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ARM 26/2, 434 (P354991)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 26/2, 434 |
|---|---|
| ID | P354991 |
| 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 qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 2 | um-ma ia-si-im-dingir _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | Thus Yasim-ilu, your servant: |
| 3 | i-nu-ma hi-im-di-ia a-na szu-ba-at-{d}en-lil2{ki} il-li-ku | when my garments to Šubat-Enlil went, |
| 4 | _szesz_ ia-hu-un-dingir _gal ku5_ sza _dumu-mesz_ qar-ni-li-im | brother of Yahun-ilum, chief fisherman of the sons of Qarna-līm. |
| 5 | i-du-ku 1(disz) _sag-ARAD2 dumu_ nu-um-ha-a i-na _e2_-szu | 1 slave, son of Nummhâ, in his house |
| 6 | i-ba-asz-szi a-bu-szu asz-szum ip-t,e4-ri sza _dumu_-szu | there is his father because he has opened the account of his son |
| 7 | 1/3(disz)# _ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ u2-ki-il-ma _szesz_ ia-hu-un-dingir | 1/3 mina 5 shekels of silver he weighed out, and brother of Yahun-il |
| 8 | [u2]-ul# im-hu-ur-szu um-ma-a-mi 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | did not receive him, saying: "1/2 mina of silver |
| 9 | [mu-ul]-le-e-em-ma _dumu_-ka ta-ru | Give your son a scepter! |
| 10 | [ki-ma an-ni]-tam _lu2_ nu-um-ha-ia-am a-bi _lu2-tur_ i-pu-lu | As follows: a man of Nūmḫiâm, his father and his son-in-law performed |
| 11 | [_lu2_ szu-u2-ma] a-na kur-da{ki} a-na _ku3-babbar_ le-qe2-e-im | that man to Kurda for silver shall take. |
| 12 | [it-ta]-la-ak i-na _u4 3(disz)-kam_ sza a-bu-szu | on the 3rd day of his father's reign |
| 13 | [a-na _ku3-babbar_] le-qe2-e-im it-ta-al-ku | to silver take, he has gone |
| 14 | [_szesz_ ia]-hu#-un-dingir sza [_lu2-tur_ an-ne2]-em i-na _e2_-szu | brother of Yahun-ilu, belonging to this boy, in his house |
| 15 | [ka]-lu#-u2 _lu2_ szu-u2 i#-na# _e2#_-ti e-di-i-szi-szu# _ba-usz2_ | That man will die in the house of his father-in-law. |
| 16 | [_dingir?]-mesz#_-szu li-du-ku-szu | May his gods kill him. |
| 17 | [u3 sa]-aq# _sza3 gal_ li-ku-ul-szu | and the saqqa of the great heart may they support him. |
| 18 | [a-wa-tum szi-i u2]-ul# in-na-mi-ir | That word will not be heard. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_szesz-mesz_-szu] it#-bu-u2-ma | his brothers grew up, and |
| 2 | [_lu2-tur_ sza-a]-tu# i-na _e2 lu2_ sza-a-tu | that child in that man's house |
| 3 | [il-te]-qu2 a-na na-ap-si-im | has taken, to the Apsu |
| 4 | [iq-bu-u2?]-ma# um-ma-a-mi at#-ta-ma | they said, thus you: |
| 5 | [ta-du]-uk# u2 mu-ki-nu mu#-du#-ka# i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | You slaughtered the plants of the kukinnu-plant, there were no plants of yours. |
| 6 | [{disz}hi-im]-di#-ia ki-ma ka-sza-di-im _lu2-mesz_ ah-hu-szu | Humdiya, like a horse, the men against him |
| 7 | [i-na ka]-s,a-tim _lu2_ sza-a-tu a-na s,e-er hi-im-di-ia | when that man to the foot of my sins |
| 8 | [ir-du]-nim-ma _lu2_ sza-a-tu a-na ni-iq-mi-im | and that man to a niqimu |
| 9 | [it-ta]-di-in-szu u3 t,e4-ma-am a-na s,e-er | he gave him, and a report to the shepherd |
| 10 | ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 isz-ta-pa-ar | Hammurapi has written |
| 11 | t,e4-mu-um isz-tu ma-ha-ar ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | News from Hammurapi: |
| 12 | a-di-ni u2-ul i-s,e2-pa-asz-szu-um | Until now he has not made it. |
| 13 | _lu2_ sza-a-tu a-na da-ki-im usz-te-s,u2-ma | that man to smite has gone out, and |
| 14 | qa-at hi-im-di-ia as,-ba-at-ma u2-ul am-ma-gi-ir | I seized the hand of my possessions, but I did not return it. |
| 15 | [um-ma-a-mi a-na] _lu2_ sza-a-tu 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | thus: to that man 1 2/3 minas of silver |
| 16 | [i-na qa-tim] lu#-u2-ki-il-ma | I shall cut off from the hand, and |
| 17 | [lu-du-uk]-szu ia-hu-un-dingir be-el mar-s,a-tim | May I kill him, Yaḫun-ilum, lord of the dead. |
| 18 | [_lu2_ sza-a-tu] li#-du-uk ap-pa-szu ip-lu-usz2-ma | that man may he kill, his mouth shut, and |
| 19 | [s,e]-re-tam isz-ku-un-ma isz3-hi-ha-tam | he set up a flock, and they gathered together. |
| 20 | i-na ki-la-li-in sza-ap-ri-szu ip-te-ma | He opened his mouth with a knife, and |
| 21 | ba-am-te9-szu i-ku-us,x(IS,) uz-ne2-szu ik-ki-is3 | (Sum) His limbs ... (Akk) His teeth ..., his ears ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | la sza-al-ma-tim i-ti-iq 3(u)-szu _lu2#-[tur_ sza-a-tu] | unfavorable he passed, 30 of that boy |
| 2 | a-lam u2-sa3-hi-ru-szu-ma i-na re-[sze-tim-ma] | the city they surrounded, and at the beginning |
| 3 | [a]-bu#-szu iz-za-az t,e4-mu-um sza in-ne2-ep#-[szu ...] | His father stood by, the report that he made ... |
| 4 | [ha]-am#-mu-ra-pi2 asz-szum t,e6-mi sza-[a-tu iz-zu-uz] | Hammurapi, because of this report he stood. |
| 5 | [a-na be]-li2#-ia asz-tap-ra-[am be-li2 lu-u2 i-di] | I have written to my lord. May my [lo]rd know! |
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