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ARM 26/2, 451 (P355008)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 26/2, 451 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355008 |
| 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-an-s,i2#-ib-{d}iszkur _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | Thus Yanṣib-Addu, your servant: |
| 3 | {disz}ku-szi-ia _lu2_ kur-da-a#-iu#{ki} | Kušiya, a Kurdaean |
| 4 | i-na pa-ni-ni5 i-na si2#-ip#-pi2-ir#{ki} wa-szi-ib | in front of us, in Sippar sat |
| 5 | i-nu-ma t,e4-em-szu id-di-nu _ARAD2#_-du#-_mesz_ be-li2-ia | When he gave his order, the servants of my lord |
| 6 | sza# an-ni#-ki-a-am wa-asz-bu# it#-ti#-szu u2-ul i-ru-bu | The one who resides here will not enter with him. |
| 7 | [ki-ma] ni#-ik-szu-dam _lu2#_ nu-pa-al-li-isz-ma | like a nikšūdu-demon we sat down, and |
| 8 | [u3 _lu2_] szu-u2 ki-a-am sza-pi2-ir um-ma-a-mi | and that man, in the same way a messenger |
| 9 | [1(disz) li-im u2]-lu-ma 2(disz) li-im s,a-ba-am t,u2-ur2-dam-ma | 1 thousand plants, 2 thousand saffron seeds, |
| 10 | [kur-da]-a#{ki} li-ki-il | May the Kurdaeans be pure |
| 11 | [u3? isz]-nu#-ku-um sza sza-ap-ru i-na-an-na wa-ar#-[ki-szu] | And he has sworn that he will not raise a claim against him. Now then |
| 12 | [ni-im]-ma#-ha-ar i-na wu-u2-ur-ti-szu u2-ul ni-iz-[zi-iz] | We will receive it, but we will not stand at his side. |
| 13 | ki-a-am i-pu-lu-szu um-ma-a-mi a-al-ka-ma u2-s,u2-ur#-[ma] | Thus they performed it, saying: “Come, I will guard, and |
| 14 | a-di _sukkal_ e-la-am-tim s,i-bu-us-su2 i-ip-pi2-szu an-[ha-ra-ar-ku] | as far as the vizier of Elam, his ṣibušu he had broken, he was frightened. |
| 15 | _iti_ u2-ra-hi-im _u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam ba-zal_-ma# | the month of Uraḫum, the day 25 passed, and |
| 16 | _lu2-mesz_ al-la-ha-da-iu{ki} a-na si2-ip-pi2-ir{ki#} | the men of Allaḫadāyu to Sippar |
| 17 | ik-szu-du-nim-ma a-na s,e-er ha-am-mu-ra-pi2# | sealed it and to Hammurapi |
| 18 | u3 isz-me-{d}da-gan ki-a-am sza-ap-ru um-ma-[a-mi] | and Išme-Dagan thus wrote: |
| 19 | mi-im-ma _dumu_ a-tam-ri-im u3 _lu2_ esz3-nun#-[na{ki}] | whatever the son of Atamru and the man of Ešnunna |
| 20 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi s,a-ba-am sza t,a3-ra#-[di-im?] | There is no captive of the ṭarādim(?). |
| 21 | [t,u2-ur]-da*-nim s,a#-[bu-um szu-u2] | He is a ṭurdānu-demon. |
| 22 | [i-na] a-la-ha-da{ki} li-[szi-ib um-ma-a-mi] | in Alaḫada may my mother dwell |
| 23 | [ki-ma] pa-na-nu-um i-nu-ma sa-am#-[si-{d}iszkur] | when Samsi-Addu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [an]-da#-ri-ig{ki} ka-[sza-du-um-ma ik-szu-du] | Andarig, the Kašadum, he conquered |
| 2 | [s,a-bu-um] sza [li]-ib-bi [_e2-gal_-la-tim{ki}] | the troops of the palace of Latium |
| 3 | [a-na qa-t,a3-ra]-a u3 a-la-ha-[da{ki} u2-szi-ib] | to Qaṭara and Alaḫada he settled. |
| 4 | [wa-ar-ka-num] i-na li-ib-[bi a-lim] | a warrior in the heart of the city |
| 5 | [an-da-ri-ig]{ki} szu-u2-ma ri-[it-tum-ma] | of Andarig he is, and a hand |
| 6 | [an-ni-i]-isz# s,a-ba-am [i-t,a3-ra-du-nim] | This seized me. |
| 7 | [a-na a-la-ha-da]{ki} [s,a-bu-um la il-la-ak] | to Alaḫada the ṣabum he shall not go |
| 8 | t,e4-[ma-am an-ni]-am i-na a-hi-[ti-ia esz-me] | This report was heard in my brother's presence. |
| 9 | sza-ni#-[tam n] li#-mi s,a-[bu-um a-na tu-tu-ub{ki}] | Secondly, n thousand troops to Tutub |
| 10 | il-li-ku a-lum szu-u2 [is,-s,a-bi-it] | he went, that man was captured |
| 11 | u3 a-di-ni t,e4-em-szu ga-am-[ra-am u2-ul u2-ki-in] | and until now I did not confirm his complete report. |
| 12 | a-lum tu-tu-ub{ki} [pa-as-su2] | the city Tutub, its district |
| 13 | u3 ba-szi-is-su2 a-na isz-me-{d}[da-gan na-di-in] | and his son was given to Išme-Dagan. |
| 14 | _lu2-mesz_ eb-bu-u2 sza isz-me-{d}da#-[gan a-na a-lim] | the bright men of Išme-Dagan to the city |
| 15 | ma-ha-ri-im [il-li-ku-nim] | before me they came |
| 16 | an-ni-tam be-li2 lu-u2 i-[de] | This my lord should know. |
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