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ARM 06, 066 (P339003)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339003 |
| 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 | [{disz}]ha#-ia3-su-u2-mu ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am | Hayasumu wrote me thus: |
| 4 | [um-ma]-a-mi s,a-bu-um _elam-ma_ u3 _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} | thus the Elamite troops and the man of Ešnunna |
| 5 | [i-na] ka#-bi-it-ti-szu a-na ma-a-at | in his stead to the land |
| 6 | [{disz}zi]-im#-ri-li-im a-na li-ib#-bi# i-da-ma-ra-as, | Zimrī-Lîm to the heart he shall strike |
| 7 | [i-li]-em-ma ma-am-ma-an sza ma-a-at i-da-ma-ra-as, | There is no one who will ever leave the land. |
| 8 | u2-sze-ez-ze-bu u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi# | they will bring out, there will not be |
| 9 | {disz}zi#-im-ri-li-im sze-ep-szu# i#-na# ma#-[tim] sza-ni-tim | Zimrī-Lîm, his work in the other country |
| 10 | ur2-[ri]-ik u3 at-ta a-na [zi-im-ri-li]-im | and you to Zimrī-Lîm |
| 11 | u2-ul ta-sza-ap-pa-ar-[ma a-na szu-zu-bi-ni] | You will not write to me, but to our lord |
| 12 | u2-ul i-il-la-kam-ma [ma-a-at] | he will not come, and the land |
| 13 | i-da-ma-ra-as,# [ih-ha-la-aq] | he will measure out and he shall weigh out. |
| 14 | _lu2_ mu-usz2-ke#-[nu-um ...] | The man who establishes ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | a-na s,e-[er ...] | to the flock ... |
| 3' | u3 a-nu-um-ma [...] | And now ... |
| 4' | isz-tu i-la-s,u2-[ra-a{ki}] | from Ilaṣura |
| 5' | a-na s,e-er [be-li2-ia] | to my lord |
| 6' | a-na t,a3-ba-tim{ki} u2-sza-asz-szi-[szu-nu-ti] | to Ṭabātum he brought them. |
Sources & licences
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