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ARM 06, 059 (P338996)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338996 |
| 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 hal-s,um [sza-lim] | the city Mari, the palace and the fort were well. |
| 4 | {disz}u-bar-rum sza a-na pa-dan |BAD3.AN|{ki#} | Ubarrum, who for the protection of Dūr |
| 5 | be-li2 isz-pu-ru-szu ik-szu-dam u3 _2(disz) lu2#-mesz_ | my lord sent to him, he arrived, and 2 men |
| 6 | it-ti-szu il-li-ku-nim u3 t,e4-em-szu asz2-[ta-al-ma] | went with him, and I heard his report, and |
| 7 | dam-qa-tim-ma na-szu-u2 ki-a-am sza#-[ap-ru] | The good thing is that it is taken. It is written thus: |
| 8 | um-ma-a-mi a-na# _[lu2]-mesz# dumu_ si-im-a-al# | thus to the men, sons of Simāl: |
| 9 | a-na hi-t,i-tim# [...] | For a crime . . |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] s,e#-er# be#-li2#-ia# u2-[sza-bi-lam] | I have sent to my lord. |
Sources & licences
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