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ARM 06, 035 (P338972)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338972 |
| 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 | _gal mar-tu_ _lu2_ ia-am-ha-ad | chief of the Amorites, man of Yamhad |
| 6 | u2-ba-ar-re-em um-ma-a-mi# | he will return, my mother |
| 7 | 4(disz) _lu2#-mesz#_ i-na s,a#-bi#-ia it#-ta-al-ku-ma | 4 men went with me and |
| 8 | [a-na wa-ar-ki]-szu-nu-ma! | before them |
| 9 | [usz-ta]-as,-ba-at | he has seized |
| 10 | [ki-ma] _lu2-mesz_ ih-li-qu2 | like men have fallen |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] be#-li2-ka szu-pu-ur-ma | send to your lord, and |
| 2 | _[lu2]-mesz#_ szu-nu la us,-s,u2-u2 | Those men cannot go out. |
| 3 | an-ne2-tim _gal mar-tu_ _lu2_ ia-am-ha-ad | This is the great Amorite, the man of Yamhad. |
| 4 | [iq]-be2-em i-na-an-na ap-pi2-isz be-li2 | he said. Now then, my lord |
| 5 | [i]-na# ha-al-s,i2-im e-li-im wa-szi-ib | in the high steppe he dwells. |
| 6 | [a-wa-tam a]-na ki-ib-ri-{d}da-gan | a word to Kibri-Dagan |
| 7 | [u3 ia-aq]-qi2#-im-{d}iszkur li-da-an-[ni-in] | and Iaqqim-Addu give me. |
| 8 | [_lu2-mesz_] szu#-nu la us,-s,u2#-u2 | Those men cannot go out. |
| 9 | [ki]-ma# s,a-ab-tu-ma ed#-lu-tam | like a captive and a young man |
| 10 | li#-te-er-ru-ni-isz-szu-nu-ti | may they return to them. |
| 11 | asz#-szum wa-ar-ku-um i-da-ru-nim# | Because afterwards they will die |
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