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FM 03, 020 (P479545)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 03, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479545 |
| 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-tur2-as2]-du# _ARAD2_-ka-a-[ma] | Thus Itur-asdu, your servant: |
| 3 | [i]-na#-an#-na# ha-na# i-na na-ap-t,a3-ri-im{ki} | Now Hana in Napṭarum |
| 4 | da#-am7-da-am i-du-ku | they will kill each other |
| 5 | u2 ge-er-rum it-ta-ap-tu-u2 | “Gerrum-plant, they have snatched (= Enūma Anu Enlil 48 unknown). |
| 6 | isz#-tu# na-hu-ur{ki} u2-s,e-em-ma | from Naḫur came out, and |
| 7 | i-na na-ap-t,a3-ri-im{ki} it-ti i-ba-al-dingir | in Napṭarum with Ibal-il |
| 8 | an-na-me-er {disz}i-ba-al-dingir u3 _lu2-mesz_ su-ga-gi | Ibal-ilī and the Sugagi men |
| 9 | u2-pa-hi-ir-ma ta-AD-zi-im-ti | he removed, and Tāb-abu-zimti |
| 10 | sza isz-tu pa-na a-<na> be-li2-ia asz2-ta-na-pa-ra-am | which I constantly send to my lord, |
| 11 | asz-szum sze-em u3 _munx(|U.MUN|)_ [ma]-ah#-ri-szu-nu asz-ku-un | Concerning the barley and salt in front of them I deposited. |
| 12 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma qa-du#-ma | Thus I, together with |
| 13 | szu-du-ma szu-ma-am ra-be2-em | “Šuduma, great name, |
| 14 | be-li2 it-ta-asz-ka-nu i-nu-ma ma-tum ha-sza-at | My lord has given it to you. When the land is plundered |
| 15 | sze-em u3 _munx(|U.MUN|)_ szu-ri-ba-nim | the barley and salt of Šuribanum |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | [a-na] i#-ba-al#-[dingir] u2-ul ad-ni-in | I did not give to Ibal-il. |
| 3' | [um-ma a-na-ku]-ma# as-su2-ur-re a-da-ni-in-ma | thus I: I shall return, and |
| 4' | [e-li]-ia te-ki-tam i-ra-asz-szi | over me a rebellion will arise. |
| 5' | [u2-la]-a# sze-em u2 _munx(|U.MUN|)_ a-na na-hu-ur{ki} | not the barley and salt to Nahur |
| 6' | [u2-sze-re]-eb-ma asz-szum ke-em u2-la-pi2-tam | I made enter, and because it was true, I made it disappear. |
| 7' | [i-na]-an-na a-na i-ba-al-dingir | Now, to Ibal-il |
| 8' | be-li2 da-an-na-tim li-isz-ku-un-ma | May my lord establish long days. |
| 9' | sze-em u2 _munx(|U.MUN|)_ a-na asz2-la-ka-a{ki} u2 na-hu-ur{ki} li-sze-ri-ba-am | the barley and salt to Assyria and Nahur may they bring. |
| 10' | sze-um u2 _munx(|U.MUN|)_ u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is no barley and salt. |
| 11' | sza-ni-tam _lu2-mesz_ babila2{ki} | Secondly, the people of Babylon |
| 12' | sza i-na ma-ri{ki} wa-asz#-bu# | who dwells in Mari |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...]-x a-na s,e#?-[er be-li2]-ia# li-tu-ur | ... may ... return to my lord |
| 2 | [...] _lu2-mesz_ sza [...] li-isz-pu-ra-am | ... may the men of ... write me. |
| 3 | [...]-x-ni li-sze-[...] za#-al-lu-[ha-an{ki?}] | ... may ... Zalluhan |
| 4 | [ki-ma] mu#-usz-ta-lu-[ti-szu x x x x]-x li#-[...] | Just as his life ... ... may he ... |
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