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FM 03, 021 (P479546)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 03, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479546 |
| 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' | [i-na pa-ni-tim-ma be-li2] | before my lord |
| 2' | [ki-a]-am# a-na ia#-szi#!-im# isz-pu#-[ra-am] | thus wrote to me: |
| 3' | [um-ma]-mi# 1(u) _lu2_ sa-mi-hi i-di-in-[ma] | Thus the man of Samihu gave, and |
| 4' | [_a-sza3_ ma]-ia#-ri li-im-ha-s,u2 ak-szu-ud-ma# | I conquered the field of Ma'iari and |
| 5' | [ma-ia]-ri# ma-ha-s,a-am u3 sa-mi-hi u2#-[ul ad-di-in] | I did not give the mahṣām and samihu-offerings. |
| 6' | [i]-na#-an#-na be-li2 szum-ma ma-ia-ri i-ma-[ha-s,u2] | Now, my lord, if they smash the boat |
| 7' | [u3] _lu2#_ [sa]-mi-hi a-na-di-[in] | and a man of Samihu I gave. |
| 8' | [be-li2?] sza ki-ma sza-pa-ri-im li-isz-pu-[ra]-am# | My lord, may he write me what I wrote like a letter. |
| 9' | [u3] bi-ir-tum sza i-na ha-ra-nim{ki} wa-asz-ba-at | and the dowry which is in Haranum is situated |
| 10' | [a-na] za#-al-pa-ah{ki} it-ta-na-ra-du-nim-ma | to Zalpaḫ they kept coming to me |
| 11' | _[i3]-gesz_ [it]-ta-na-[ba]-lu# ak-szu-ud-ma usz-ta-ak-li# | I washed and dried off the oil. |
| 12' | u3 ki-a-[am] asz-pu#-ur# a-li-ma na#-ka-ma-tum | And thus I wrote: “Where is the nakāmatu-demon? |
| 13' | sza# _e2-gal#?_-[lim x x] x u3 an-na-[nu-um-ma] | of the palace ... and now |
| 14' | [x] x x x [...] x | |
| 15' | u3# a-na# _bad3#{ki}-{d#}iszkur[{ki}] | and to Dur-Adad |
| 16' | [asz]-szum _i3-gesz_ szu-usz2-szi-im# | because of the oil of her hand |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na za-al-pa-ah{ki} te-re-[tum] | to Zalpah the extispicy |
| 2 | u2-ul i-sze-ra-nim-ma | shall not return to me, and |
| 3 | a-na-nu-um-ma i-na tu-ut-tu-ul{ki#} | Now in Tuttul |
| 4 | 5(disz) _ansze i3-gesz_ u3 _munx(|U.MUN|)_ usz-ta-ak#-li#-ma# | 5 homers of oil and salt I poured out, and |
| 5 | u3 i-nu-ma a-na za-al-pa-ah{ki} al#-li-ku | and when I went to Zalaḫ |
| 6 | a-na ab-du-ma-{d}da-gan ki-a-am# aq-be2-em | I said to Abduma-Dagan thus: |
| 7 | i-na {kusz}ki-[si _i3-gesz_ u3 _munx(|U.MUN|)_] li#-il-le-qu2#-ma# | in a leather bag oil and salt may they take, and |
| 8 | _i3-gesz_ szu-usz2-[sze-em x x] x li-il-[qu2-ma] | may he take oil of supplication ... and |
| 9 | _[i3]-gesz#_ u3 _munx(|U.MUN|)#_ [x x x] x mu# [...] | oil and salt ... ... |
| 10 | [... _e2]-gal#_-lim | ... palace |
Sources & licences
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