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ARM 10, 160 (P350124)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 10, 160 |
|---|---|
| ID | P350124 |
| 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-el-ti-ia | To my lady |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma szu-ub-na-lu-u2 | Thus Šubnalû |
| 4 | ARAD2-ki-i-ma | your servant. |
| 5 | _munus_ ni-pu-ut ia-as,-ra-ah-{d}iszkur _lu2-engar_ | the woman who bore Yaṣraḫ-Addu, the farmer |
| 6 | asz-szum a-ma-an-ni sza i-na {d}ha-at,-t,a2 | Concerning the matter that in Haṭṭu |
| 7 | il-qe2-e-em u3 a-na _e2-gal_-lim | took, and to the palace |
| 8 | ub-la-am _munus_ ni-pu-usx(IS)-su2 | brought, his wife |
| 9 | u2-sze-ri-bu a-na s,i2-id-qi2-e-pu-uh | they brought in, to Ṣidqi-epuḫ |
| 10 | a-na de-er{ki} asz-szum _munus_ ni-pu-ut | to Dēr because we have a woman |
| 11 | {disz}ia-as,-ra-ah-{d}iszkur wa-asz-szu-ri-im | Iaṣraḫ-Addu, the governor |
| 12 | asz-pu-ur-szum-ma | I sent to him |
| 13 | um#-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 14 | u2-ul a-na-ku _munus_ ni-pu-su2 | I am not a woman. |
| 15 | u2-sze-ri-ib | he brought in. |
| 16 | i-na [qa]-be2#-e _lu2_ sza-pi2-t,i3-im | at the command of a fugitive |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _munus_ ni-pu-su2 u2-sze-ri-bu | the woman whose oath they brought in |
| 2 | um-ma-a-mi na-am-ka-at-ti | My mother is a namkattu |
| 3 | a-ma-an-ni _hi-a_ sza _e2-gal_-lim | what is the rent of the palace? |
| 4 | sza i-na {d}ha-at,-t,a2 sza-ak-nu | which are placed in Haṭṭu, |
| 5 | {disz}ia-as,-ra-ah-{d}iszkur il-qe2-ma | Iaṣraḫ-Addu took it, and |
| 6 | a-na _e2-gal_-li-szu u2-sze-ri-ib | to his palace he brought |
| 7 | _munus_ ni-pa-at _lu2-engar-mesz lu2_ tap-pe2-szu | a woman, the wife of a farmer, a man’s companion |
| 8 | u2-ta-asz-sze-ru u3 _munus_ ni-pu-ut | they shall return, and the woman we shall replace. |
| 9 | {disz}ia-as,-ra-ah-{d}iszkur u2-ul u2-wa-asz-sze-ru | Yaṣraḫ-Addu shall not raise a claim. |
| 10 | i-na 2(u) am-ma-an-ni _hi-a_-ma | from 20 each he shall take, and |
| 11 | sza ia-as,-ra-ah-{d}iszkur a-na _e2-gal_-li-szu | of Yaṣrah-Addu to his palace |
| 12 | ub-la-am na-am-ka-ta-szu-nu ih-li-iq | he brought, their food rations he lost. |
| 13 | i-na-an-na asz-szum _munus_ ni-pu-ut | Now, concerning the woman we have sinned |
| 14 | {disz}ia-as,-ra-ah-{d}iszkur wa-asz-szu-ri-im | Iaṣraḫ-Addu, the governor |
| 15 | {munus}be-el-ti a-na s,i2-id-qi2-e-pu-uh | the lady to Ṣidqi-epuḫ |
| left | ||
| 1 | li-isz-pu-ur u3 _munus_ ni-pu-su2 | may he write, and the woman weeps |
| 2 | li-wa-asz-sze-ru | they shall bind. |
Sources & licences
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