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ARM 06, 021 (P338958)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338958 |
| 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}ia-si-im-{d}da-gan i-na _dumu-mesz szu-i_ | Iasim-Dagan among the handiworkers |
| 7 | u3 mu-tu-{d}da-gan i-na _elam-ma_ | and Mutu-Dagan in Elam |
| 8 | 2(disz) _ARAD2_ sza be-li2-ia | 2 servants of my lord |
| 9 | {disz}i3-li2-i-di2-nam | Ilī-iddinam |
| 10 | u3 {d}marduk-mu-ba-li-it, | and Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 11 | 2(disz) _lu2_ la-si2-mu _lu2_ babila2{ki} | 2 men of La-simu, men of Babylon |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-li-ik i-di-szu-nu | went with them. |
| 2 | isz-tu _babila2{ki} ik-szu-du-nim | from Babylon he conquered |
| 3 | u3 t,e4-em-szu-nu | and their report |
| 4 | asz2#-[ta]-al-ma ki-a-am i-pu-lu-ni-ni5 | I asked, and thus they answered me: |
| 5 | um-ma#-a-mi i-na t,e4-mi-im | the following from a report |
| 6 | u2-ul ni-iz-zi-iz# | we did not stand. |
| 7 | [{disz}]i-ba-al-pi2-dingir-[ma] | Ibal-pî-iluma |
| 8 | it,-ru-da-an-ne2-ti | they have sworn. |
| 9 | [i]-na-an-na a-nu-um-ma _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti | Now then, these men |
| 10 | [a]-na# s,e-er [be]-li2-ia | to my lord |
| left | ||
| 1 | at,#-t,a3-ar-dam# | I have sent. |
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