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ARM 06, 061 (P338998)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338998 |
| 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 ha-al-s,um sza-lim] | the city Mari, the palace and the district are well. |
| 4 | asz-szum _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri _lu2_ [...] | Concerning the sons of the work of a man ... |
| 5 | a-li-ik i-di-szu-nu sza a-na ka#?-[...] | I marched with them, who to ... |
| 6 | t,a3-ra-di-im sza be-li2 [isz-pu-ra-am] | the ṭarādim that my lord wrote me |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}na-ma#-zi#-[...] | Now Namazi- |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | i-tu-ru [...] | They turned ... |
| 2' | u3 ki-ma sza be-li2# [iq-bu-u2 _{gi}pisan tug2-hi-a_] | And as my lord said, a basket of textiles |
| 3' | ep-te-ma _1(disz) tug2_ ia#-[am-ha-da-am] | he has done, and 1 garment Yamhadam |
| 4' | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-im _lu2_ x-[... u2-la-bi-isz] | son of the messenger of the man ... he shall remove. |
| 5' | [um]-ma# a-na#-ku-ma [...] | Thus I: ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [t,e4]-ma-am {disz}im-gu-rum id-di-nam-[ma esz-me-e] | News of Imgurrum he gave, and new |
| 2 | u3# a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia usz-[ta-bi-lam] | and to my lord I have sent. |
| 3 | x x x | |
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