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FM 01, p. 138-143 A 00486 + M 05319 (P472290)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 01, p. 138-143 A 00486 + M 05319 |
|---|---|
| ID | P472290 |
| 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 qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 2 | um-ma i-ba-al-pi2-dingir | Thus Ibāl-pî-ilum |
| 3 | ARAD-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 4 | [i-nu]-ma# i#-na# pa#-ni#-tim a-na _kaskal_ ir-gu-mu-ni-ni5 | when, in the past, he had set out on the road |
| 5 | [a-na] s,e-er be-li2-ia asz-pu-ur um-ma a-na-ku-ma s,i2-TI-it _u4 1(u)-kam_ | I wrote to my lord, saying: "I am a descendant of the 10th day." |
| 6 | [ir]-gu-mu-ni-ni5 u3 a-szar a-al-la#-[ku] pa#-an# ge-ri-ia | and where I go, before my friend |
| 7 | [a]-di-ni u2-ul a-mu-ur pa-an ge-ri#-im# sza#-a-[ti] | I have not yet seen the face of that ghost. |
| 8 | a-am-ma-ar-ma a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia a-sza-ap-pa-ar | I will see and write to my lord. |
| 9 | an-ni-tam a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia asz-pu-ur _kaskal_ szi-i | this to my lord I sent. That road |
| 10 | sza ir-[gu]-mu-ni-ni5 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 isz-tu _mu 1(u)-kam_ | which he had established, Hammurapi from the 10th year |
| 11 | u3 ma-di-im-ma a-na a-lim{ki} ki-szi{ki} u2-ul il-li-ik | and the land did not go to the city of Kish. |
| 12 | i-na-an-na s,a-ab be-li2-ia u3 s,a-ab _ka2 e2-gal_-li-szu | Now the troops of my lord and the troops at the gate of his palace |
| 13 | it-ti-szu il-li-ik-ma _u4 3(disz)-kam_ i-na ki-szi-im{ki} | with him went, and on the 3rd day in Kišim |
| 14 | u2-szi-ib ni-qe2-em a-na _dingir-mesz_-szu iq-qi2-ma | he settled. The offering to his gods he presented, and |
| 15 | i-na# sza#-al-szi-im u4-mi-im a-na babila2{ki} i-tu-ur | in the future, at any time, return to Babylon |
| 16 | i-[na] qa#-ab-li-it _kaskal_ i-na a-la-ki-ni t,e4-em ka-sza-ad | In the middle of the road, on our way, I will give the order. |
| 17 | _ha-na-mesz_ ik-szu-dam-ma u2-ba-ri-szu um-ma a-na-ku-ma | he captured the thornbushes and he brought them to him, thus I: |
| 18 | _ha-na-mesz_ ik-szu-dam be-li2 a-na pa-ni-szu-nu us,-s,i2-i | my lord went out before them. |
| 19 | an#-ni-tam u2-ba2-ri-szum-ma ki-a-am iq-bi um-ma-a-mi | This he brought to him, saying thus: |
| 20 | _[u4] 5(disz)/6(disz)#-kam i-na babila2{ki} t,e4-ma-am lu-ud-di-na-kum | 5/6 day in Babylon I will give you a report. |
| 21 | [an]-ni-tam iq-<bi> a-na babila2{ki} ni-ik-szu-ud-ma a-na _ka2 e2-gal_-lim | This he said. We arrived in Babylon and to the gate of the palace |
| 22 | [i]-nu#-ma ki-i pa-ni-ia-ma usz-te-ri-bu-ni-ni5-ma ha-mu-ra-pi2 ki-a-am iq#-bi# | When before me he had entered, Hammurapi said thus: |
| 23 | um-ma-a-mi a-li-ik s,a-bu-um a-na li-ib-bi a-lim{ki} li-ru-ub | Thus (says) the lord of the troops: may he enter into the heart of the city. |
| 24 | na-pi2-isz7-ta-szu-ma# i-na _e2_ na-ap-t,a3-ri-im li-id-di-ma ur-ra-am ma-ah-ri-ia | his life, and in the house of the napṭārī may he give, and then in the future, before me |
| 25 | li-ip-tu-un u2-s,i2-ma a-na _lu2-sukkal_-szu {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim _sukkal_ ki-a-am aq-bi | I went out and to his vizier, Sîn-bēl-apla-iddina, the viziers, I said thus: |
| 26 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma i-nu-ma ma-ti-ma a-na ma-ri{ki} | Thus (says) I: When ever to Mari |
| 27 | u2-ra-du-nim be-li2 a-na pa-an _ARAD-mesz_-szu us,-s,i2-ma | my lord, before his servants I went out, and |
| 28 | _lu2-mesz_ mu-ba-bi-lu-tum a-na pa-an be-li2-ia | the men of Ubābilutum before my lord |
| 29 | u2-ba-ba-[lu] an-ni-tam aq-bi-ma | I said this and |
| 30 | ki-a-am iq#-be2-em# um-ma-a-mi _ha-na-mesz_ | he said thus: "The mayors |
| 31 | ka-lu-szu ur-ra-am ma-ha-ar be-li2-ia | In the future, before my lord, |
| 32 | i-pa-at-ta-an u3 _lu2_ mu-ba-bi-lu-tum | and the man of Ubābilûtum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ur-ra-am-ma li-ba-bi-lu an-ni-tam i-pu-la-ni | In the future, this messenger will come to me. |
| 2 | {disz}t,a3-ab-e-li-ma-a-tim u3 {disz}{d}suen-be-el-ap-lim | Ṭāb-elimate and Sîn-bel-aplim |
| 3 | it-ti-ia u2-s,u2-ma s,a-ba-am a-na a-lim{ki} nu-usz-te-ri-ib | with me we went out and captured. We entered the city. |
| 4 | i#-na sza-ni-im u4-mi-im 5(u) s,a-ba-am dam-qa-am | In another day, 50 good ṣabam-measures |
| 5 | [u2-pa]-hi#?-ir-ma a-na bu-ub-bu-lim u2-sze-ri-ib | he inspected and into a flood he brought in. |
| 6 | _[lu2] ha-na-mesz_ ka-lu-szu i-na ki-ri-im ma-ah-ri-szu | the mayors, all of them, in the district before him |
| 7 | [ip]-tu-un u3 _lu2-mesz_ mu-ba-bi-lu-tum i-na ki-ri-im-ma | and the men of Ubābilûtum in the garden |
| 8 | [u2]-ba#-bi-lu ma-di-isz a-na ka-sza-ad _ha-na-mesz_ ha-di | they brought, greatly, to the destination of the hādu-festival. |
| 9 | qi2-sza-tim i-qi2-isz hu-ul-lum _har_ sza _ku3-sig17 tug2_ u3 _gu2-e3-a_ bu-ur-ru-um-tum | a gift he presented. A ring of gold, a garment, and a headband of burrumtum-wood |
| 10 | qi2-isz7-ti ba-ah-di-{d}iszkur _1/3(disz) ma-na_ hu-ul-lum u3 _har_ ni-bu-um | gift of Baḫdi-Adad 1/3 mina of copper and the ring of Nibûm |
| 11 | _1(u) 8(disz) su ku3-sig17_ ki-nu-um _1(u) 2(disz) lu2-mesz_ a-na _gal-ku5-mesz_ ba-ah-di-{d}iszkur | 18 red-purple woolen garments, 12 men for the chief fisherman Baḫdi-Adad |
| 12 | i-si-ik asz2-ta-al-ma um-ma a-na-ku-ma ni-bu-um 1(disz) li-im s,a-bi-im | I sat down and said thus: "I am a nibû-official, one thousand prisoners of war." |
| 13 | u3 sza 1(disz) li-im s,a-bi-im _1(u) lu2-gal-ku5-mesz_ i-na-an-na at-ta sza 1(disz) li-im 2(disz) me-tim s,a-bi-im | and of one hundred troops, 10 magnates Now you of one thousand and two hundred troops |
| 14 | _lu2-gal-ku5-mesz#_ te-si-ik u3 _2(u) 4(disz) lu2-nu-banda3-mesz_ sza 1(disz) li-im u3 4(disz) me-tim s,a-bi-im te-si-ik | The chief fisherman is tied, and 24 guarantors of one thousand and four hundred are tied. |
| 15 | wa-ar-ka-tam i-pa-ra-su2-ma | afterwards he will inspect it and |
| 16 | ki-i lu-u2 t,e4-mu-um asz2-ta-al-ma um-ma a-na-ku-ma | As soon as I have heard the report, thus I: |
| 17 | _2(disz) lu2-mesz_ i-na _lu2-gal-ku5-mesz_ sza is3-ku a-ha-ar-ra-as,-ma | 2 men among the magnates whom he had taken I received, and |
| 18 | sza-ap-tam e-li-ia usz2-ba-la-ak-ka-at an-ni-tam a-du-ur-ma | (Sum) The šaptāmu-demon has carried you away above me. (Akk) I have carried you off above me, this one. |
| 19 | {disz}su-u2-lam e-li ha-na-a ia-ba-sa u3 bi-hi-ra-am | Sūlam against Hanāya he seized, and a rival |
| 20 | e-li a-sza-ru-ga-ii-im asz-ku-un u3 _1(u) lu2-gal-ku5-mesz_ | I placed over the Ašarugāyu, and 10 magnates |
| 21 | e-si-ik u3 i-na _2(u) 4(disz) lu2-mesz nu-banda3-mesz_ sza ba-ah-di-{d}iszkur i-si-ku | and in 24 men, the overseers of Baḫdi-Addu, he took. |
| 22 | 2(u)-ma _lu2-nu-banda3-mesz_ e-si-ik asz-sum su-u2-lim u3 bi-hi-ri-im | 20, the superintendents of the esik, assumed by Sūlim and Biḫirum. |
| 23 | ki-a-am aq-bi um-ma a-na-ku-ma ba-ah-di-{d}iszkur e-le-nu-um | Thus I said: “I, Baḫdi-Addu, above |
| 24 | _gal mar-tu u3 2(disz) lu2-mesz_ an-nu-tum sza-pi2-ru-u2 s,a-bi-im an-ni-tam | the Amorite chief and these two men, the šapirû-priests, this captive |
| 25 | usz-te-pi2-isz-ma su-u2-lum u3 tap-pu-szu _har ku3-sig17_ u3 {d}utu-szum sza _ku3-sig17_ | I had made, and Sūlum and his companions a gold ring and Šamaš-šulmu of gold |
| 26 | im-hu-ru _5(disz) su_ ni-bu-um sza _har_-szu-nu u3 _5(disz) su_ ni#-[ib] {d}utu-szi-im | he received. 5 sūtu of the nibû-stone of their ring, and 5 su(mc) of the shrine of Šamaš-šim |
| 27 | _8(disz) su har_ u3 {d}utu-szum# [ki-nu-um 2(disz) _tug2_ 2(disz) _tug2] gu2#-e3-a_ bu#-[ru]-ma-tim# | 8 bands of silver and Šamaš-shum, the regular offering, 2 garments, 2 gu-ea garments of burumātum, |
| 28 | _1(u) lu2-gal-ku5-mesz_ hu-ul#-[lam u3 _har] 1(u)# tug2 gu2-e3!(|DU.UD|)-a_ bu-ru-ma-tim | 10 rabkû-officials of destroyed goods and a bracelet, 10 gu2-e3-a-textiles of burumātum textiles |
| 29 | im-hu-ru _1/3(disz) ma-na_ ni-bu-um sza hu-ul-li u3 _har_ | 1/3 mina, the nībû-measure of the hullu-vessel and the bracelet |
| 30 | _1(u) 8(disz) su-am3_ szu-qu2-ul-ti hu-ul-lim u3 _har_ qi2-isz7-ti _lu2-gal-ku5-mesz_-ma# | 18 šuqūtu-vessels of hullim-beer and a ring of qīḫi-silver for the magnates |
| 31 | _1(u) su 1(disz) har ku3-babbar 1(disz) su_ ka-ni-<ik>-tum _tug2 hi-a u3 gu2-e3-a_ bu-ru-ma-tim | 10 coats, 1 ring of silver, 1 coat of kanīktu-garments, embroidered garments and gu’ea-textiles, (and) burumatum-silver, |
| 32 | _2(u) lu2 nu-banda3-mesz_ im-hu-ru _1(u) su_ ni-ib _har_-szu-nu u3 _1(disz) su_ ni-ib ka-ni-ik-tum | 20 men of the overseers received; 10 sūtu, the nib of their bracelets, and 1 sûtu (of) the nikiktu-gift |
| 33 | _8(disz) su har_ ki-nu-um _2/3(disz) su_ ka-ni-ik-tum ki-nu-um | 8 bands of ring, 2/3 band, kniktu-clay, |
| 34 | _3(disz) su_ ka-ni-ik-tum ni-bu-um _2(disz) 1/2(disz) su_ ki-nu-um | 3 coats of kanīktu-plant, nibû-plant; 2 1/2 coats, kinum-plant. |
| 35 | szu-qu2-ul-ti ka-ni-ik-tim sza _1(u) lu2-mesz_ | the payment of the guarantee of 10 men |
| left | ||
| 1 | _5(u) lu2-mesz_ mu#-[ba-bi-lu-tum _5(disz) su]-am3 har 1(disz) su-am3_ ka-ni-ik-tum | 50 men of Ubābilutum, 5 pairs of bracelets, 1 pair of sandals |
| 2 | _1(disz)-am3 gu2-e3-[a_ bu]-ru#-um#-tum# im#-hu-ru _4(disz) 2/3(disz) su ku3-babbar har_ u3 ka-ni-ik-<tum> | 1 gu-ea, būrūmtum, received; 4 2/3 su-shekels of silver, ring and seal |
| 3 | qi2-isz7-ti [_lu2_ mu]-ba-bi-lu-tim | gift of the man of Mubbilum |
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