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ARM 26/2, 494 (P355051)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 26/2, 494 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355051 |
| 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 bu-qa-qum _ARAD2_-ka#-a-ma | Thus Buqaqum, your servant: |
| 3 | hal-s,um sza-lim sza-ni-tam | The second halṣum is well. |
| 4 | isz-tu _e2-gal_-la-tim{ki#} | from the palace of Latium |
| 5 | t,e4-ma-am ki-a-am ub-lu-nim um-ma-a-mi | “The report that they brought to me was thus: |
| 6 | {disz}isz-me-{d}da-gan a-na ma#-ti#-szu | Išme-Dagan to his land |
| 7 | ki-a-am iq-bi um-ma-a-mi | he said thus: |
| 8 | bi-la-nim ak-ka-al-tam | “Bulānum, the kkaltam-priestess, |
| 9 | s,i2-ih-ra-am s,i2-hi-ir-tam | ṣiḫaram means “to be stri[ḥirtam] |
| 10 | a-szar ma-hi-rum pa-at,-ru | where a scepter is bound, |
| 11 | a-na ma-an-ki-si-im{ki} t,u2-ur-da | to Mankisim he returned. |
| 12 | ma-a-as-su2 ki-a-am i-pu-ul-szu | “His land, as he made it, |
| 13 | um-ma-a-mi ap-pu-na-ma-a | I have written to you thus: |
| 14 | tu-ba-as-sa3-ra-an#?-ne2-ti | you shall remove for me |
| 15 | an-na-nu-um-ma ni-ma*-[a-at-ma] | This is what we know. |
| 16 | u3 ni-ba-al-lu#-[ut,] | and we will live. |
| 17 | an-ni-tam a-na isz-[me-{d}da-gan] | this to Išme-Dagan |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | iq-bu-u2-ma {disz}[isz-me-{d}da-gan] | spoke, and Išme-Dagan |
| 2 | ki-a-am iq-bi-szu-nu-[szi-im] | thus said to them: |
| 3 | um-ma-a-mi a-na-ku za-bi#-[lu-ut ak-ka]-al#*-tim#* | The following: I am the zamilût of Akkaltum |
| 4 | a-na ma-an-ki-si-im{ki} a-t,a3-ra-ad | to Mankisim I sent. |
| 5 | la ta-qa-ab-be2-ma qa-tam sza babila2{ki} | Do not speak, and the hand of Babylon |
| 6 | pe2-esz a-wa-tam e-li-ia | a word against me |
| 7 | la ta-ka-as,-s,a-ra | Do not keep watch! |
| 8 | la-ma t,up-pi2-ia an-ne2-em isz-tu _u4 8(disz)-kam_ | Before my tablet this from the 8th day |
| 9 | {disz}mu-tu#-asz-kur-ra _{gesz}ma2_ ir-ka-ab-ma | Mutu-Aškurra rented a boat |
| 10 | a-na kal3*-hu*-u2*{ki} it-ta-[la]-ak | to Kalḫu has gone |
| 11 | wa-ar-ki {disz}mu-tu-asz-kur-ra | after Mutu-Aškurra |
| 12 | i-na _u4 6(disz)-kam_ 4(disz) me-tim _lu2-lu2_ | on the 6th day 4 hundred men |
| 13 | {disz}isz-me-{d}da-gan i-na _{gesz}ma2 hi-a_ | Išme-Dagan in a boat |
| 14 | u2-sza-ar-ki-ib-ma | he shall remove, and |
| 15 | a-na ma-an-ki-si-im{ki} | to Mankisim |
| 16 | it,-t,a3-ra-ad | has sworn. |
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