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FM 01, p. 081-092 A 03935 + M 07557 (P472282)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 01, p. 081-092 A 03935 + M 07557 |
|---|---|
| ID | P472282 |
| 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] al-ti-isz7-qa-lu | Thus I have sinned |
| 4 | [ARAD]-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | [be-li2] ki#-a-em isz-pu-ra-<am> um-ma-mi sza qa-bi | My lord wrote me thus: |
| 6 | [{disz}]sa-mi-ia u3 zi-im-ri#-[{d}]iszkur | Samiya and Zimri-Adad |
| 7 | [tu]-sze20-ep-pe2-esz15 u3 e-li _ARAD-mesz e2-[gal]_-lim | and above the palace servants |
| 8 | [qa]-at#-ka# lu-u2 sza-ak-na-[at] | May your hand be bound. |
| 9 | u3 szum-ma {disz}mu-bala-sa6#-[ga] | and if Mubala-saga |
| 10 | _ARAD#-mesz e2-gal_-lim u2-da-ap-[pa-ar] | servants of the palace he shall release. |
| 11 | a-na pa#-[an] sa-mi-ia u3 zi-im-ri-{d}iszkur | before Samiya and Zimri-Adad |
| 12 | t,e4#-hi-ma li-sza-ah-hi-tu-szu | Give him a report, so that he may praise him. |
| 13 | an#-ni-tam be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am i-na-an-na# | This my lord wrote to me. Now |
| 14 | _ARAD-mesz e2-gal_-lim um-ma-mi am-mi-nim# | servants of the palace, my mother, why |
| 15 | {disz}[al]-ti#-isz7-qa-lu | Alti-išqalu |
| 16 | ud#-da-ab-bi#-ib u3 ka-la#-szu#-nu la it-[ta-ru-u2] | They will reopen the case and all of them will not return. |
| 17 | u3# {disz}{munus#}qa#-bi#-s,a-tam asz-sza-at# [zu-zi]-im | and Qabi-ṣatam, wife of Zuzim |
| 18 | sza# a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia it#-[ru]-nim# | who entered my lord's army |
| 19 | [{disz}]bi-na-ma-a-hu-[um] | Binamaḫum |
| 20 | isz-tu qa-ab-ra-a{ki} ir-de#-e#-szi-ma# | from Qarrāya he brought her, and |
| 21 | i#-[na] ma-ah-ri-<ia> u2-sze-szi-ib-szi | In your presence I made her dwell. |
| 22 | u3# isz#-tu# pa-na-nu-um-ma {disz}mu-bala-sa6-ga | and from before Mubala-saga |
| 23 | [i-ta]-ti#-sza i-sa3-ah-hu-ur um-ma-mi | her limbs he shook, saying: |
| 24 | ki-i {disz}zu-zu-un a-na s,e-er _lugal_ it-ta-la-ak | when Zuzūn to the king went |
| 25 | u3 ma-ha-ar _lugal_ a-wa-tim la szi-na-ti | and before the king no words |
| 26 | i-da-ab-bu-ub-ma u3 a-na _lugal_ iq-bi-ma | speaks, and to the king says: |
| 27 | u3 _lu2_ eb-bi it,-ru-du-nim | and a bright man they have brought. |
| 28 | i-na a-hi-ti-ia a-wa-tim an-ne2-tim esz-me-ma | On my side, I heard these words. |
| 29 | _1(disz) munus_ sza-a-ti u2-da-ap-pi2-ir | that woman he shall remove |
| 30 | ul-la-nu-um i-na ki-is3-si-ki-im | “Now, in the kišišum, |
| 31 | isz-tu ha-ri-s,a-nim{ki} {disz}mu-bala-sa6-ga | from Hariṣanum Mubala-saga |
| 32 | ik-szu-da-am a-mu-ur-szu-ma | I saw him and |
| 33 | _1(disz) munus_ sza-a-ti i-na _in-nu-da_ at,-mi-ir-szi | that woman with a bed I made her lie down. |
| 34 | i-ru-ub-ma a-na _e2_-ti-szu | entered, and to his house |
| 35 | um-ma-mi {disz}{munus}qa-bi-s,a-tum | thus Qabi-ṣatum: |
| 36 | asz-sza-at zu-zi-im _lu2-engar_ | the wife of Zuzim, the plowman |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza# isz-tu qa-ab-ra-a{ki} | which from Qabrāya |
| 2 | ir-du-nim a#-li szi um-ma i3-li2-li-im _lu2_ ma-ru-um-<ma> | he conquered. Where is she, saying: “Ili-līm, the man of Marum |
| 3 | ul-la _lu2_ eb#-bu-um i-na _in-nu-da_ | Afterwards, a bright man with a bed |
| 4 | it,-mi3-ir-szi# il-li-kam-ma {disz}mu-bala-sa6-ga | came and Mubala-saga |
| 5 | a-na _kislah_ qa-du-um _lu2-tur-mesz_-szu u3 _lu2-lu2?_-szu | to the slaughter together with his children and his men |
| 6 | si2-im-mi-il-tam u3 ka#-al#-ba-na-tam | similtam and kalbanatam |
| 7 | il-qi2-a-em-ma _kislah_ il-wi um-ma-mi | he took, and a grave he buried, my mother |
| 8 | a-na _lu2-tur-mesz_-szu sza i-na ma#-ah#-ra-tim a-na _kislah_ | to his sons who in the past for the slaughter |
| 9 | i-sza-ah-hi-t,u2 _zi3_ i-[ma]-ah#-ha-ar | they will grind, and flour they will receive. |
| 10 | a-na li-ib-bi _kislah_ [i-ru-bu]-nim#-ma | they entered the middle of the courtyard, and |
| 11 | um-ma-mi _geme2_ a-li um-[ma a-na-ku]-ma | the following: “The slave woman, where is she? I said thus: |
| 12 | at-la-ak a-di mu-usz-te-[er-tim i-na] mu-usz-te-er-tim | I will go as far as the threshold. In the threshold |
| 13 | _geme2_ sza-a-ti a-pa-qi2-da-ak-kum | that slave woman I have appointed to you. |
| 14 | [um-ma]-mi an-ne2-tam-mi ta-pu-la-an-ni | This is what you wrote me. |
| 15 | [... {disz}qa-bi-s,a-tum sza]-at#-qa-ti isz-bi-ir | ... Qabīṣatum the nobleman received. |
| 16 | [...] lu#-ha#-ab#-bi-it | ... let me be frightened |
| 17 | [... _geme2_ szi-i mu-un-na]-bi#-it-tu | ... that slave woman has been taken away. |
| 18 | u3 [ka-la-szu-nu asz-szum] _geme2#_ i-sza-al u2-ul i-ba#-asz#-szi# | and all of them because a slave woman asks, there is none. |
| 19 | ki-ma [wa-s,i2-szu ni-it]-bi#-ma a-na _e2-gal_-la-tim{ki} | as his wage we went and to the palace of Latium |
| 20 | a-hu-[ne2-e a-na s,e-er zi]-im-ri-{d}iszkur | Ahunê to Zimrī-Adad |
| 21 | u3 [su-mi-ia ni-it-ta]-la-ak-ma u2-ul wa-asz-bu-ma# | and my name we went, but I did not dwell there, and |
| 22 | i-na nu-ur2#-ru-gi-im{ki} su#-mi#-[ia wa-szi-ib] | in Nūr-rugim my body sat |
| 23 | ma-ha-ar su-mi-ia a-wa#-tim# an-ne2-tim# | In front of my body, these words |
| 24 | u3 sza di-ka-nu asz-ku#-un | and of your judgment I established. |
| 25 | an-ni-ta-an sza be-li2 u2#-ta-ki-la-an-ni um-ma#-[mi] | This is what my lord has told me: |
| 26 | a-la-kam-ma a-bi _e2_-tim a-sza-ak-ka-am-[ma] | I will go and the father of the house I will place, and |
| 27 | u3 at#-ta it-ti-ia a-na ma-ri{ki} ta-ta-la-ak | And you with me have gone to Mari |
| 28 | it#-ti-ia li-mu-ur sza a-na a-wa-at be-li2-szu | May he see with me, who to the word of his lord |
| 29 | usz#-ta-ma-ra-s,u u3 i-na-a'2-'i3-du | they have sinned, and they are afraid. |
| 30 | ki-ma la ARAD be-li2-ia a-na-ku i-pu-sza-an-ni | When I was not the servant of my lord, he made me do it. |
| 31 | lu-wa-e-er-ma _lu2-mesz_ be-el te-re-tim | let me speak, and the men, the lord of extispicies |
| 32 | [um]-ma#-mi ma-am-ma-an _ninda_ u3 _kasz_ la i-na-di-szum# | Nobody will give him bread or beer. |
| 33 | [i-na]-an-na di-ik-ta-ni sza di-ka-nu li-nu-uh-ma | Now, may the judgments of the judgment be loosened, and |
| 34 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia at-ta-al-la#-kam | to my lord I went. |
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