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ARM 06, 040 (P338977)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338977 |
| 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 | {disz}ia-sa-ar-ti-dingir | Iasarti-ilum, |
| 6 | _lu2_ hi-sza-am-ta{ki} | the man of Ḫišamta |
| 7 | _lu2_ su-ga-ag-szu a-na _lu2_ pi2-ih-ri-im | a man's limbs to a person's mouth |
| 8 | u2-ma-al-li-szu-ma | he filled him, and |
| 9 | {disz}ia-si-im-su-mu-u2 | Iasim-sumû, |
| 10 | is,-ba-as-su2 um-ma szu-ma | seized him, thus he: |
| 11 | _ARAD2# e2-gal_-lim i-na t,up-pa-at _e2-gal_-lim# | servant of the palace, according to the tablet of the Palace |
| 12 | [sza]-t,e4#-er | written |
| 13 | [um-ma] ah#-hu-szu-ma | thus his brothers: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_lu2_ a-hu-szu ki-ma _lu2_ li-zi-iz] | a man's brother like a person may stand. |
| 2 | [i-na-an-na pu-ha-at] _lu2#_ sza-a-tu | Now the responsibility of that man |
| 3 | _lu2_ a-hu-szu# ki#-[ma _lu2_ iz-zi-iz] | a man his brother like a person has stood |
| 4 | _szesz#_-szu ia-si-im-[su-mu-u2] | his brother Iasimsumû |
| 5 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia [it,-ru]-dam | to my lord he sent. |
| 6 | be-li2 wa-ar-ka-as-su2 | my lord, his future |
| 7 | li-ip-ru-us2-ma | may he send, and |
| 8 | szum-ma _ARAD2 e2-gal_-lim a-na _e2-gal_-lim-ma | If a servant of the palace to the palace |
| 9 | li-tu-ur2 | may he return. |
| 10 | szum-ma _dumu_ a-wi-lim a-na _lu2_ pi2-ih-ri | If a man’s son to another man |
| 11 | [lu]-ma-al-li-szu | let me complete him. |
| 12 | an#-ni-tam la an#-[ni]-tam | This is not the case. |
| 13 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | my lord should write me. |
Sources & licences
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