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ARM 06, 034 (P338971)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338971 |
| 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 | ta-ab-ri-it s,a-bi-im _lu2_ babila2{ki#} | the tabrītu of the troops of the man of Babylon |
| 6 | {disz}me-ep-tu-u2-um | Mēptum |
| 7 | isz#-pu-ra-am um-ma-a-mi | wrote to me, saying: |
| 8 | [x] li#-mi s,a-bu-um _lu2_ babila2{ki} | ... eponymy of Ṣabum, man of Babylon. |
| 9 | [i-na] babila2#{ki} | in Babylon |
| 10 | [...] ip#-hu-ur | ... he opened ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] be-<li2>-ni# pa#-nu-szu | to his father's house |
| 2 | [{disz}a]-bi#-me-ki#-im | Abi-mekim |
| 3 | pa#-ni-szu# s,a#-bi-it | his face was seized |
| 4 | an#-ni#-tam me-ep-tu-u2-um | This is an incantation. |
| 5 | isz#-pu-ra-am | wrote to me |
| 6 | t,e4-em s,a-bi-im sza-a-tu | That report |
| 7 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | my lord should write me. |
| 8 | _iti_ hi-bi-ir-tim _u4 8(disz)-kam#_ | The month of Hibirtum, the day 8 |
| 9 | t,up-pi2 an-ne2-e-em a-na s,e#-[er be-li2-ia] | This tablet to my lord |
| 10 | u2-sza-bi-lam# | he sent to me |
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