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ARM 06, 043 (P338980)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338980 |
| 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 | _[1(disz)] dumu#-gaba_ sza sza-ad-da-ag-de-em wa-al-du | 1 breast-fed child, who is a šadda’em worker, |
| 6 | [i-na] me-eh-re-et sa3-ka-nim _sumun_ | in the middle of the sakanû-festival |
| 7 | [sza] e-le-nu pi2-a-tim sza-pi2-il-tim | of the upper part of the lower part |
| 8 | [i-na t,e4]-eh _i7-da_ na-di-ma _lu2-tur_ szu-u2 | on the bank of the river he brought, and that child |
| 9 | [i-na] qa#-ab-li-szu na-ki-is3-ma | in his midst he cut off and |
| 10 | [isz]-tu# ir-ti-szu a-na qa-qa-di-szu sza-ki-in | From its foundations to its crenellations it was placed. |
| 11 | [ba]-lu# qa-qa-di-szu a-di sze-pi2-szu | his head as far as his feet |
| 12 | [la-asz-szu] lu-u2 zi-ka-ar | there is none. May it be booked out. |
| 13 | [lu-u2 si2]-in-ni-isz ma-an-nu-[um] | Who is it that you are? |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [lu-u2 i]-de# isz-tu qa-ab-li-ti-szu# | May he know from his heart. |
| 2 | [a-di sza]-ap#-li-isz u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is not even a second one. |
| 3 | [i-na u4]-mi-szu-ma ki-ma t,e4-ma-am sza-a-tu | At that time, according to that report |
| 4 | [esz-mu]-u2 dan-na-tim asz-ku-un-ma | I established strong eshmû-priestliness and |
| 5 | _lu2# ugula_ ba-ba-tim _dumu-mesz_ um-me-ni | the foreman of Babatum, sons of Ummeni |
| 6 | [u3] _dumu#-mesz kar-ta_ u2-sa3-an-ni-iq-ma | and the sons of the quay he shall remove and |
| 7 | [u2-ul be]-el _lu2-tur_ sza-a-tu u2-ul a-bu-szu | I shall not be the lord of that child, I shall have no father |
| 8 | [u2-ul um]-ma-szu u3 sza t,e4-ma-am sza-a-tu | It is not his mother, and that report |
| 9 | [i-du-u2] u2-ul i-le-em | he knew, he did not know |
| 10 | [u3 i-na] u4-mi-szu-ma t,e4-ma-am szu-a-tu | At that time, that report |
| 11 | [{disz}]be#-li2-lu-da-ri a-na s,e-er be#-[li2]-ia# | Belilu-dari to my lord |
| 12 | asz-pu-ra-am u3 isz-tu _u4 7(disz)-kam_ | I wrote to you, and from the 7th day |
| 13 | sza be-li2-lu-da-ri asz-pu-ra-am | of Belilu-dari I wrote. |
| 14 | su2-un-nu-qu2-um-ma u2-sa3-an-ni-iq | (Sum) The šunnuŋ priestess, the one who screams out (Akk) He shouted out and sounded out |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 an#-x [...] | And An ... |
| 2 | x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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