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ARM 06, 038 + M 05003 (P338975)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 038 + M 05003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338975 |
| 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 | be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am um-ma-mi | My lord wrote me thus: |
| 6 | _lu2_ su-ga-gi sza-al-ma | the man of Sugāgi is well. |
| 7 | szum-ma su-ga-gu ki-a-am i-qa-bu#-ni-kum | If he says to you thus: |
| 8 | um-ma szu-nu-ma 1(disz) li#-im# [s,a]-ba#-am#-[ma] | Thus they: take one thousand, and |
| 9 | nu-usz-ta-ma-al-la s,a-ba-am la ta-[t,a3]-ra#-[ad] | Do not slander the captive! |
| 10 | u2-la-szu-ma szum-ma 8(disz) me s,a-ba-am | Alternatively, if 800 (mana wool for) Ṣabam |
| 11 | sza ta-ap-qi2-du i-na-ad-di-nu-ni-kum | that you entrusted, they will give to you. |
| 12 | s,a-ba-szu-nu u2-ul usz-ta-ma-al-lu-u2 | their capture shall not be completed. |
| 13 | s,a-ba-am t,u2-ru-ud | the šābam-priestess of Ṭurud, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | an-ni-tam be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | This my lord wrote to me. |
| 2 | ki-ma sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am _lu2-mesz_ su-ga-gi | As my lord wrote to me, the Sugagi |
| 3 | u2-pa-ah-hi-ir-ma as-ni-iq-szu-nu-ti | “I looked at them, and I surrounded them. (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) |
| 4 | [u3] ma-da-tim-ma ad-bu-ub-szu-nu-szi-im-ma | and the land, I spoke to them, and |
| 5 | [a]-pa-li# u2#-ul i-le-u2# [um]-ma#-a#-mi# | He does not know the horizon. |
| 6 | 8(disz) me s,a-ba-am# [ni]-id#?-di#?-[in 1(disz) li-im] | 800 ṣabam we gave, 1 thousand |
| 7 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi an-ne2-tim i-pu-[lu-ni-ni5] | they did not have this. |
| 8 | u3 um-ma-a-mi be-el ar-nim# be#-el-ni5 li#-is-ni-iq | And my mother, may the lord of the mountains, our liar, be merciful. |
| 9 | u3 s,a-ba-am ri-ib-ba-ti-szu-nu u2-sza-asz2-t,i-ra-am | and the capture of their enemies he wrote. |
| 10 | t,up-pi2 ri-ib-ba-ti-szu-nu u3 _lu2-mesz_ su-ga-gi | a tablet of their greeting-gifts and the men of Sugagi |
| 11 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia a-ra-ad-de-em | I will go to my lord. |
| 12 | u3 8(disz) me s,a-ba-am sza ap-qi2-du a-t,a3-ra-ad | and 800 ṣabam-measures that I entrusted I will measure out. |
| 13 | mi#-im#-ma s,a-bu-um u2-ul ik-[ka]-li# | all the troops did not eat. |
| 14 | u4-ma-am# s,a-bu-um u2-sze-esz-sze-[er] | Every day he brings out the troops. |
| 15 | sza-ni-tam asz-szum _1(disz) lu2_ sza it-ti s,a-bi-im# | Furthermore, concerning the one man who with the fugitive |
| 16 | a-di s,a-ba-am um-ma-na-tim u2-sza-ak-x i-la-ku | until the capture of the army he will do and go. |
| left | ||
| 1 | {disz}ha-ad-ni-dingir-ma u3 gu#?-ur#-di-i3-[li2] _gal# ku5-mesz#_ | Hadni-iluma and Gūr-di’ili, the chief fisherman |
| 2 | it-ti s,a-bi-im li-il-li-ku# [x x] szar x | Let them go with the troops ... |
| 3 | it-ti-ia a-ta-ra-am be#-[li2 lu] ha#-di#? | I have returned with me. May my lord be happy! |
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