-a-tu | he will recover. That report |
| 9' | ar-hi-isz be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | My lord should quickly write me. |
| 10' | u3 sza-ni-tam asz-szum _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri ar-ra-ap-ha-yi | Further, concerning the sons of the work of Arraphayu |
| 11' | u3 e2-gal-la-ta-yi{ki} | and Egalla-tayi |
| 12' | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia t,a3-ra-di-im | to my lord is good. |
| 13' | i-na pa-ni-tim asz-pu-ra-am i-na-an-na | I had previously written, but now |
| 14' | asz2-ta-al-ma _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti ak-la | I asked, and those men I counted |
| 15' | um-ma a-na-ku-ma as-su2-ur-re-ma a-na a-wa-tim | Thus (says) I: I have sent to speak to the word |
| 16' | [ri]-iq-ti9-im i-il-la-ku | the rites they shall perform |
| 17' | [i-na]-an#-na szum-ma ik-ka-al-lu-u2 | Now, if they are deprived |
| 18' | [u2-lu-ma] a-t,a3-ar-ra-da-asz-szu-nu-ti an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam | Alternatively, I have written to them. This is not the case. |
| 19' | [be-li2] li#-isz-pu-ra-am | my lord may write me. |
| 20' | _iti#_ ki-nu#-nim _u4 9(disz)-kam_ t,up-pi2 an-ne2-e-em# | Month Kinūnum, 9th day, this tablet |
| 21' | [a]-na s,e-er be-li2-ia u2-sza-bi-lam | to my lord I sent. |
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