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FM 06, 001 (P479725)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479725 |
| 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 la-u2-[um] | thus La’um |
| 4 | [ARAD2]-ka-a-[ma] | your servant |
| 5 | [asz]-szum _{gesz}ma2 tur hi-a_ sza {d}[da-gan] | Concerning the small boat of Dagan |
| 6 | _lu2_ a-pi2-lum it-bi-ma | a man an heir married, and |
| 7 | ki-ma 1(disz)-szu 2(disz)-szu a-wa-tam a-na bi-nim | like one another a word to a man |
| 8 | u3# ARAD2#-di-_mesz_ sza i-na ter-qa{ki} wa-asz-bu | and the servants who are living in Terqa |
| 9 | ki-a-am iq-bi um#-ma#-mi# | he said thus: |
| 10 | _{gesz}ma2 tur [hi-a_ sza {d}da-gan] | a small boat, cargo of Dagan |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _ARAD2 e2-[gal_-lim ...] | servant of the palace |
| 2' | um-ma-mi [...] | My mother ... |
| 3' | u3 _ku3-babbar_ sza isz?-[...] | and the silver that |
| 4' | _{gesz}ma2 gal {gesz}ma2 tur#_ x [...] | The big boat, the small boat |
| 5' | a-di tu-ut-tu-ul{ki} i-la-ka | until Tuttul he will come. |
| 6' | an-ni-tam be-li2 lu-u2 i#-di | This my lord should know. |
| 7' | sza-ni-tam _iti_ a-ia#-ri-im _u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam_ is-su2-uh-ma | Secondly, the month of Ayyarum, the 27th day, he washed, and |
| 8' | tup-pi2 an-ne2-em i-na ter-qa{ki} a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | This tablet in Terqa to my lord |
| 9' | u2-sza-bi-lam _iti sze:sag11-ku5 u4 5(disz)-kam_ i-na-sa2-ah | the month of Addarum, the day 5 he shall remove |
| 10' | [szi-pi2]-ir _e2#?_ a-na pa-an ru-ug-ba-tim | the builder of the house in front of the king |
| 11' | [lu-u2] ig#-ga-me-er a-na tam#-li-im | may he be favourable to the sea. |
| 12' | [szi-ip-rum] dan#-nu-um e-pi2-ri mu-ul-lim | Strong scepter of the earth, who makes everything perfect |
| 13' | [u3 _na4 hi-a_ sza i-na] ki#-sza-di-im za-ba-lim | and the limestone that is in the kišadum district of Zabalum |
| 14' | [ma-a-ad] ma#-ri{ki} sza-lim# | the land of Mari is well. |
| 15' | [ma-a-tum sza-al-ma]-at# | The land is well. |
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