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ARM 06, 070 (P339007)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339007 |
| 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 | _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri t,e4-hi-tum# [...] | The sons of the work-assignment, the teḫītu-offerings, ... |
| 4 | {disz}ia-ah-mu-us-dingir u3 [...] | Iaḫmus-ilī and |
| 5 | {disz}na-am7-ra-sza-ru-ur x [...] | Namra-šarur |
| 6 | a-li-ik i-di-szu-[nu] x x [...] | I marched with them ... |
| 7 | ik#-szu#-du-nim u3 ki-[a-am iq-bu-nim] | they sealed it, and thus they said to me: |
| 8 | [um-ma] x [...] | Thus ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] zi#?-im?-ri#-[li-im-ma] | to Zimri-Lima |
| 2' | i-na#-szu lu-u2 na-sze-e it-ti [_lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti] | with him or with those men |
| 3' | t,e4-mu-um an-nu-um sza i-nu-ma wa-asz2-ba#-[ku sza-ak-nu] | This is the news that when I was stationed |
| 4' | u3 a-me-er-ta-szu-nu asz2-ta#?-al#? [um-ma-a-mi _{gesz}tukul-hi-a_] | and their witnesses I asked: “Why is my weapon |
| 5' | sza in-ne#-ep#-szu ki-i um#-ma#-a-[mi da-am7-da-am] | which he has done, like a slanderer |
| 6' | _lu2_ la-ar-sa3{ki} 1(u) li-mi _lu2_ babila2#[{ki} s,a-bu-um] | the man of Larsa, 10 thousand men of Babylon, ṣabum |
| 7' | sza ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 di-ku u3 1(u) [li-mi ba-al-t,u2] | of Hammurapi, the judge, and 10 thousand prisoners of war |
| 8' | u3 um-ma#-[a]-mi i-nu-ma s,a-bu-um _lu2#_ [esz3-nun-na{ki}] | and my mother, when the governor of Ešnunna |
| 9' | isz#-tu# an-da-ri-ig{ki} i-tu-ra-am [szum-ma {gesz}IGI.KAK-szu] | from Antarig returned. If his fingernail |
| 10' | szum#-ma _{gesz}illur_-szu# ki-a-am sza-aq#-[la-at u2-ul isz-szi-szu-ma] | If his axe, like a šaqlātu-tool, did not take it away, and |
| 11' | u2-ul u2-sa3-ah-hi-ir-szi# an-ni-tam sza iq#-[bu-nim] | this which he said |
| 12' | u3 um-ma a-na-ku-ma pa-an _lugal_ ki-i [um-ma-a-mi] | and thus I: "When I was before the king |
| 13' | pa-nu ik-ki-ru-nim# [...] x x [...] | The face trembled ... ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | an-ni-tum# a-me-er-ta-szu-nu u3 i-[na-an-na] | This is their explanation, and now |
| 2 | {disz}i-szar-li-im pa-an um-ma-na-tim# [s,a-bi-it] | Išar-Līm was captured before the troops. |
| 3 | u3 s,a-bu-um _lu2_ esz3-nun-[na]{ki} [...] | and Ṣabum the man of Ešnunna |
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