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FM 01, p. 076, 079 A 02927 (P472280)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 01, p. 076, 079 A 02927 |
|---|---|
| ID | P472280 |
| 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 ia-as2-ma-ah-{d}iszkur | Thus Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 4 | ARAD-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | a-li-ik-ka isz-tu ti-il-mu-un{ki} | came from Tilmun. |
| 6 | il-li-kam _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri | came. The sons of the work |
| 7 | ti-il-mu-na-iu{ki} | Tilmunayu |
| 8 | ka-ab-tu-tum il-li-ku-nim | the kabtūtu-demon came |
| 9 | u3 _lu2-mesz_ sza be-li2 | and the men of my lord |
| 10 | a-na ti-il-mu-un{ki} | to Tilmun |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | isz-pu-ru it-ti-szu-nu | he sent with them. |
| 2 | il-li-ku-nim _kaskal_ szi-i | he went. That road |
| 3 | sza-al-ma-at u3 ta-ma-ar-tam | All is well. And the tamartu-festival |
| 4 | a-na be-li2-ia na-szu-u2 | to my lord they shall carry. |
| 5 | _u4 5(disz)-kam u4 6(disz)-kam_ ma-ah-[ri]-ia# | the 5th day, the 6th day before me |
| 6 | i-nu-uh-hu-ma a-na a-lim{ki#} | he was exhausted, and to the city |
| 7 | a-t,a3-ar-ra-as-su2-nu-ti | I shall return to them. |
Sources & licences
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