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ARM 18, 016 + A 04121 (P351485)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 18, 016 + A 04121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351485 |
| 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 | tup-pa-ti-ka sza tu-sza-bi#-[lam esz-me] | Your tablets, which you sent me, I have heard. |
| 5 | asz-szum mi-t,i3-it _ku3-babbar_ u3 _ku3-[sig17_ ...] | Because the deficit of silver and gold ... |
| 6 | sza a-na ha-la-ab{ki#} [...] | which to Halab |
| 7 | i-nu-ma# [...] | When ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | li-x-[...] | May ... |
| 2' | sza-ni-tam asz-szum x-[...] | Secondly, concerning |
| 3' | i-na pa-ni-tim _1/2(disz) su_ x [...] | in front 1/2 ... ... |
| 4' | a-na szu-ub-na:lu-u2# [...] | to Šubnalu |
| 5' | i-na-an-na a-na x-[...] | Now to ... |
| 6' | a-sza-ap-pa-ar# [...] | I shall send ... |
| 7' | mi-li-ik [...] | “It is a flood, ... |
| 8' | u2-sza-ab-[...] | he made dwell |
| 9' | [u3 asz]-szum# na-[ri-i-im ...] | Further, concerning the stele ... |
| 10' | szu#-usz-t,u2-[ri-im ...] | Write down . . |
| 11' | na-ra-a-am sza x-[...] | beloved of |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 na-ra-a-am sza na-bi-isz8-tar2 i-pu-szu# | and the beloved of Nabi-Ištar he built |
| 2 | a-na s,e-ri-ia szu-bi-lam-ma lu-usz2-[...] | Send (it) to me so that I may live |
| 3 | na#-ra-am sza a-na-as-sa3-qu2 lu#-[...] | The beloved one whom I constantly seek out, let me . |
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