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ARM 06, 046 (P338983)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338983 |
| 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 | a-lum ma-ri{ki} _e2-gal_-lum u3 ha-al-s,um sza-lim | the city Mari, the palace and the district are well. |
| 4 | [asz-szum] _nin-dingir-ra-mesz_ sza {d}iszkur sza kul2-mi-isz | Concerning the goddesses of Adad who eat |
| 5 | [sza i-na _e2]-kal2_-[lim usz-ba be-li2] isz-pu-ra-am | which in the Ekallim he built, my lord wrote to me. |
| 6 | [{munus}...] ku-za-ri u3 {munus}t,a-ba-tum | a woman, a kuzāru-disease, and a prostitute |
| 7 | [...] x a-na a-bi-kur-[ni] | ... to Abi-kurni |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | s,a-ba#-[am x] x x x [...] | capture ... ... |
| 2' | usz-ta-as,-bi-tam-ma a-na a-bi-kur#-[ni] | he had captured, and to Abi-Kurni |
| 3' | ap-qi2-dam u3 i-na pa-ni-tim-ma i-nu-ma a-na s,e-er be-li2-[ia] | I have appointed, and in the past, when to my lord |
| 4' | asz-pu-ra-am _lu2-mesz_ pa-t,e4-ri sza ki-ma a-mu-ru | I wrote to you, the prisoners who like I saw |
| 5' | u2-sza-ah-hi#-it# u3 ka-lu-szu ip-la-ah-ma | he shook, and his whole body trembled and |
| 6' | it-ta-la-ak | has gone |
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