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ARM 06, 060 (P338997)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338997 |
| 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 Bahdi-Lim |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-[ma] | your servant |
| 5 | asz-szum t,e4-em nu-ma-ha-a{ki#} | Concerning the news of Numāḫaya |
| 6 | sza ku-ub-bi-ia i-nu-ma x [...] | of my booty, when |
| 7 | iq-bu-u2 sza be#-li2 isz#-[pu-ra-am] | As to what my lord wrote me: |
| 8 | {disz}a-t,i-mu-um# [...] | Aṭium |
| 9 | u3 ia-[us2-{d}iszkur] | and Ya'us-Addu |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | a-na# pi2#?-[i ...] | according to the wording of |
| 2' | u3 it-ti# [a-t,i-mi-im] | and with a ghost |
| 3' | u3 ia-us2-[{d}iszkur asz2-ta-al] | and I asked Ya'us-Addu |
| 4' | asz-szum t,e4-mi-[im sza-a-tu] | Concerning this report |
| 5' | mu-usz-ta-lu-tam ni-[isz-ta-al] | we sat down. |
| 6' | mu-usz-ta-lu-ti# [szi-i um-ma-mi] | She is a hero, my mother |
| 7' | asz-ra-nu-um-ma a-t,i-ma#-[am] | I am a refugee. |
| 8' | u3 ia-us2-{d#}iszkur | and Ya'us-Addu |
| 9' | be-li2 u2-wa-a-ar# | my lord shall swear |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 a-na-ku a-na szi-ip-ri-ia | and I for my work |
| 2 | a-ta-ar-ra-am | I will return. |
Sources & licences
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