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ARM 06, 031 (P338968)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338968 |
| 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 | a-lum4# ma-ri{ki} u2 ha-al-s,u2-um sza-li-im | alum of Mari, and ḫalṣûm of the whole |
| 6 | [asz-szum] s,a#-bi-im sza li-mi-{d}iszkur | Concerning the troops of Limī-Adad |
| 7 | u3 ia-ku-un-di-ri#-im t,a3-ra-di-im | and Yakun-dirim, the ṭarādim |
| 8 | sza# [be]-li2# isz-pu-ra-am | which my lord wrote me |
| 9 | [x _lu2]-mesz#_ sza i-na ma-ri#{ki} wa#-asz-bu | x men who are living in Mari |
| 10 | [x _lu2]-mesz_ sza i-na ter-qa#[{ki}] wa#-asz-bu | x men who are living in Terqa |
| 11 | 1(u) 7(disz) _[lu2]-mesz_ sza ia-ku-un-[di-ri]-im# | 17 men of Yakun-dirim |
| 12 | 9(disz) _lu2-mesz_ sza i-na ma-ri{ki} wa-asz-bu# | 9 men who are living in Mari |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(disz) _lu2-mesz_ sza i-na ter-qa{ki} wa-asz-bu | 4 men who are living in Terqa, |
| 2 | 1(u) 3(disz) _lu2-mesz_ sza li-mi-{d}iszkur | 13 men of Lipit-Adad, |
| 3 | _szunigin 3(u) lu2-mesz_ sza# ia-ku-un-di-ir | total: 30 men who Yakundir |
| 4 | u3 li-mi-{d}iszkur sza a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | and Līmi-Adad, who to my lord |
| 5 | at,-t,a3-ar-da-am | I have sent. |
| 6 | {disz}ku-ra#-nu _giri3-saga{ga}_ sza ia-ku-un-di#-ir# ka-li# | Kuranu, footstool of Yakun-dir, all |
| 7 | {disz}sza-du-ul-la mar-s,u2-um# | Šadulla, the sick one |
| 8 | 1(disz) _lu2-tur_ ku-un-gu sza-qu2-szu | 1 boy, Ku’ungu, his suckling |
| 9 | {disz}ia-szu-ub-dingir {disz}{d}suen-i-di2-nam# | Iašub-ilum, Sîn-iddinam |
| 10 | 2(disz) _lu2-mesz_ an-nu-tum i-na a-wa-tim ki-a-am is,-ba-tu-ni-ni | two of these men by the same word seized me, |
| 11 | um#-ma#-a-mi i-nu-ma i-na re-esz be-li2-ne ni-za-az-zu | Thus (says) my mother: When we stand at the head of our lords |
| 12 | [a-na li]-ib-bi a-lim sza-a-tu sza e-pe2-szi-im | To that important one, who does work |
| 13 | [u2]-ul# ta-t,a3-ra-da-ne2-ti-ma | you shall not be negligent, and |
| 14 | [ah-hu-ni i]-s,a-ba#-tu-ne2-ti-ma# | they shall seize them, and |
| 15 | [... usz2]-ma-tu-ne2-ti | ... the dead. |
| 16 | [an-ni-isz it]-ti# _ARAD2-mesz_ be-li2#-[ni5] | This with the servants of our lord |
| left | ||
| 1 | [u2-ul ta]-t,a3#-ra-da-ne2-ti [t,e4-mi s,a]-bi#-it _4(disz) lu2-mesz_ ka-lu# | You will not read my report. 4 full-grown men |
| 2 | [it-ti] li-mi#-[{d}]iszkur u3 asz-szum s,a-ba-[im u2-ul] at,#-t,a3-ar-dam li-ib#-bi | With Līmi-Adad and because of the capture I did not send word. |
| 3 | [ma-ri]{ki} ru-du? szum-ma sza a-na ne-pa#-[ri]-im# szu-ru-bi-im u2-lu-ma | Mari, if that to the nepārīm šurûm |
| 4 | [szum-ma sza] ki-ma na-<sa>-hi-im an-ni-tam la an#-ni-tam be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-[am] | If it is not this, my lord should write me. |
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