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ARM 06, 044 (P338981)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338981 |
| 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 | i-na pa-ni-tim i-nu-ma be-li2 i-na sa-ga-[ra-tim{ki}] | before when my lord in Sagaratum |
| 4 | la-a-ma wa-s,e-e be-li2-ia-ma# ge-er-[ra-am at,-ru-ud] | Before the arrival of my lord, I went down to the steppe. |
| 5 | _lu2-mesz_ su-tu-u2 me-ha-li-sa3-yu#{ki#} | the Suteans of Mehalisayu |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ ti-me-er-tam i-na bi-si-ir u2-[tu-u2] | the silver of the timertum from the exchange rate has received |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ ma-dam iq-bu-u2 mu-ut-ta-tum a-na# [_n gu2_] | the silver of the wife he said, the widow for n talents |
| 8 | mu-ut-ta-tum a-na _2(asz) gu2_ u3 mu-ut-ta-tum# | the deficit for 2 talents and the deficit |
| 9 | a-na _1(u) ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza-a-tu i-qa-ab-bu#-[u2] | for 10 minas of silver that they say |
| 10 | t,e4-mu-um szu#-u2 u2-ul isz-te9-en | That report is not valid. |
| 11 | [t,e4-ma-am sza-a]-tu# esz#-me#-ma# a-na ha-am#-[mi-ti-lu-u2] | This report I heard and to Hammitilû |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _ku3-babbar_ be-li2-ia# [...] | The silver of my lord ... |
| 2' | an-ne2-e-tim u3 ma#-a-da-tim ad#-[bu-ub-szum] | I spoke to him these and the lands. |
| 3' | {disz}ha-am-mi-ti-lu-u2 ki-a-am i-[pu-la-an-ni] | Hammī-tilû thus answered me: |
| 4' | um-ma-a-mi ki-is _ku3-babbar_ u2-tu-[u2] | the following: The price of the silver has been paid |
| 5' | u3 ha-zi-ru-um sza _ku3-babbar_ sza-a-tu u2-[tu-u2] | and the ḫazirum of that silver |
| 6' | _ku3-babbar_ i-zu-zu-ma a-na ra-bi-i-it# [...] | The silver he acquired and to the chief ... |
| 7' | t,e4-em _lu2-mesz_ su-ti-i sza al-ma-[du] | news of the Sutians who I know |
| 8' | u2-ta-ar i-na-an-na t,e4-ma-am# at#-mu-ra-[ta] | Now, I have received the report. |
| 9' | u3 a-sza-pa-ra-kum an-ne2-tim ha-am-mi-ta-[lu-u2 id-bu-ba-am] | And I am writing to you: this is what Hammitalû said. |
| 10' | u3 szi-ip-ri u2-te-er-szum u3 t,e4-em# [...] | and the work he returned to him, and the report ... |
| 11' | u3 a-bi-sa-re-e a-di#-ni# u2-ul x [...] _ku3-babbar_ | and Abi-sarê until now did not ... silver |
| 12' | [...] x asz?-x-dam-ma# [...] | ... ... and ... |
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