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ARM 06, 072 (P339009)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 06, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339009 |
| 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 _gu4-hi-a udu-hi-a_ u3 _{gesz}ma2-tur-hi-a_ | your servant, oxen, sheep and boats |
| 5 | s,a#-ba#-am usz-ta-am-li-ma | I seized the troops, and |
| 6 | [ak-pu]-ud isz-te9-ni-isz i-la-ku | I performed, together they went. |
| 7 | [an-ni]-tam# ak-pu-ud ge-er-rum szu-u2 i-[la-ak] | This is what I did: he is a slave; he will go. |
| 8 | [u3] _gu4#-hi-a_ u3 _udu-hi-a_ i-pe2-sza#-[am] | and oxen and sheep he shall make |
| 9 | [x x] x i-[...] | ... ... |
| 10 | [{disz}]ia#-an-ti-in-e!-[ra-ah ...] | Yantin-Erah |
| 11 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [x x] x a-na [...] | ... to ... |
| 3' | [u2-sza]-ab-ba-lam [...] | ... he made manifest ... |
| 4' | [be]-li2# li-[...] | May my lord |
| 5' | [u3] a-na-ku-ma x [...] | and I ... ... |
| 6' | s,a-ba-am li-x [...] | (Sum) The ṣaba priestess ... (Akk) The slave ... |
| 7' | sza e-bu-rum [...] | of the ebum priestess |
| 8' | be-li2 li-[...] | May my lord |
| 9' | sza-ne2-e-em u4-ma-am sza t,up-[pi2] | Another matter: the day of the tablet |
| 10' | [a]-na be-li2-ia u2-sza-bi-lam | I sent to my lord. |
| 11' | [ge]-er-ra-am sza-a-tu a-t,a3-ar-ra-ad | that slave I will measure out. |
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