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ARM 06, 039 (P338976)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338976 |
| 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 Bahdi-Lim |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | a-lum ma-ri{ki} _e2-gal_-lum u3 ha#-al#-s,um sza-lim | The city of Mari, the palace and the district are well. |
| 6 | sza-ni-tam wa-ar-ka-at _lu2_ ki#-na#-at-tim | Secondly, after the man of truth |
| 7 | ap-ru-us2-ma i-na 4(disz) me s,a-bi-im _lu2_ ki-na-tim | I entrusted, and from 400 prisoners of war the true man |
| 8 | 1(disz) me s,a-bu-um _tug2-hi-a_ la-bi-isz | 100 ṣābum garments, old, |
| 9 | u3 3(disz) me u2-ul lu-ub-bu-usz2 | and 3 hundred I did not build. |
| 10 | u3 asz-szum s,a-bi-im sza u2-ul la-[ab-szu] | and concerning the troops that are not there |
| 11 | {disz}mu-ka-an-ni-sza-am | Mukannišam, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u3] ba-li-e-ra-ah as-ni-iq-ma# | and I smote, and |
| 2 | {disz}mu-ka-an-ni-szum ki-a-am i-pu-la-[an-ni] | “Mukannišum did as he commanded me. |
| 3 | um-ma-a-mi u2-ul i-si-ik-ti | (Sum) My mother did not smite me (Akk) My father did not kiss me |
| 4 | {disz}ba-li-e-ra-ah-ma | Bali-Eraḫ |
| 5 | u2-la-ab-ba-asz-szu-nu-ti | he shall release them. |
| 6 | u3 ba-li-e-ra-ah | and Bali-Erah, |
| 7 | ki-a-am i-pu-la-an-ni um-ma-a-mi | “How did he answer me, my mother? |
| 8 | 1(disz) me s,a-ba-am sza um-ma-nim | 100 troops of the commander-in-chief, |
| 9 | u2-la-ab-bi-isz 1(disz) me-ma i-si-ik-ti | “It is one hundred (shekels) of ikû-wood, |
| 10 | u3 sza-pi2-il-tam mu-ka-an-ni-szum | and the šāpiltam-gift that he gave him, |
| 11 | [u2]-la#-ab-ba-asz an-ni-tam i-pu-lu-ni-ni5 | This is what they did to me. |
| 12 | [i]-na#-an-na ap-pi2-isz | Now then, apprehension |
| 13 | [{disz}]s,i2-id-qi2-e-pu-uh ma-ha-ar be-li2-ia# | Ṣidqi-epuḫ before my lord |
| left | ||
| 1 | [be-li2 a]-na s,i2-id-qi2-e-pu-uh li#-iq-bi-ma | May my lord say to Ṣidqi-Epuh: |
| 2 | [u3 a]-szar ki-ma sza-pa-ri-im li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma | and wherever like a letter he should write to me, and |
| 3 | [_lu2_] ki-na-at-te# [_tug2-hi-a_] li-la-ab-bi-szu | May the man bring him garments for the scepter. |
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