ARM 26/1, 007 (P354564)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 26/1, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P354564 |
| 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 |
English translation
By Chen, Michael · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | To Gerbil |
| obverse 2 | speak! |
| obverse 3 | Thus Bannum: |
| obverse 4 | “Your tablets you had sent here I heard. |
| obverse 5 | As follows you wrote me, |
| obverse 6 | thus you: |
| obverse 7 | ‘The extispicies for the well-being of the district |
| obverse 8 | I performed, and my extispicies were unfavorable; |
| obverse 9 | the foot(print) of an enemy was placed ..., |
| obverse 10 | and extispicies for Terqa, |
| obverse 11 | Saggaratum and Dūr-Yaḫdun-Lim |
| obverse 12 | for the days of a year or of 6 months |
| obverse 13 | have done.’ According to |
| obverse 14 | your letter |
| obverse 15 | extispicies I had performed. |
| obverse 16 | The lambs, about which you wrote me, |
| reverse 1 | after this my tablet, |
| reverse 2 | on the 3rd day, will reach you. |
| reverse 3 | Another thing: because of your house about which you wrote me, |
| reverse 4 | a while back, |
| reverse 5 | as follows you spoke to me, |
| reverse 6 | thus you: ‘2 houses |
| reverse 7 | I seized, 1 good house, |
| reverse 8 | I am keeping (lit. seizing) and 1 house I will release.’ |
| reverse 9 | This you said to me. |
| reverse 10 | Now (in) the house that your eye |
| reverse 11 | favors |
| reverse 12 | you will dwell; |
| reverse 13 | nobody your house |
| reverse 14 | will approach. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na as3-qu2-du-um | |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | |
| 3 | um-ma ba-nu-um-ma | |
| 4 | t,up-pa-ti-ka sza tu-sza-bi-lam# esz15-me2 | |
| 5 | ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-[am] | |
| 6 | um-ma at-ta-a-[ma] | |
| 7 | te-re!-tim a-na szu-lum ha#-[al-s,i2-im?] | |
| 8 | e-pu-usz2-ma te-re-tu#-[ia la-ap-ta] | |
| 9 | _giri3? lu2_ na-ak-ri-im sza#-[ki-in ...] | |
| 10 | u3 te-re-tim a-na ter#-[qa{ki}] | |
| 11 | sa-ga-ra-tim u3 bad3{ki#}-[ia-ah-du]-li#-im | |
| 12 | sza _u4 mu-kam u2-lu _iti# [u4 6(disz)]-kam#_ | |
| 13 | szu-pi2-isz ak-ki-ma | |
| 14 | na-asz-pa-ar-ti-ka | |
| 15 | te-re-tim u2-sze-pi2-isz | |
| 16 | _sila4-hi-a_ sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | wa-ar-ki t,up-pi2-ia an-ni-im | |
| 2 | a-na _u4 3(disz)-kam_ i-ka-sza-du#-ni#-kum | |
| 3 | sza-ni-tam asz-szum _e2_-ka sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | |
| 4 | i-na# pa#-ni-tim-ma | |
| 5 | ki-a-am ta-aq-be2-em | |
| 6 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma _2(disz) e2_-tim | |
| 7 | as,-ba-at _1(disz) e2_ da-am-qa-am# | |
| 8 | a-s,a-ba-at-ma _1(disz) e2_ u2-wa-asz-sza-ar# | |
| 9 | an-ni-tam ta-aq-be2-em | |
| 10 | i-na-an-na _e2_-tam sza i-in-ka# | |
| 11 | ma-ah-ru | |
| 12 | tu-usz2-sza-ab | |
| 13 | ma-am-ma-an a-na _e2_-ka | |
| 14 | u2-ul i-t,e4-eh-he | |
Sources & licences
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