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ARM 06, 057 (P338994)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338994 |
| 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 ba-ah-di-li-im qi2-bi2-ma# | Speak to Baḫdi-Lim |
| 2 | um-ma me-ni-hu-um _dumu_-ka-a-ma | Thus Menaḫum, your son: |
| 3 | ke-e-em# ta-asz-pu-ra-am | Just as you wrote me |
| 4 | um-ma at#-ta-a-ma pu-ru-us-sa3-a-am | Thus (says) yo[u]: my appeal |
| 5 | sza _lu2-mesz_ su-ti-i a-na mi-nim | of the Sutians, what |
| 6 | la tu-ga-am-me-ra-am# | do not abandon me! |
| 7 | la ta-asz-pu-ra-am | you did not send me. |
| 8 | pa-nu ze-e-ri-ia# ka-at-mu-ma# | The face of my anger is bound and |
| 9 | _lu2-nu-banda3_ a-na za-[bi]-lim u3 ma-szi-im asz-pu-ur | the superintendent to Zablim and Ašum I sent. |
| 10 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _lu2#-mesz_ su-tu-u2 s,a-bi | Thus I: the Sutian men are captured. |
| 11 | _udu#-hi-a_ sza ha-al-s,i2-ku-nu | the sheep of your district |
| 12 | [a-na] qa3-s,e-e-em szu#-bi-ra | send to me! |
| 13 | [...] pu#-ru-us-sa3-am | ... is its yoke |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] iq-be2-em | ... said |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| 4' | [um-ma] szu-ma 3(u) _lu2-mesz_ su-tu-u2 | Thus he: 30 Sutean men |
| 5' | [sza _udu-hi]-a_-szu-nu u2-sza#-am-[qi2]-tu | who slaughtered their sheep |
| 6' | [a-na sza-ha-ti-im] uk-ta#-s,i2-ra#-am# | he has turned into a fugitive |
| 7' | [u3 i-na-an-na pa-ha]-ru#-ma i-pa-hu-ur | And now they are waiting for me. |
| 8' | [...]-im | ...-im |
| 9' | [...]-ri#-im#{ki} | ...-rim |
| 10' | [... asz-pu]-ur#-ma | ... I wrote and |
| 11' | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 12' | _udu-hi-a_-szu#-[nu ...] | their sheep ... |
| 13' | _gu4-hi-a_-szu-nu u3 [...] | their oxen and |
| 14' | a-na a-al dan-na-[ti-szu-nu] | to their strongholds |
| 15' | uk-ta-am#-mi-[su] | they have imposed upon him |
| 16' | u3 _lu2_ su#-tu-u2 szu-u2 | and that Sutean |
| 17' | [a]-di-ni u2-ul i-tu-ra-am# | until now he has not returned. |
| left | ||
| 1 | pa-ru-us#-sa3#-am u2-ul# [u2-ga-me-er] | he did not abandon her. |
| 2 | szum-ma [...] | If |
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