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FM 05, 004 (p. 252) (P479724)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 05, 004 (p. 252) |
|---|---|
| ID | P479724 |
| 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 ...] | Thus ... |
| 4 | [ARAD-ka-a-ma] | your servant |
| 5 | a-na#/di#? [...] | Why ...? |
| 6 | i-na [...] | in ... |
| 7 | {disz}ia#-[...] | Ia- |
| 8 | {disz}a-mu-[...] | Amu- |
| 9 | {disz}ab-ba-[...] | Abba- |
| 10 | u3 ha-am-mi-[e?]-bi?-ih | and Hammi-ebih |
| 11 | isz#-ta-lu!-ma a-szar [...] | They roamed the place of |
| 12 | u2-sze-ri-bu-szu | they made him enter. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma szu-nu-u2-ma | thus they: |
| 2 | i-na mu-usz-ta-lu#-ti-szu-nu | in their supplication |
| 3 | _dumu#-mesz#_ ia-mi-na a-na qa-ti-szu u2-te#-[er] | the sons of mine into his hands returned |
| 4 | [isz]-nu#-ku-um{ki} ba-bi-la-iu-um{ki} | Išnukum, Babylon |
| 5 | ma-tum sza-pi2-il5-tum | the land of Šapiltum |
| 6 | nu-um-ha-a{ki} u3 i-da-ma-ra-as,[{ki}] | Numḫaya and Idamaraṣ |
| 7 | it-ti-szu i-sza-ri-isz i-da-bu-[bu] | they will argue with him. |
| 8 | u2 qa2-su2 na-am-la-ka-at a-bi#-[szu] | and his hand, the emblem of his father |
| 9 | {disz}ia-ah-du-un-li-im# [is,-ba-at] | Iaḫdun-Līm took |
| 10 | [i]-nu#-ma x x [...] | When ... ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [a-na s,e-er] be-li2-ia asz-pu-ra-am | I wrote to my lord. |
| 2 | [be-li2] li-isz-ta-al | my lord may ask |
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