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FM 01, p. 051 A 00019 (P472276)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 01, p. 051 A 00019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P472276 |
| 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 me-ep-ti-im qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Ēptum, |
| 2 | um-ma ha-lu-ra-pi2 _dumu_-ka-a-ma | thus Halurapi, your son: |
| 3 | hal-s,um sza-lim _1(disz) lu2_ ia-ab-li-ia{ki} | halṣum šalim 1 man of Yabliya |
| 4 | _1(disz) lu2-tur_ su-ma-at-e-ra-ah | 1 boy, Sumāt-Erah, |
| 5 | isz-tu babila2{ki} in-na-bi-tu-nim | from Babylon they brought |
| 6 | t,e4-ma-am asz2-ta-al-szu-nu-ti-ma | I gave them a report. |
| 7 | ki-a-am iq-bu-nim | thus said |
| 8 | um-ma-a-mi 2(u) li-mi-im s,a-bu-um | The following (says): 20 thousand troops |
| 9 | {disz}{d}na-bu-um-ma-lik | Nabû-ummalik |
| 10 | {disz}mu-tu-ha-ad#-qi2#-im | Mutu-hadqim |
| 11 | u3 ri-im-{d}[iszkur] | and Rīm-Adad |
| 12 | a-li-ik pa-an s,a-bi-[im] | I marched before the troops |
| 13 | [a]-na# pi2-i na-ri-im | to the mouth of the herald |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [le-qe2]-em t,a3-ar-du | Take the ṭardu |
| 2 | s,a-ba-am# sza#-a-ti | that šabbam |
| 3 | i-na a-mi ka-s,a-a{ki} ir-[du-u2] | by the name of Kaṣaya they established |
| 4 | u3 ni-nu i-na li-ib-bi | and we in the heart |
| 5 | s,a-bi-im-ma sza-a-ti | “It is seized, that one |
| 6 | ni-it-ta-al-kam | we sat down. |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma _1(disz) lu2_ i-na li-ib-bi-szu-nu | Now, 1 man among them |
| 8 | a-na s,e-er a-bi-ia | to my father |
| 9 | at,-t,ar#-da-am | I have sent. |
| 10 | t,e4-ma-am ga-am-ra-am | I want to give a report. |
| 11 | szi-ta-al-szu | his ear |
| 12 | u3 _lu2-tur_ su-ma-at-e-ra-ah | and the child of Sumat-Eraḫ |
| 13 | ma-ah-ri-ia ak-la | before me I seized. |
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