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ARM 10, 156 (P350120)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 10, 156 |
|---|---|
| ID | P350120 |
| 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 szi-ib-tu qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Šibtu: |
| 2 | um-ma da-di-ha-du-un-ma | Adi-ḫadun speaks thus: |
| 3 | tup-pa-ki sza tu-sza-bi-li-im esz-me | Your tablet that you sent me, I have heard. |
| 4 | t,e4-ma-am ga-am-ra-[am] | a full report |
| 5 | sza ta-asz-pu-ri-im [ma-ha]-ar# | of what you wrote me, received. |
| 6 | {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 asz-[ku]-un#-ma | Hammurapi I established, and |
| 7 | li-ib-ba-szu u2-te#-[eh] | his heart he turned |
| 8 | sza-ni-tam t,e4-ma-am ki-[a-am asz-ku-un-szum] | Secondly, I gave him the following order: |
| 9 | um-ma a-na-ku-[ma] | thus I: |
| 10 | asz-szum {d}iszkur be-el ha-la#-[ab{ki}] | Concerning Iškur, lord of Halab |
| 11 | u3 _dingir_-lim sza a-bi-ka | and the gods of your father |
| 12 | sza-da-ag-de-em-[ma] | I want to utter |
| 13 | {disz}ha-am-mu-da-du#-[um] | Hammurrum |
| 14 | ki-a-am it-ta-as,-ba-am# | thus he has seized |
| 15 | um-ma# szu#-[u2]-ma# | Thus he: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [be-li2] ha#-am#-[mu-ra-pi2] | My lord Hammurapi |
| 2 | [isz]-pu#-ur-ma ki-ma {munus#}[szi-ib-tu] | he wrote and like a woman |
| 3 | da-'a4-as-su2 u2-ul i-[sza-lu] | his enemies shall not be heard. |
| 4 | u3 li-ib-bi ma-di-isz | and the heart very much |
| 5 | iz-zi-iq i-na an-ne2-tim | he smote in this manner |
| 6 | pi2-qa-at ka-ar-s,i2-[sza] | the responsibility of her booty |
| 7 | i-ku-lu-ni-kum-[ma] | they will eat for you, and |
| 8 | li-ib-ba-ka u2-sza-az#-[zi-qu2] | your heart he made rise. |
| 9 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma# | thus Hammurapi: |
| 10 | ki-na-at an-ni-tum | True one of this, |
| 11 | ka-ar-s,i2-sza i-ku-lu-nim-ma | they eat her meat, and |
| 12 | u2-s,a-al-li-im-szi | he made her live. |
| 13 | i-na-an-na li-ib-ba-szu | Now, his heart |
| 14 | ut-te-eh mi-im-ma hi-<t,i3>-tu-um | he has removed anything wrong, |
| 15 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi ki-ma a-na-ku | there is none, as I |
| 16 | a-bu-ut-ki as,-ba-tu | I have seized your house, |
| 17 | {d}utu a-bu-ut a-wa-ti-ia | Šamaš, the word of my words |
| 18 | li-is,-ba-at | may he seize |
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