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FM 03, 019 (P479544)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 03, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479544 |
| 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 ha-am-mu-tar _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | thus Hammurapi, your servant: |
| 4 | isz-tu qa-ar-ni-li-im | from Qarnīlīm |
| 5 | al-li#-kam a-na {d}kur-ra | I came to Kurra |
| 6 | al-li-ik-ma | I went, and |
| 7 | {gesz}bu-t,u2-um-tam a-mu-ur-ma | I saw a scepter |
| 8 | u3-ul i-sza-ar | he shall not pay. |
| 9 | ma#-ah-s,a-at | he has been seized |
| 10 | u3# x x i#-[x] | and ... |
| 11 | za-al-[lu-ha-an{ki?}] | Zalluhan |
| 12 | is3!-qa#-a#{ki#} | of Isqaya |
| 13 | u3 qa-a{ki} i-szi# | and Qaya resides |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 a-na-ku al-li-ik#-ma | and I went and |
| 2 | ma-al ik-szu-da#-an#-ni | “What has he done to me? |
| 3 | {gesz}bu-t,u2-um-tam | a type of tree |
| 4 | e-pu-usz2 | he built. |
| 5 | u3 _lu2-mesz_ a-hu-ia | and my brothers |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-ul i-na-di-nu | they shall not give the silver. |
| 7 | u3 szu-nu-ma be-el2 | and they, the lord |
| 8 | [ar]-nim# ka-la-szu | all the enemies |
| 9 | [i-ka]-al-lu | they will eat |
| 10 | [...] _dumu# nagar_ [x]-x | ..., son of a carpenter ... |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] x sze#? [...] | ... barley |
| left | ||
| 1 | [a-na] _lu2#-mesz nagar_ an-nu-[tim] | to these carpenters |
| 2 | [1(disz) _lu2]-tur_ be-li2-ia li-li-kam-ma# | 1 boy, my lord, may come and |
| 3 | [ni]-pa-ti-szu-nu li#-il-qi2 | let him take their captives. |
Sources & licences
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