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ARM 06, 026 (P338963)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338963 |
| 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 | [_dumu-mesz_ szi]-ip-ri sza as3-qur2-{d}iszkur | sons of the work of Asqur-Adad |
| 5 | [a-na e]-re#?-bi isz-tu ka-ra-na-a{ki} ik-szu-du-nim | to enter from Karanaya he conquered. |
| 6 | [um-ma szu-nu]-ma _babila2{ki} _masz2#-ansze#-hi-a_ | Thus they: Babylon, the donkey-drivers |
| 7 | [sza isz-me]-{d}da-gan [it-ba]-al#-szu | which Išme-Dagan brought |
| 8 | [...] x [...] x x x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x] x [...] | |
| 2' | ki#-a-am iq-bu-nim# [um-ma-a-mi] | he said thus: |
| 3' | qa-ra-an s,u2-ba-at zi-im#-[ri-li-im] | the horn of Zimrī-Lîm |
| 4' | s,a#-ba-at sza qa-be2-szu e-pu-usz2 | The captive who does what he commands. |
| 5' | u3 zi-im-ri-li-im _dumu-munus_-su2 | and Zimrī-Lim, his daughter |
| 6' | li-it,-ru-dam-ma szar-ru-tam | May he grant me kingship. |
| 7' | i-na ka-ra-na-a{ki} li-pu-usz2 | in Karana may he do |
| 8' | a-na qa-be2-e ma-ti-ia qa-ra-an s,u2-ba-at | At the command of my land, a šubātu-demon, |
| 9' | be-li2-ia as,-ba-at be-li2 qa-ti la i-na-pa-as, | My lord, I have seized (them), but my [lord] will not release my hand. |
| 10' | an#-ne2-tim# _lu2#-mesz_ szu-nu sza-ap-ru# | These men are sent. |
| 11' | [a]-nu-um-ma a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | Now, to my lord |
| 12' | at,#-t,a3-ar-da-asz-szu-nu-ti | I have sent them. |
Sources & licences
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