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ARM 06, 056 (P338993)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338993 |
| 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# ri-ip-i-{d}iszkur | to Rīpi-Adad |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ba-ah-di-li-[im] | Thus Bahdi-Lim |
| 4 | ra-im-ka#-a-[ma] | your love and |
| 5 | da-mi#-[iq] e-pe2-esz-ka an-nu-um | This is the work of yours. |
| 6 | sza isz-[tu] al-li-kam | that from I came |
| 7 | u2-ul ta#-asz-pu-ra-am-ma | You did not send me, and |
| 8 | u3 li-ib-bi u2-ul tu-ni-ih | and heart did not rejoice. |
| 9 | at#-[ta] u3# ia-as2-si-{d}da-gan | You and Iassi-Dagan |
| 10 | [...] x u2-ul tu-usz2-qi2-il-ma | ... you will not raise ... |
| 11 | [...] x u2-ul te-pu-usz2 | ... you did not do |
| 12 | [...] x-ki-il-ni# | ... his ... |
| 13 | [...-{d}da]-gan | ...-Dagan |
| 14 | [...] x | |
| 15 | [...] x-ma | ... and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [... a-na] s,e#-er _lugal_ | ... to the king's army |
| 2 | [...] x | |
| 3 | [...] x-ma | ... and |
| 4 | a-[na ...] x-ku-ul-ma | to ... and |
| 5 | a-wa-tam# sza ki-ma i-in4-ka | the word which like your eye |
| 6 | la ma-ah-ra-at du-up-pi2-ir | not received by the scribal school |
| 7 | sza-ni-tam a-nu-um-ma be-el-szu-nu i-na qa-ti-ka | Secondly, herewith their lord is in your hand. |
| 8 | as-su2-ur-ri ma-am-ma-an | “I have writ[ten to] anyone, |
| 9 | [i]-na _ka2 e2-gal_-lim la i-sa3-ak-ki-ip-szu# | at the gate of the palace shall not cut him off. |
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