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ARM 06, 068 (P339005)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339005 |
| 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 | {disz}bu-qa-qum ki-a-am isz#-pu-[ra]-am# | Buqaqum wrote thus: |
| 6 | um-ma-a-mi 3(disz)? li-mi s,a-[ba-am] | my mother, 3(?) eponyms of Ṣabam |
| 7 | u3 2(disz) me _{gesz}ma2-tur-hi-a_ sza [...] | and 200 small boats of |
| 8 | [i]-na# ka-s,a-a{ki} _lu2-mesz_ [...] | in Kaṣaya the men |
| 9 | u2-[...] | ... ... |
| 10' | {disz}bu-qa#-[qum isz-pu-ra-am] | Buqaqum wrote |
| 11' | um#-ma-a-mi# [1(disz) me 5(u) s,a-ba-am] | my mother: 1 hundred 50 slaves |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | t,u2-ur-dam#-[ma a-li-ik pa-ni-szu-nu] | send me, and I will go before them. |
| 2 | szu#-uk#-na-[am-ma szu-ta-as,-bi-it] | 'Seize me, and I will take it away.' |
| 3 | an-ni-tam bu-qa-qum# [isz-pu-ra-am] | This is the buqaqum that he wrote to me. |
| 4 | i-na ha-ni-i _nig2-szu#_ [...] | In the ḫanû, the property ... |
| 5 | i-na _dumu-mesz_ si#?-[im-a-al] | among the sons of Simal |
| 6 | u3 i-na _dumu-mesz_ ter#-[qa{ki}] | and among the citizens of Terqa |
| 7 | 1(disz) me 5(u) s,a-ba-am u2#-[sza-as,-bi-it] | 1 hundred 50 prisoners he captured. |
| 8 | u3 ia-sa-ra-am ha#-[ne-em] | and Yasaram, may they be. |
| 9 | a-na a-li-ik pa-ni-szu-nu# | to go before them |
| 10 | [asz]-ku-un-ma at,-t,a3-ra-ad | I placed and I have sent. |
| 11 | [u3 a]-na#-ku-ma a-di ia-ab-li-ia{ki} | and I as far as Yabliya |
| 12 | [a-na s,e-er] bu-qa-qi2-im | to the cattlepen |
| 13 | [asz-t,u2]-ur# t,e4-ma-am ga-am-ra-am# | I wrote a full report. |
| 14 | [asz-pu]-ur# sza-ni-tam t,up-pa-at [be-li2-ia a-na ha-am-mu-ra-pi2] | I sent another tablet of my lord to Hammurapi. |
| left | ||
| 1 | _lugal# babila2{ki} usz-ta#-bi-lam# | king of Babylon, I have sent. |
| 2 | [me-hi-ir i]-ba-asz-szu | there is a suitable one. |
| 3 | [a-na s,e-er] be-li2-ia szi-[na]-a | they are for my lord. |
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