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FM 01, p. 093-105 A 00250 (P472283)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 01, p. 093-105 A 00250 |
|---|---|
| ID | P472283 |
| 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 su-mu-ha-du-u2 | Sumu-ḫadu says thus: |
| 4 | ARAD-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | me-e a-na de-er{ki} is,#-ba#-tu-ma | water to Dēr seized and |
| 6 | asz-szum _{gesz}ma2 hi-a_ sza _sze_ i-za-bi-la | concerning the boat of barley he will bring |
| 7 | a-ta-ap-pa-tim isz-tu e-le-nu-um | the apsûtu from above |
| 8 | u2-s,a-ab-bi-tu-ma mu-u2 i-bi-t,u2-ma | they captured, and the dead were seized, and |
| 9 | am-sza-li i-na pa-an mu-szi#-im | I sat down before the night. |
| 10 | e-le-nu-um ti-tu-ri-im# | above Titurum |
| 11 | sza ba-ab {d}ba-li-hi-im# | of Bāb-Baliḫum |
| 12 | a-szar ma-sza-al-lim# | where Ašallim |
| 13 | mu-u2 ib#-ba-at-qu2 | he will die. |
| 14 | qa-tam a-na# qa#-tim-ma# qa#-du mu-ur-s,i2-ia | Hand to Hand, together with my clothing |
| 15 | et-bi-ma _ansze la-gu# hi#-a_-ia | “I went out, and I did not have a donkey of my own. |
| 16 | ar-ka-ab al-li-ik-ma | I will go and |
| 17 | i-na sza sza-la-li | in the šalalu |
| 18 | me-e ab-tu-uq | I have poured water. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 a-tu-ra-am-ma | and I returned, and |
| 2 | i-na ba-li-hi-im me-e as-ki-ir | In the absence of water I washed. |
| 3 | i-na mu-usz-te-er-tim a-na szi-ip-ri-im | At the beginning of the work |
| 4 | e-pe2-szi-im qa-ti asz2-ta-ka-an | I have placed a hand on the work. |
| 5 | ma-sza-al-lam e-pe2-esz-ma | he will perform a mašallam. |
| 6 | wa-ar-ka-nu a-na e-pe2-re | afterwards to do |
| 7 | sza-pa-ki-im qa-ti a-sza-ka-an | I will place a hand on the ša-pākim-vessel. |
| 8 | bi-it-qum szu-u2 _2(disz) gi_ sza-ap-li-isz im-ha-as, | that bītqum-tree 2 reeds below he struck, |
| 9 | u3 _4(disz) gi_ ru-up-sza-am | and 4 reed bundles |
| 10 | ba-ra-ri bi-it-qa-am sza-a-tu | “It is a famine, that is the fav[or] of the king, my lord. |
| 11 | e-se2-ke-er | he smote. |
| 12 | u3 me-e u2-sze-sze-er | and I will bring in water. |
| 13 | mi-im-ma szi-ir be-li2-ia | all the orders of my lord |
| 14 | la i-na-az-zi-ku | they shall not stand. |
| 15 | u3 sza i-na mu-szi-im me-e ab-tu-qu2 | and that in the night I fell, |
| 16 | a-na a-la-ni _hi-a_{ki} asz-pu-ur-ma | to the city of Hia I sent, and |
| 17 | i-na ap-pa-an<{ki}> hu-um-sa3-an{ki} | in Appan and Humsan |
| 18 | u3 sze-eh-rum{ki} is,-ba-tu-szu-nu-ti | and Šeḫrum seized them |
| 19 | mi-im-ma mu-u2 u2-ul im-li-ma# | “All that I have, I do not know, |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 a-na-ku mu-ru-us, sza-at-ti-ia el2-qi2 | And I, the one who entrusted my life, |
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