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ARM 06, 037 (P338974)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338974 |
| 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 | a-lum ma-ri{ki} _e2-gal_-lum u3 hal-s,um sza-lim | the city Mari, the palace and the fort are well. |
| 4 | a-na sze-im za-ku-tim szu-ru-bi-im a-hu-um u2-ul na-di | For the barley of the exempted one, he will not give a brother. |
| 5 | sza#-ni-tam ha-ab-du-esz18-dar {disz}ma-s,i2-esz18-dar | Secondly, Habdu-Ištar (and) Maṣī-Iišatar |
| 6 | u3 ia-an-s,i2-ib-{d}iszkur 3(disz) _lu2-mesz_ ka2-na-ah-lim{ki} | and Yanṣib-Adad, 3 men of Kanaḫlim |
| 7 | sza# i-nu-ma {disz}dan-nu-ta-ha-az a-na esz3-nun-na{ki} | which when Dannu-tahaz to Ešnunna |
| 8 | it-ba-lu-szu-nu-ti isz-tu ma-ha-ar a-tam-ri-im | From before I saw them. |
| 9 | in-na-bi-tu-nim u3 e-ri-isz-szi-szu-nu-ma il-li-ku-nim | they have seized me, and they have come to me. |
| 10 | _tug2_ na-ah-ra-mi _1(disz)-am3_ i-na _e2-gal_-[lim] ad#-di-in-szu-nu-szi-im | 1 new garment I gave them in the palace. |
| 11 | [a-na] s,e#-er be#-li2#-ia# at,-t,a3-ar#-[da-szu-nu]-ti | I have sent them to my lord. |
| 12 | [... x]-szu-nu-ti | ... their ... |
| 13 | [...] x x-im | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [ka-ap-ra]-tim# sa3-ha-ri-im# | of the four quarters of the world |
| 2' | a-na ia-aq-qi2-im-{d}iszkur u3 zi-im-ri-{d}iszkur | to Iaqqim-Addu and Zimri-Adad |
| 3' | dan-na-tim asz-ku-un u3 is3-hu-ru-ma | I established strongholds, and they returned, and |
| 4' | sza-la-am-ta-szu u2-ul i-mu-ru u3 ki-a-am esz-me | his third he did not see, and thus he heard. |
| 5' | um-ma-a-mi sza-ta-am-ta-szu i-na _tug2-hi-a_ u2-qa-ab-<bi>-ru-ma | my mother, his mother, with a cloth they presented, and |
| 6' | a-na {i7}ha-bu-ur i-zi-bu i-na-an-na | to the Ḫabur canal stood. Now |
| 7' | sza-la-am-ta#-szu# u2-ul u2-ta u3 qa-qa-su2 | His limbs are not good and his head is not good |
| 8' | i-na qa-at,-t,u2-na-a{ki} sza-ki-in | in Qaṭṭunaya established |
| 9' | qa-qa-su2 iq-qa-ab-bi-ir u3 i-na a-i-im a-lim | his head he said, and in the city |
| 10' | iq-qa-ab-bi-ir u3 a-szar iq-qa-ab-bi-ru | and where they say, |
| 11' | i-na ki-di-im i-na li-ib-bi a-lim iq-qa-ab-bi-ir | In the steppe, in the heart of the city he said: |
| 12' | u3 i-nu-ma nu-qa-ab-ba-ru-szu | and if we ask him, |
| 13' | i-na te-er-s,i2-im nu-qa-ab-ba-ar-szu a-sa3-hi-im | In the extispicy we shall speak to him, the Asaḫum |
| 14' | an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | This is not this, my lord should write me. |
| 15' | u3 e-nu-is-su2 sza i-na qa-at,-t,u2-na-a{ki} | and his work that in Qaṭṭunaya |
| 16' | [u3] i-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki}-ma sza be-li2 | and in Sagaratum which my lord |
| 17' | isz#-pu-ra-am a-na li-ib-bi ter-qa{ki} | to the heart of Terqa |
| 18' | u2-sze-ri-ib | he brought in. |
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