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ARM 06, 029 (P338966)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338966 |
| 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 | i-na pa-ni-tim it-ti s,a-[bi-im] | in the past with the troops |
| 6 | sza i-na ka-ra-na-a{ki} [wa-szi]-ib# | who in Karanaya dwells |
| 7 | {disz}ia-at-ti-in-e-ra#-[ah i-tu]-ur | Iattin-erah returned |
| 8 | [i]-na#-an-na ia-si-im-dingir# [ik-szu]-dam#-ma | Now Yasim-il arrived, and |
| 9 | [it-ti _lu2]-tur#_ i-di2-ia-[tim i-tu]-ur | with a child of mine returned |
| 10 | [{disz}i-di2]-ia#-tum it-ti s,a-bi-im usz2-sza-ab | Idiyatum settled with the slave. |
| 11 | [{disz}su]-mu#-e-ra-ah usz2-sza-ab | Sūmû-ēraḫ resides |
| 12 | _1(disz) lu2_ sza i-na bi-ri-szu-nu | 1 man between them |
| 13 | usz2-sza-bu u3 wu-u2-ur-tam | he made reside, and the womb |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza u2-wa-a-ru-szu be-li2 li-isz-pu#-[ra-am] | My lord should write me what he wishes. |
| 2 | u3 wa-ar-ka-at a-lim ap-ru-us2-ma | and after the city I entered, and |
| 3 | du-ru-um szu-ul-he-em la-wi | “Durûm, the protection of the man, |
| 4 | u3 _e2-gal_-lum szu-ul-[he]-em | and the palace well-being |
| 5 | u3 hi-ri-tam i-sa3-[ah]-hu#-ur# | and the dowry he shall remove |
| 6 | i-na-an-na s,a-bu-[um sza usz2]-sza-[bu] | Now, the ṣābûm-official who was killed |
| 7 | du-ra-am i-na-[as,-s,a]-ar | he will keep watch. |
| 8 | a-bu-ul-la-am [i-na-as,-s,a]-ar# | he will carry out the repairs. |
| 9 | _e2-gal_-la-am [usz2-sza]-bu#-u2# | the palace they made dwell. |
| 10 | an#-ni-tam la an-ni-tam# [a-sza-ar] | This is not the case, I will ask. |
| 11 | usz2-sza-bu be-li2 li-isz-[pu-ra-am] | My lord should write me. |
| 12 | s,a-bu-um u4-ma-am nu-ba-tam | “The troops of the day did not leave. |
| 13 | u2-sze#-[szi]-ir | he brought in. |
Sources & licences
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