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ARM 06, 022 (P338959)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338959 |
| 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 Bahdi-Lim |
| 4 | _ARAD2#_-ka-a-ma# | your servant |
| 5 | a-lum ma-ri{ki} _e2-gal_-lum# | the city Mari, the palace |
| 6 | u3 ha-al-s,um sza-lim t,e4-hi-tum | and the haruspex, the well-being of the troops, |
| 7 | _dumu#-[mesz_ szi]-ip#-ri isz-tu qa-t,a2-nim{ki} | the messengers from Qaṭanum |
| 8 | [ik-szu-du-nim] ku#-uk-ku-ma-an-zu | they have gathered together, they have set up a kukku-vessel. |
| 9 | [u3 in-ne2-er]-ri | and Innerri |
| 10 | [_2(disz) dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri] _elam-ma-mesz_ | 2 Elamite sons |
| 11 | [{disz}e-pi2]-il | Epil |
| 12 | [_dumu_ szi-ip]-ri# qa-t,a2-na-yi{ki} | son of the messenger of Qaṭanaya |
| 13 | [a-na] e-la#-am-tim i-la-ku | to Elam he shall go |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}ia-as2-li#-im-[an]-du# | Iaslim-andu |
| 2 | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri qa-t,a2-na-yi{ki} | son of the messenger of Qaṭanaya |
| 3 | u3 ia-as2-ma-ah-dingir | and Yasmaḫ-ilum |
| 4 | a-na qa-ba-ra-a{ki} i-la-ku | to Qabarāya they shall go |
| 5 | i-na-an-na _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu | Now those men |
| 6 | i-ti-qu2-u2 an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam | they have fallen, this is not this, |
| 7 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-[ra-am] | my lord should write me |
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