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ARM 06, 062 (P338999)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338999 |
| 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 Baḫdi-Lim |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | [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. |
| 6 | t,e4#-hi-tum isz-tu ka#-[ra-na-a{ki} ...] | The teḫitu-festival from Karana |
| 7 | {disz}a-ru-se-dingir la-si-mu-[um sza as3-qur2-{d}iszkur] | Arūse-ilum, the lasimum of Asqur-Adad |
| 8 | [{disz}]ha-zi-ib-te-esz15-szu-ub [ik-szu-du-nim] | Ḫazibte-šub sealed it. |
| 9 | t,e4#-em-szu-nu asz2-ta-a-al#-[ma] | I asked for their report, and |
| 10 | ki-a-am# id-bu-bu-nim um-ma a-[ru-se-dingir-ma] | thus they spoke to me: "Aru-se-iluma |
| 11 | e-nu-ut# as3#-qur2-{d}iszkur [na-sze-e-ku] | The word of Asqur-Adad is to be uttered |
| 12 | u3 sza-ne2-em u4-[um-szu] | and another day |
| 13 | a-na s,e-er [be-li2]-ia# u2-sze-esz#-[sze]-ra#-[am] | I will bring it to my lord. |
| 14 | u3 ha-zi#-[ib-te-esz15-szu-ub iq-be2-em] | and Ḫazibte-šub said: |
| 15 | um-ma [szu-u2-ma] | thus he: |
| 16 | a-di x x [...] | until ... |
| 17 | ma#-a-tam [iz-ze-bu] | the land he attacked. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 s,a-bu-um sza ia#-[si-im-dingir] | and the troops of Yasim-ilum |
| 2 | i-na ka-ra-na-a{ki} [li-szi-ib] | in Karana may he dwell |
| 3 | [um]-ma-a-mi a-di ta-ri-ia# [i-na ma]-ti#-ia# | Thus (says) my father, in my land |
| 4 | [s,a-bu]-um# sza it-ti ia-si-im#-dingir it#-ti-ia [li-iz]-zi#-iz# | May the soldier who is with Yasim-ili stand with me. |
| 5 | [an-ne2]-tim# id-bu-bu-nim u3 szu-nu-ma | the Anu's spoke, and they |
| 6 | [it-ta]-al#-ku wa-ar-ki t,up-pi2#-ia an-ni#-[im] | After this tablet |
| 7 | a-na s,e#-[er] be#-li2#-ia# [i-ka-asz-sza-du] | will reach my lord's aid. |
| 8 | be#-li2# za-bi-il# az-[ma?-ri? a-na ...] | My lord, you are exalted, I am speaking to |
| 9 | u2-lu-ma a-na ha-mi-qa-[dim{ki}] | or to Hamiqadim |
| 10 | ak-ki-<ma> be-li2 isz-ta-al-lu li#-[il-li-ik] | My lord should go, and he should go. |
| 11 | szum-ma a-na ma-ri{ki} u2-la-[ma] | if to Mari he shall not |
| 12 | a-na ter-qa{ki} a-szar be-li2 i-qa#-[ab-bu] | to Terqa, where my lord commands |
| 13 | pa-ni-szu li-is,-ba-tu# | may he seize his face |
| 14 | sza-ni-tam asz-szum t,e4-mi-im sza am-sza-li# | Secondly, concerning the report that I have |
| 15 | a-na zi-im-ri-{d}iszkur ia-si-im-dingir [...] | To Zimri-Adad, Yasim-ilum |
| 16 | isz#-pu-ru i-na-an-na as3-qur2-{d}iszkur it-ta#-la#-[ak] | Now Asqur-Addu has gone |
| 17 | as-su2-ur-ri-ma wa-ar-ki-szu hi-t,i-tum# | I asked, and afterwards, a crime |
| 18 | mi#-im-ma ib-ba-asz-szi | whatever there is |
| left | ||
| 1 | x x ar# [...] x | ... ... |
| 2 | a-na _ARAD2-mesz_-szu li-isz#-[pu]-ur# | to his servants write |
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