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ARM 06, 030 (P338967)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338967 |
| 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 | asz-szum mi-t,i-it s,a-bi-im sza _dumu-mesz_ ia-mi-na | Concerning the crime of the capture of my sons |
| 4 | sza i-na di-ir{ki} ap-qi2-du-ma | who in Ir I appointed, and |
| 5 | u3 la i-ti-qu2 sza a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | and he did not pass, who to my lord |
| 6 | asz-pu-ra-am be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am | My lord wrote me thus: |
| 7 | um-ma-a-mi pi2-qa-at a-na t,e4-em ha-ar-ra#-nim# | Thus (says) the representative for the report. |
| 8 | szu-ta-as,-bu-tim u3 mi-im-ma | seized, and anything |
| 9 | sza qa-ti-szu#-nu# le-qe2-em u2-uh#-hu#-ru#-ma# | take what is in their hands, and |
| 10 | [asz-szum ki-am] u2-ul i-ti#-[qu2] | because he has not yet passed by |
| 11 | [s,a-ba-am i-na] re#-esz _a-sza3_ pi2-[qi2-id] | he shall take. At the beginning of the field he will measure out. |
| 12 | [an-ni-tam be-li2] isz-pu-ra#-[am] | This my lord wrote to me. |
| 13 | [i-na-an]-na# s,a#-ba-am i-na re-[esz _a-sza3_] | Now, take hold of it at the head of the field! |
| 14 | [ap]-qi2-id-ma s,a-bu-um mi-t,i3# | I entrusted, and the ṣābûm-official was negligent. |
| 15 | _[dumu]-mesz_ ia-mi-na sza i-na [di-ir{ki}] | the sons of Yamina who in Der |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la# i-ti-qu2# mi#-im-ma mi-t,i3#-[tam ra-szu] | He shall have no claim. Anything unclean is his responsibility. |
| 2 | ma-li sza a-[na] be-li2-ia asz-pu-ra-[am] | All that I wrote to my lord |
| 3 | u2-ul ik-szu-du-nim pa-t,e4-ru | they did not bind me, they were bound. |
| 4 | u3 i-na s,a-bi-im sza i-na qa-ti-[ia] | and in the army that in my hand |
| 5 | i-ba-asz-szu-u2 s,a-ba-am | there is a capture |
| 6 | u2-ma-al-li u2-bi-ik-ma | he filled, he sealed, and |
| 7 | [a-na] ha-ar-ra-nim at,-t,a3-ra-ad | I have sent to Ḫarran. |
| 8 | [u3 a]-na-ku t,up-pi2 be-li2-ia-ma | and I have written my lord's tablet |
| 9 | u2-qa-a t,up-pi2 be-li2-ia | my tablet of lord |
| 10 | ki-ma ka-sza-di-im a-la-kam | I will go as a caravan. |
| 11 | e-ep-pe2-sza-am | he shall do |
| 12 | sza-ni-tam asz-szum ia-su2-{d}da-gan | Furthermore, concerning Yasu-Dagan |
| 13 | sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am asz2-ta-al-ma | As to what my lord wrote me, I asked and |
| 14 | ki-ma _siskur2-re_-szu a-na re-<esz> _iti_ | as his offering for the beginning of the month |
| 15 | u3 at,-t,a3-ra-as-su2 um-ma a-na-ku-ma | and I have sent him, thus I: |
| 16 | a-hu-um a-ha-am i-im-ma-ar-ma | (If) a neighbor sees another, and |
| 17 | u3 i-na s,a-bi-im na-ap-t,a3-ar-tum ib-ba-asz-szi | and in the ṣābu the napṭartu-gift he created, |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 la-ma ka-sza-ad t,up-pi2 be#-li2-ia | and before the delivery of my lord's tablet |
| 2 | at,-t,a3-ra-as#-su2 | I have sent him. |
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