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ARM 18, 006 (P351475)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 18, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351475 |
| 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 mu-[ka-an]-ni#-szi-im | to Mukannishim |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma be-el-ka-a-ma | Thus your lord: |
| 4 | asz-szum _tug2_ ta-ad-de-tim | Concerning the taddētum garment |
| 5 | sza asz-pu-ra-kum | that I wrote to you |
| 6 | _tug2_ szu-u2 it-qa-am dam#-qi2#-isz | That garment is good quality. |
| 7 | lu-u2 sza-ki-in | be established. |
| 8 | 6(disz) u2-ba-na-tim | 6 ubanatum-vessels, |
| 9 | lu-u2 ma-ra-ak it-qi2-szu | he has taken it as a loan. |
| 10 | sza# i-nu-ma i-sza-da-du-u2 | who when they are to be slain |
| 11 | 6(disz) u2-ba-na-tim | 6 ubanatum-vessels, |
| 12 | ma-ra-ak-szu i-ma-s,u2-[u2] | his caravan they will bring out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 u2-wa-asz-sza-ru-szu-ma | and they shall release him and |
| 2 | a-na 3(disz) u2-ba-na-tim-ma | for 3 ubanatum, and |
| 3 | i-tu-ur-ru | returned. |
| 4 | hi-im-s,a-am dam-qi2-isz | good quality emmer |
| 5 | lu-u2 szu-ur-szu | or his offspring |
| 6 | u3 ki-ma sza _tug2_ ha-li-i-im | and like that of a destroyed garment |
| 7 | i-ti-iq-szu# u2-ta-sa3-ah | he passed by, he has sinned |
| 8 | a-na _tug2_ sza-a-ti ma-di-isz | for that garment very greatly |
| 9 | i-'i3-id | he shall weigh out. |
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