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ARM 06, 050 (P338987)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338987 |
| 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 | as-su2-ur-ri-ma _dingir_-lum [a] yi-di-in | I prayed to the god, my lord: |
| 6 | s,a#-bu#-um# [na-ak]-rum a-na s,e#-ri-ia | the enemy troops to me |
| 7 | [il-la-ak-ma ...] | he will go and ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x a [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | a-sza-pa-ar u2-ul a-sza#-pa-[ar] | I will send, but I will not send. |
| 3' | an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam# | This is not the case. |
| 4' | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | my lord should write me. |
| 5' | _iti_ {d}igi-kur _u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam ba-zal_-ma | the month of Igikur, the 22nd day passed, and |
| 6' | t,up#-pa-am an-ne2-em a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | This tablet to my lord |
| 7' | u2-sza-bi-lam | he sent. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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