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ARM 26/1, 180 (P354737)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 26/1, 180 |
|---|---|
| ID | P354737 |
| 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-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma i-ba-al#-pi2-dingir | Thus Ibāl-pî-ilum |
| 4 | [_ARAD2_]-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | [a-tu]-ur-ma ki-ma na-wu-um# [i]-na# sa-ka-ni-sza! | I returned, and like a nawûm in her garment |
| 6 | a-[na-ku] te-re-tim a-na 4(disz) qa#-ta-tim | I have given the extispicies for 4 hands. |
| 7 | a-[na szu]-lum na-we-e-em u2-sze-pi2-isz3 | for the well-being of Nawem I had made. |
| 8 | [qa]-tam# isz#-te-et# a-na na-we-e-em sza qa-s,e-e-em | “The hand is the one for the supplication of the qaṣīmû-demon. |
| 9 | u2-sze-pi2-isz#-[ma te]-re-tum sza a-na na-<we>-e-em | I had the rites which to the god Nawem |
| 10 | sza# qa-s,e#-e-em# [sza]-al#-ma qa-tam sza-ni-tam | The one who the qaṣītu is equal, the other qatam is equal. |
| 11 | a-na na-we-e-em sza# [i-na] aq#-da-ma-at {d}saggar2 | for the nawû-offering which at the command of Saggar |
| 12 | u3 a-ha-ra-tim [sa]-ak#-na-at u2-sze-pi2-isz-ma | and the remainder of the settlements he had constructed, and |
| 13 | te-re-tum sza a-na na-we-e-[em] sza# i-na {d}saggar2 | the extispicies which for the nawû-rite which in Saggar |
| 14 | sa-ak#-na-at la-ap-ta _udu#-[hi-a u3 gu4-hi-a_] | saknû-offerings of sheep and goats, |
| 15 | u2-ka#-al-la u3 a-di-ni nu-[ku-ur-tum] | he will hold, and until now he has not received the silver. |
| 16 | [u2-ul] it#-ta-ab-szi-ma na-wa#-[a-am] | he will not raise a claim against her |
| 17 | [e-te-qa]-am# u2-ul e-le-[i] | I passed, I did not pass. |
| 18 | [t,e4]-em# _lu2_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 [a-na s,e-er?] | News of the man of Hammurapi to the shepherd(?) |
| 19 | [be-li2]-ia#? u2-ul ke-em a-di ri#-[tum a-na] | my lord is not true, until the extispicy |
| 20 | _[udu]-hi-a_ u3 _gu4-hi-a_ ib-ba-asz-szu-u2-ma | the sheep and the oxen shall bear, and |
| 21 | [na-wa]-a-am sza-a-ti a-na-sa3-hu | this curse I shall curse. |
| 22 | [a]-wa#-tim t,a3-ba-tim-ma | favorable words |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ha#-am-mu-ra-pi2 | to Hammurapi |
| 2 | [a]-sza#-ap-pa-ar | I shall send. |
| 3 | [qa-tam sza-lu-usz]-tam# te#-re#-tim# [a]-na# na#-we-e-em | The second hand of the extispicies to the nawê-priest |
| 4 | [sza isz-tu a]-di# ga-asz-[szi-im] | which from as far as the sea |
| 5 | [sa-ak-na]-at u2-sze#-pi2#-isz-ma# [te-re-tum] | I had the saŋnātu-plant made and the treasury |
| 6 | [sza-al]-ma#? qa-tam ra-bu-tam te#-[re-tim] | All the great handiwork of the extispicies |
| 7 | [a-na] szu#-lum# ga-asz-szi-im a-[di] na-we#-[e-em] | for the well-being of the whole world, until weeping |
| 8 | sza lugal-ki-in u3 a-di la-hu-mu-[...] | of Lugalkin and until Laḫumu- |
| 9 | u2-sze-pi2-isz-ma te-re-tum ma#-di-[isz la-ap-ta te-re-tum] | I had the tērītu-commentary written down in a very large volume. |
| 10 | sza na-we-e-em sza {d}saggar2 [a]-na# ri-[tim] | of the nawû-offerings of Saggar for the extispicy |
| 11 | la-ap-ta | Lapta, |
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