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FM 01, p. 115-125 A 01146 (P472287)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 01, p. 115-125 A 01146 |
|---|---|
| ID | P472287 |
| 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 ia-as2-ma-ah-{d}iszkur qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 2 | um#-ma ha-[am-mi-isz-ta-mar] | thus Hammishtamar: |
| 3 | a-hu-ka-[a-ma] | your brother |
| 4 | a-nu-um-ma am-ra-[ku-ma at-tu]-nu#* a-[wa-at ah-hi-ia?] | Now, I am writing to you: you are the word of my brother |
| 5 | u3 a-wa-ti-ia la te-sze#-em#-me-[nim] | And do not listen to my words! |
| 6 | tu-sza-ma i-na ze-ru-tim a-[da-ab-bu-ub] | I will speak in wailing. |
| 7 | a-na-ku i-na ki-na-tim a-da-[ab-bu-ub] | I shall speak truthfully. |
| 8 | u3 at-tu-nu um-ma at-tu-nu-[ma ha-am-mi-isz-ta-mar?] | And you, thus Hammishtamar: |
| 9 | ze-ru-um i-ze-er-ra-an-ne2-[ti-ma] | the angry one will be angry with me, and |
| 10 | an#-ne2#-e-tim# i-da-ab-bu-ba#-[ne2-ti] | These are the words that they speak. |
| 11 | i-na pa-ni at-lu-ki-ia ki#-a#-[am aq-bi] | In the presence of my friend, I said thus: |
| 12 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma it-ti-ia ta-[al-la-ak] | Thus I: "You will go with me." |
| 13 | {disz}zi-im-ri-li-im a-la-kam u2-[szi-im] | Zimrī-Lîm the rider took |
| 14 | a-ka-lam sza-ta-am u3 i-tu-lam ta-[am-ma-ar] | You will see a second and a third. |
| 15 | u3 a-la-kam it-ti-ia u2-ul ta-am-ma-[ar] | and I will go with me, but you will not see me. |
| 16 | wa-sza-bu-um u3 s,a-la-lum u2-ul i-s,a-ar-ra-ap-ka# | “Wašābû and Ṣallum will not keep you awake! |
| 17 | a-na-ku szum-ma _u4 1(disz)-kam_ i-na _e2_-tim at-ta-sza-ab | I, if for 1 day in the house I dwell, |
| 18 | a-di a-na ki-di-im us,x(IZ)!-s,u2-ma ut-ta-ap-pa-szu | as long as he goes down to the netherworld, and he constantly seeks him out, |
| 19 | na-pi2-isz-ti i-isz-szu-usz2 | (Sum) My life he carried away (Akk) The life was carried away |
| 20 | a-szar-sza-ni-ma ta-ak-la-ta um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Wherever you go, you say thus: |
| 21 | _ku3-babbar_ a-na li-mi-ia ad-di-in | silver to my eponymy I gave. |
| 22 | mi-nu-um _ku3-babbar_-ka sza ta-ad-di-nu _ku3-babbar_-ka sza# ta-ad-di-nu | What is your silver that you gave, your silver which you gave |
| 23 | ka-la-szu a-na-ku-ma i-di | all of it, I know. |
| 24 | am#-sza-li li-im-ka ka-lu-szu i-na he#-en{ki} ip-hu-ur-ma | “Its allies in Hen gathered, and |
| 25 | sza# i-ra-am-mu-ka ki-a-am i-qa-ab-[bi] | that he loves you, thus he says: |
| 26 | um-ma szu-ma szu-pu-ur-szum li-li-ik# | Thus (says) Šū-pūri-shum: let him go! |
| 27 | u3 sza i-ze-er-ru-ka ki-a-am i-qa-ab-[bi] | and what he says thus: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [um]-ma szu-ma la i-il-la-kam | saying: "He will not come" |
| 2 | u3 szum-ma-an a-na-ku la a-ka-asz-sza-dam# | And if I do not arrive, |
| 3 | isz-te-et-ma-an i-te-ep-szu | “Everything that he has done, |
| 4 | u3 mi-nam-mi ka-ar-s,i2-ka lu-ku-ul | And what should I do to you? |
| 5 | u2-la-a ma-ti-ma sza-ru-um em-mu-um | “If not, at any time, a šarû-demon is an emūnum. |
| 6 | u3 ka-s,u2-um pa-ni-ka u2-ul im-ha-as,-ma | and the kaṣu-demon will not approach your face, and |
| 7 | li-pi2-isz-tam la ka-at-tam na-sze-e-ti | (Sum) It is a līpištam-demon, it is not a constant. (Akk) The unfavorable one, the one of the people. |
| 8 | u3 a-szar a-bu u2 um-mu-um pa-ni-ka it-ta-ap-la-su2 | and where father and mother have sinned against you. |
| 9 | u2 isz-tu bi-is,-s,u2-ri-im ta-am-qu2-tam-ma | and from the harvest you will fall, and |
| 10 | an-na-nu-um bi-s,u2-ru-um im-hu-ur-ka | Annum received the ṣūru-offering. |
| 11 | u3 pa-an mi-im-ma u2-ul ti-di | And you did not know anything. |
| 12 | i-ia-ti-ma am-ra-an-ni a#-di#-ni# uh#-ta#-li#-[iq] | Now then, he has gone missing from me. |
| 13 | i#-na# mu#-tim# u2-s,i-ma# [i]-na# li-[ib-bi] | In the night he went out and in the heart |
| 14 | a-hu-na-a{ki} i-na ba-ar-tim 1(u)-szu [u2-s,i2] | Aḫunā in the early morning 10 times went out |
| 15 | am-mi-nim i-na-an-na ki-ma {d}dumu-zi# [la-a a-na-ku] | Why is it that I am not like Dumuzi? |
| 16 | mu-nu-ut sza-at-tim i-da-ak-ku-szu [i-na di-szi-im] | the life of the year he shall kill him in a lawsuit |
| 17 | a-na _e2_ an-nu-ni-tim-ma it-ta-na-ar#-[ma] | to the house of Annunītum he shall keep, and |
| 18 | a-na-ku ki-a-am e-te-ep-pi2-isz-ma i-[na sze-im?/e-re-szi-im?] | I did as follows: in the morning(?) |
| 19 | sza e-te-ep-pi2-szu u2-ul u2-sza-pi2-ik u3 ta#?-[...] | He who did it, he did not release it, and ... |
| 20 | a-na up-ra-pi2-_mesz_ u3 _dumu-mesz_ ia-mi-na ka-[asz-da-ku] | to the envoys and sons there are none, |
| 21 | u3 at-ta um-ma at-ta-a-ma a-nu-um-[ma] | And you, thus you: Now |
| 22 | {disz}ia-an-s,i2-ib-{d}da-gan ki-ma pa-ag-[ri-ia] | Iānṣib-Dagan, like my enemy |
| 23 | it-ti-ka i-il-la-ak i-nu-ma ia-an-[s,i2-ib-{d}da-gan] | when Iānṣib-Dagan |
| 24 | it-ti-ia il-li-kam sze-eb szu-u2 i-[na-an-na] | came with me. That brickwork is now |
| 25 | a#-na# bi-ri-it na-we-e-em i-il-la-ak# | he will go between the gods. |
| 26 | isz-te-et i-ka-as,-s,a-ra-ak#-[kum] | between them they will keep you safe. |
| 27 | u3 sza ta-da-ab-bu-bu um-ma at-ta#-[a-ma] | and what you speak, thus: "You |
| 28 | _ku3-babbar_ ad-di-in a-na-ku-ma ki-ma-s,i2 [_ku3-babbar_] | I gave silver. I, the substitute of silver |
| 29 | u3 _tug2 hi-a_ ad-di-in u3 a-ia-szi#-[im ...] | and clothing I gave, and ayashim ... |
| 30 | x _ku3-babbar_ [...] | ... silver ... |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | [i]-na#-an#-[na] tup-pi2 an-ne2-e-em szi-me-ma# | Now, hear this tablet: |
| 2 | szum-ma _lugal_ a-na a-la-ki-im gi-ir-ra-am | If a king to a journey |
| 3 | uh-hu-ur _ku3-babbar tug2 hi-a_ u3 mi-im-ma | the silver, the textiles and anything else |
| 4 | sza i-na qa-ti-ka i-ba-asz-szu-u2 le-qe2-a-am-ma | Take what there is in your hand, and |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | i-nu-ma a-na-ku i-na-an-na an-na-nu#-[um]-ma# | When I, now then |
| 2 | a-na s,e-ri-ia ku-usz-dam# | to my country is deposited. |
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