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ARM 27, 017 (P355124)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 27, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355124 |
| 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 | _ha-na-mesz_ sza i-ta#-at# qa#-at,-t,u2-na#-an{ki} | the mana wool that is from Qaṭṭunan |
| 6 | 2(disz) me s,a-bu-um-_mesz_ ip#-[hu-ru-nim]-ma# | 200 prisoners of war approached me, and |
| 7 | {disz}ia-tar#-li#-im a-li-ik pa-ni-szu-nu | Iatar-līm came before them. |
| 8 | a-na s,a-ba-i#-im# a-na na-wi-im | to capture, to kill |
| 9 | sza _dumu-mesz_ ia-[mi]-na# il5-li-ku | of the sons of mine went |
| 10 | u3 aq-bi-szu-nu-szi-im# um-ma a-na-ku-ma | and I said to them, thus I: |
| 11 | la ta-al-la-ka# u2-ul im-gu-ru-ni-ni5 | Do not go, they will not set me free. |
| 12 | il5-li-ku-ma a-na la-as2-qi2-im im-qu2-tu-nim# | they went and fell to the ground. |
| 13 | i-na la-as2-qi2-im 3(disz) _lu2-mesz_ 1(disz) _munus_ | from the deficit 3 men, 1 woman |
| 14 | a-hi-zi is,-ba-tu-nim-ma# | they seized me, and |
| 15 | it-ta-al-ku-nim | they have come. |
| 16 | sza-al-mu | well-being |
| 17 | u3 _lu2-mesz_ a-hi-zu ki-a-am# [iq]-bu-u2 | and the companions, as they said |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um#-ma szu-nu-ma | thus they: |
| 2 | 1(disz) li-im s,a-bu-[um-_mesz_] | 1,500 soldiers. |
| 3 | u3 ia-gi-ih-{d}iszkur# | and Iagiḫ-Addu |
| 4 | ma-nu-ha-ta-an{ki} i-pe2-esz | of Manuhatan he built. |
| 5 | u3 na-wu-um-_mesz_ sza _dumu-mesz_ ia-mi-na | and the nawum-officials of my sons |
| 6 | ka-lu-sza i-na la-as2-qi2-im-ma | her allotted share in the lasqimma |
| 7 | u3 a-di ma-nu-ha-ta-an{ki} sa-ak-na-at | and as far as Manuḫatān he imposed. |
| 8 | u3 aq-bi-szu-nu-szi-im-ma | and I said to them, and |
| 9 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma 1(disz) _lu2_ a-hi-za-am | Thus (says) I: 1 man of Aḫīzam |
| 10 | a-na s,e-er _lugal_ re-de-e | to the king's army |
| 11 | [u2]-ul# im-gu-ru-ni-ni5 | did not set him free. |
| 12 | [sza-ni-tam] ki-a-am esz-me um-ma-a-mi | Secondly, I heard as follows: |
| 13 | [_lu2_ esz3]-nun#-na isz-tu szu-ba-[at]-{d}en-lil2<{ki}> | the man who the Ešnunna temple from Shubat-Enlil |
| 14 | [...] qa-du-um e-nu-tim | ... together with the earth |
| 15 | [...] x x x x-du-u2 | ... ... |
| 16 | [a-na an-da]-ri#-ig{ki} i-te#-ru#-ub | to Andarig entered |
| 17 | [u3 n li]-im s,a-ba-am-_mesz#_ | and n thousand captives |
| 18 | u3# ia#-nu#-uh#-sa-mar | and he will be satisfied. |
| 19 | a-li-ik pa-ni-szu-nu | I went before them. |
| left | ||
| 1 | [x] _dumu_ ta-ri-ip-na-at-ki | ... son of Tarippatki |
| 2 | [_lugal_ a]-pi2#-im{ki} i-na szu-ba-at-{d}en-lil2{ki} | king of Apium, in Šubat-Enlil |
| 3 | [a-na ma-tim na]-s,a#-ri-im i-zi-ib | to the land of the guard he will stay. |
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