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MARI 05, 239 (P460477)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Nerebtum · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | MARI 05, 239 |
|---|---|
| ID | P460477 |
| Museum no. | FLP 2064 |
| Collection | Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nerebtum (mod. Iščali) |
| Coordinates | 33.3029, 44.5828 |
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 | _lugal#_ i-ba-al-pi-el | the king Ibal-pî-El |
| 2 | um-ma {d}ki-ti-tum-ma | Thus Kititum: |
| 3 | [x x x x] u2-ka-ni-sza-ak-kum | ... he will hold you back |
| 4 | [x x x] x x-sza-am | ... ...; |
| 5 | u2#-ka#-[ni-sza]-ak-kum | he shall seal for you |
| 6 | szar-ri x-ti | the king |
| 7 | ma? [...] | ... ... |
| 8 | BI [...] | That ... |
| 9 | e [...] | above ... |
| 10 | BI x ir [...] | That ... |
| 11 | sza? _abul_ [...] | of the main gate ... |
| 12 | sza x [...] | of ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu-lu-x [...] | Mulu-... |
| 2 | er-sza-am [...] | (Sum) I am the one who ... (Akk) The one who is ... |
| 3 | [x] x szi [...] | ... ... |
| 4 | [x x] x BI NU HI x [...] | ... ... |
| 5 | [...] x | |
| 6 | [...] li-ki-il-ma | ... may he bind, and |
| 7 | [...] x um-ma-na-ti-ka | ... your troops |
| 8 | [...] x x x | |
| 9 | [...]-bi#? | ... its |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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