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ARM 27, 009 (P355116)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 27, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355116 |
| 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 dingir-szu-na-s,ir | Thus Ilu-šunaṣir |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | te-re-tim sza a-di re-esz wa-ar-hi-im | The extispicies which until the beginning |
| 6 | a-na szu-lum ha-al-s,i2-im | for the well-being of the district |
| 7 | u3# a#-lim qa-at,-t,u2-na-an{ki} | and the city of Qaṭṭunan |
| 8 | u2#-[sze-pi2]-isz#-ma sza-al-ma | he had made, and it was all right |
| 9 | a-lum qa-[at,]-t,u2#-na-an{ki} | the city Qaṭṭunan |
| 10 | u3 ha-al-s,u2#-[um] sza-lim | and the district are well. |
| 11 | sza-ni-tam ki-ma na-asz#-pa#-ar#-ti# | Another thing: like a letter |
| 12 | be-li2-ia pa-pa-ha-am _gal_ sza _e2-gal_-lim | my lord, the great cella of the palace |
| 13 | _gesz#_ gu-szu-ri-szu aq-qu2-ur-ma a-na e-pe2-szi-im | I plundered its beams and to do |
| 14 | qa#-ta-am asz-ku-un 9(disz) i-na am-ma-tim | I deposited (them) in a sealed document. Nine times |
| 15 | [x x] x mu#?-u2-la-szu | ... his ... |
| 16 | [szum-ma i-in] be#-li2-ia ma-hi-ir# | If it pleases my lord, he will receive it. |
| 17 | [x x x x] 2(disz)? qa-na _us2_ | ... 2? qana length |
| 18 | [x x i-na am]-ma-tim _sag_ | ... in the beginning |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x] i-na am-[ma]-tim _us2_ | ... by the cubit length |
| 2 | 6(disz)? i-na am-ma-tim _sag_ | 6(?) in a day, the head |
| 3 | _e2 lu2 szu-i_ lu-sza-asz-ki-in | a man’s house may I set up. |
| 4 | _gesz-ur3 hi-a_ sza pa-pa-hi-im | a threshing floor of the cella |
| 5 | be-li2 li-sza-bi-la-am-ma | my lord should send me, and |
| 6 | la-ma a-la-ak be-li2-ia | not to go to my lord |
| 7 | pa-pa-ha-am sza-a-tu lu-s,a-al-li-il5 | That cella I shall keep clean. |
| 8 | sze-um sza su-mu-ha-di-im i-na qa-at,-t,u2-na-an{ki} | the barley of Sumu-ḫadim in Qaṭṭunan |
| 9 | i-ba-asz-szi be-li2 a-na su-mu-ha-di-im | There is, my lord, to Sumu-ḫadim |
| 10 | li-isz-pu-ur-ma sze-em sza-a-tu | May he write to me, and that barley |
| 11 | a-na _e2-gal_-li-ia lu-ul#-qe2 | to my palace I shall take. |
| 12 | sze-um i-na qa-ti-ia u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | There is no barley in my hand. |
| 13 | sza-ni-tam 4(disz) pe2-li-i | Secondly, 4 pēlī, |
| 14 | sza lu-ur-mi-im i-na ba-ma-tim | of the lurmu-festival in the evening, |
| 15 | il-qu2-nim-ma a-na be-li2#-[ia] | they took, and to my lord |
| 16 | usz-ta-bi-[lam] | he sent to me. |
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