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RIME 4.06.08.02, ex. 01 (P448213)
Official or display, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.06.08.02, ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P448213 |
| Museum no. | NMSD — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | a-na {d}utu _lugal_ sza-me-e | To Šamaš, king of heaven |
| 2 | u3 er-s,e-tim | and the netherworld |
| 3 | sza-pi2-it, _dingir-mes_ u3 a-wi-lu-tim | who saves the gods and man |
| 4 | sza me-sze-ru-um i-si-iq-szu-me | of Mešerum he shall cut off. |
| 5 | ki-na-tum a-na sze-ri-ik-ti-im | (Sum) The true one, for the šeriktu-festival |
| 6 | sza-ar-ka-szu-um | Šarkašum |
| 7 | re-i s,a-al-ma-at qa-qa-di-im | the shepherd of the black-headed people, |
| 8 | _dingir_ szu-pi2-im | the šupim god |
| 9 | da-ia-an sza-ki-in na-pi2-isz-tim | Judge who establishes life, |
| 10 | ma-gi!(ZI)-ir te-es3-li-ti-im | who restores peace, |
| 11 | sze-mi ik-ri-bi | hear my prayer. |
| 12 | le-qi2 un-ne-ni-im | Accept my prayer. |
| 13 | na-di-in ba-la-at, t,u2-ub li-bi-im | Giver of life (and) happiness. |
| 14 | sza u4-mi ar-ku-ti-im | of distant days |
| 15 | a-na pa-li-hi-szu | for his protection |
| 16 | sza ma-ri{ki} be-li-szu | of Mari, his lord |
| 17 | {disz}ia-ah-du-un-li-im | Iaḫdun-Līm |
| 18 | _dumu_ ia-gi!(ZI)-id-li-im | son of Iagid-Lim |
| 19 | _lugal_ ma-ri{ki} u3 ma-at ha-na | king of Mari and the land of Hana |
| 20 | pe2-ti _i7-da-hi-a_ | from the Tigris Canal |
| 21 | e-pi2-isz du-ri | labor of the day |
| 22 | mu-re-ti na-re-e na-bi szu-mi | “The reed-beds, the nāru-district, the name of the šūmû, |
| 23 | sza-ki-in nu-uh-szi-im | who establishes abundance, |
| 24 | u3 _he2-gal2_-lim a-na ni-szi-szu | and abundance for his people |
| 25 | mu-sza-ab-szi mi-im-ma szum-szu | he who makes everything happen, |
| 26 | i-na ma-ti-szu | in his land |
| 27 | _lugal_ dan-nu-um et,-lu-um szu-pu-um | mighty king, exalted king |
| 28 | i-nu-ma {d}utu te-es3-li-su2 | when Šamaš his prayer |
| 29 | im-gu-ru-szu | he imposed upon him. |
| 30 | u3 qi2-bi-su2 is-mu-u2 | and his command he heard |
| 31 | {d}utu ia-ah-du-un-li-im | Šamaš, Iaḫdun-Lim |
| 32 | u3-da-ad-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| 33 | i-na i-di-szu il-li-ik-ma | at his side he went, and |
| 34 | sza isz-tu u4-um s,a-at | which from the day of |
| 35 | a-lam ma-ri{ki} _dingir_ ib-nu-u2 | the city Mari, the god built, |
| 36 | _lugal_ ma-ma-an wa-szi-ib ma-ri{ki} | no king who dwells in Mari |
| 37 | ti-a-am-ta-am ka ik-szu-du | the Sea he reached. |
| 38 | _kur {gesz}erin_ u3 _{gesz}taskarin_ | the land of cedar and cypress |
| 39 | _kur_-i ra-bu-tim la ik-szu-du | the great mountains did not conquer. |
| 40 | u3 i-s,i2-szu-nu la ik-ki-su | and their arms they did not tie. |
| 41 | {disz}ia-ah-du-un-li-im | Iaḫdun-Līm |
| 42 | _dumu_ ia-gi-id-li-im | son of Iagid-Līm, |
| 43 | _lugal_ ga-asz-ru-um ri-im szar-ri | mighty king, beloved of the king |
| 44 | i-na le-u3-tim | by the will |
| 45 | u3 ga-mi-ru-tim | and all the lands |
| 46 | a-na ki-sza-ad ti-a-am-tim | to the border of the Sea |
| 47 | il-li-ik-ma | went, and |
| 48 | a-na a-a-ab-ba ni-qi2 szar-ru-ti-szu | To the sea, the offering of his kingship |
| 49 | ra-bi-a-am iq-qi2 | the great one he presented. |
| 50 | u3 s,a-bu-szu i-na qe2-re-eb a-a-ab-ba | and his troops in the sea |
| 51 | me-e ir-mu-uk | I have poured out. |
| 52 | a-na _kur {gesz}erin_ u3 _{gesz}taskarin_ | to the land of cedar and cypress |
| 53 | _kur_-i ra-bu-tim i-ru-um-ma | the great mountains entered, and |
| 54 | _{gesz}taskarin {gesz}erin {gesz}szu-ur2-min3_ | tamarisk, cedar, cypress |
| 55 | u3 {gesz}e-lam-ma-ka-am | and the elam tree |
| 56 | i-s,i2 an-nu-ti-in i-ki-is | he cut off this harvest. |
| 57 | ha-mu-s,a-am ih-mu-us,*-ma | he sinned, and |
| 58 | szu-mi-szu isz-ta-ka-an | his name he established. |
| 59 | u3 li-u3-su3 u3-we-di | and his limbs he shall cut off |
| 60 | ma-ta-am sza-ti sza ki-sza-ad a-a-ab-ba | That land on the shore of the sea |
| 61 | u3-ka-an-ni-isz | he firmly established. |
| 62 | a-na pi2-im u3-sze-szi-ib-szi | he made her sit in the mouth. |
| 63 | wa-ar-ki-szu u3-sza-li-ik-szi | After that he made her go, |
| 64 | bi-il-ta-am ka-ia-an-ta-am | “Bīltam is the constant, |
| 65 | i-mi-su2-nu-ti-ma | he defeated them, and |
| 66 | u3 bi-la-su2-nu na-szu-ni-isz-szum | and their property he shall bear. |
| 67 | i-na sza-at-tim-ma sza-a-ti | In that year |
| 68 | {disz}la-u2-um _lugal_ sa-ma-nim{ki} | La’um, king of Samānum |
| 69 | u3 ma-at ub-ra-bi-im | and the land of Ubrabum |
| 70 | {disz}ba-ah-lu-ku-li-im _lugal_ tu-tu-ul{ki} | Baḫlukulum, king of Tuttul. |
| 71 | u3 ma-at am-na-ni-im | and the land of Amnanum |
| 72 | {d}a-ia-lum _lugal_ a-ba-at-tim{ki} | Ayalum, king of Abattim |
| 73 | u3 ma-at ra-ab-bi-im | and the vast land |
| 74 | _lugal-mesz_ an-nu-tu-un | these kings |
| 75 | i-ki-ru-szu-ma | they defeated him, and |
| 76 | a-na ti-lu-ti-szu-nu | for their life |
| 77 | s,a-ab su-mu-e-pu-uh | the troops of Sumu-epuḫ |
| 78 | sza ma-at ia-am-ha-ad{ki} | of the land of Yamhad |
| 79 | il-li-ka-am-ma | came, and |
| 80 | i-na a-li-im sa-ma-nim{ki} | in the city of Samānum |
| 81 | um-ma-at tur-mi-im | a young girl |
| 82 | isz-ti-ni-isz ip-hu-ru-szum-ma | they turned him back together, and |
| 83 | i-na ka-ak-ki-im da-an-nim | with a strong weapon |
| 84 | 3(disz) _lugal-mesz_ an-nu-ti-in | these three kings |
| 85 | sza tur-mi-im ik-mi | of the small ones he sealed. |
| 86 | s,a-ba-szu-nu u3 s,a-bi ti-la-ti-szu-nu i-du-uk | their capture and the capture of their life he killed. |
| 87 | da-aw-da-szu-nu im-ha-as, | their faults he struck down, |
| 88 | gu-ru-un sza-al-ma-ti-szu-nu isz-ku-un | he set up their holy shrines. |
| 89 | du-ra-ni-szu-nu iq-qu2-ur-ma | their limbs he cut off, and |
| 90 | a-na ti-li u3 <ka>-ar-mi | for the tilû-service and the <garmu-service> |
| 91 | isz-ku-un-szu-nu-ti | he established for them. |
| 92 | a-lam ha-ma-an{ki} um-ma-at ha-na | the city Ḫamān, the capital of Hana |
| 93 | sza a-bu-u2 ha-na ka-lu-szu-nu i-pu-szu-szu | who all the fathers of Hana built |
| 94 | iq-qu2-ur-szu-ma | smote him, and |
| 95 | a-na ti-li u3 ka-ar-mi isz-ku-un-szu | he placed him as a dowry and a pledge. |
| 96 | u3 szar-ra-szu ka-s,u2-ri-ha-la ik-mi | and his king Kaṣuriḫala sealed. |
| 97 | ma-su2-nu it-ba-al | their property he took away. |
| 98 | u3 ki-sza-ad pu-ra-tim ig-mu-ur-ma | and the perimeter of the square he reached, and |
| 99 | a-na ba-la-t,i3-szu _e2 {d}utu_ be-li-szu | for his life the temple of Šamaš his lord |
| 100 | _e2_ sza i-pi2-isz-ta-am szu-uk-lu-lu-ma | the house of the ipištam is complete, and |
| 101 | um-me-nu-ta-am qu2-ut-tu-u2 | (Sum) The scribal art is a curse that is to be undone. (Akk) The cursed one is to die. |
| 102 | si2-ma-at i-lu-ti-szu i-pu-us2-su-um-ma | he performed the rites of his divinity and |
| 103 | i-na szu-ba-at ra-bu-ti-szu | in his great residence |
| 104 | u3-sze-szi-ib-szu szum _e2_ sza-tu | he made him dwell. If that house |
| 105 | e-gi!(ZI)-[ir]-za-la-an-ki i-bi | Egirzalanki |
| 106 | _e2_ ta-szi-la-at sza-me-e | the house of the scepter of heaven |
| 107 | u3 er-s,e-tim | and the netherworld |
| 108 | {d}utu wa-szi-ib bi-tim sza-tu | Šamaš, who dwells in that house |
| 109 | a-na ia-ah-du-un-li-im ba-ni bi-ti-szu | To Yaḫdun-Līm, the builder of his house, |
| 110 | szar-ri-im na-ra-am li-bi-szu | king, beloved of his heart, |
| 111 | ka-ak-ka-am da-an-na-am | strong weapon |
| 112 | ka-szi-id a-ia-bi | conqueror of the enemies |
| 113 | pa-la-am ar-ka-am | a reign of long days |
| 114 | sza t,u2-ub li-bi-im | of well-being |
| 115 | u3 sza-na-at _he2-gal2_-li ri-sza-tim | and the second: abundance of the wild cows |
| 116 | a-na u4-mi da-ru-tim | forever. |
| 117 | li-isz-ru-uk-szum | may he grant him. |
| 118 | sza bi-ta-am sza-tu | of that house |
| 119 | u3-sza-al-pa-tu | they will remove. |
| 120 | a-na le-mu-tim | to evil |
| 121 | u3 la da-mi-iq-tim i-ku-pu-szum | and he will not raise a claim against him |
| 122 | a-su-ra-sza la u3-da-na-nu | (Sum) She does not give birth to her child (Akk) Her child is not given birth |
| 123 | ma-aq-tu-su2 la usz-za-zu | (Sum) Its limbs are not able to stand (Akk) It is not a limb, it cannot stand |
| 124 | u3 ni-in-da-ba-am | and the nindaba |
| 125 | i-pa-ra-su-szu-um | he shall redeem him |
| 126 | szu-mi sza-at,-ra-am i-pa-szi-t,u2 | They erase my inscribed name. |
| 127 | u3 u3-sza-ap-szu-t,u2 | and they shall release. |
| 128 | szum-szu la sza-at,-ra-am i-sza-t,a2-ru | If he does not write his name, he will write it. |
| 129 | u3 u3-sza-asz2-t,a2-ru | and he will write |
| 130 | u3 a-szu-um er-re-tim | and Ašum, the slaves |
| 131 | sza-ni-a-am u3-sza-ha-zu | Secondly, he made you tremble. |
| 132 | a-wi-lum szu-u2 lu szar-ru-um | That man is either a king |
| 133 | lu sza-ka-na-ku-um | should be placed. |
| 134 | lu ra-bi-a-nu-um | or a large one |
| 135 | lu a-wi-lu-tum szum-sza | or that man |
| 136 | a-wi-lam sza-tu | that man |
| 137 | {d}en-lil2 sza-pi2-it, i-li | Enlil, creator of the gods, |
| 138 | szar-ru-su2 li-ma-t,i3 | may his king be forgotten. |
| 139 | i-na ka-al szar-ri | at the disposal of the king. |
| 140 | {d}suen a-hu-um ra-bu-um | Suen, the great brother |
| 141 | i-na i-li ah-hi-szu | in the gods his brothers |
| 142 | er-re-ta-am ra-bi-ta-am | a great extispicy |
| 143 | li-ru-ur-szu | may he curse him. |
| 144 | {d}nergal be-el ka-ak-ki-im | Nergal, lord of the weapons |
| 145 | ka-ak-ka-szu li-isz-bi-ir-ma | may his weapon be smashed, and |
| 146 | mu-ti a-ii-im-hu-ur | the wife of Aiī-imḫur |
| 147 | e2-a szar szi-im-tim | in the house, king of fates, |
| 148 | szi-im-ta-szu li-le-mi-in | may his fate be favorable. |
| 149 | {d}a-a ka-la-tum | of Aya, all |
| 150 | be-el-tum ra-bi-tum | the great lady |
| 151 | lu mu-le-mi-na-at a-wa-ti-szu | may he be the one who makes his words acceptable, |
| 152 | i-na ma-ha-ar {d}utu a-na da-ri-a-tim | before Šamaš forever |
| 153 | {d}bu-ne2-ne2 szu-ka-al {d}utu ra-bu-um | Bunene, overseer of Šamaš, the great |
| 154 | na-pi2-isz-ta-szu li-ki-is | May his life be long. |
| 155 | ze-ra-szu li-il-qu2-ut-ma | may his fury pluck up, and |
| 156 | pi2-ri-ih-szu u3 szum-zu | his ears and your name |
| 157 | i-na ma-ha-ar {d}utu a-ii-ta-la-ak | before Šamaš I went |
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