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FM 06, 004 (P479726)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479726 |
| 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-na-su-u2-um | Thus Lanasum: |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | i-na pa-ni-tim-ma asz-szum _lu2-mesz_ ia-hu-ur-ri{ki} | in the past concerning the men of Yahurru |
| 6 | sza gi-ir-ra-am isz-hi-t,u2 be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am | My lord wrote me thus: |
| 7 | um-ma be-li2-ma ta-ta-mu-um li-szi-ib-ma | Thus (says) my lord: "Let the tāmu sit and |
| 8 | _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti ku-sa-szu-nu-ti-ma | those men I seized, and |
| 9 | u3 szu-ri-e-szu-nu-ti i-na-an-na i-na _u4_-me-em | Now, on the day |
| 10 | sza _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu gi-ir-ra-am isz-hi-t,u2 a-wa-tam esz-me | of those men, a requisition has been made, an oath has been heard |
| 11 | sza-ni-im _u4_-ma-am il-li-ku-ni-im-ma | another day they came and |
| 12 | sza-ha-at, gi-ir-ri-im iq-bu-nim | “The šaḫāṭ gīrūrî-demon said to me: |
| 13 | um-ma-a-mi _lu2-mesz_ sza-hi-t,u2 qa-du-um e-nu-ti-szu-nu | “The old men together with their possessions |
| 14 | s,a-ab-tu a-na-ku i-na 3(disz) _u4_-me-em ta-ta-ma-am | I am seized; on the 3rd day you will hear. |
| 15 | u2-sze:szi-ib-ma a-wa-tam sza-a-ti aq-bi | I settled, and that word I spoke, |
| 16 | _dumu-mesz_ a-lim 3(u) _lu2-mesz_ id-di-nu-nim-[ma] | Bison sons, 30 men gave to me, and |
| 17 | a-na s,e-er _lu2-mesz_ sza-hi-t,e4 | to the army of the prisoners |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | an-ha-ri-ir-ma i-na qa-ab-le#-et# [gi-ir]-ri-im | I turned back and in the middle of a grave |
| 2 | {disz}sa3-bi-nu-um me-er-hi-wu-um sza ia-ri-ih{ki} | Sabinum, Merḫiwum of Yarim |
| 3 | u3 _lu2-mesz_ ia-hu-ur-ru-u2 sza-hi-t,u2 it-ti-szu | and the men with him a šaḫīṭu-gift |
| 4 | a-na s,e-er s,u2-ri-ha-am-mu-u2 | to the flock of Ṣuri-Ḫammu |
| 5 | pa-nu-szu-nu sza-ak-nu asz-szum a-wa-tim sze-ti | Concerning the matter of the s[ea] |
| 6 | i-na qa-ab-le-e-et gi#-ir-ri-im | in the middle of a reed thicket |
| 7 | _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti am-hu-ur-ma | these men I received, and |
| 8 | u2-ul eb-lu-um i-na qa-ab-li-szu-nu na!-di | There was no light in their midst. |
| 9 | mi-im-ma i-na qa-ti-szu-nu u2-ul as,-ba-a-at | I have not taken anything from them. |
| 10 | u3 mu-di-in-szu-nu u2-ul ib-ba-szi | and their witnesses he did not bring. |
| 11 | _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti u2-ha-an-ni-iq-ma | these men he made pass by and |
| 12 | ak-ki-ma ur-ra-am sze-ra-am wa-ar-ku-um | In the future, in the years to come, |
| 13 | li-isz-hu-[ut]-ma# a-na mi-im-<ma> qa-as-su2 la ub-ba-al | May he not raise a claim concerning anything. |
| 14 | 5/6(disz) _<ma-na>_ 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na _lu2-mesz dam-gar3_ | 5/6 mina 1 shekel of silver to the merchants |
| 15 | [sza]-ah#-t,u2-tim ad-di-in u3 i-na _u4_-mi-szu-ma | I gave the stolen property, and on that day |
| 16 | [di]-in#-szu-nu u2-ga-am-me-er | their payment he shall compensate. |
| 17 | [u3] i#-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_-szu _lu2 dam-gar3_-x | and when his silver the merchant |
| 18 | [i]-na# _e2_ {d}da-gan# szu#-ru-bu-ma | in the temple of Dagan he entered, and |
| 19 | _igi_ {d}da-gan _ku3-babbar#_ na-di | before Dagan, the silver was given. |
| 20 | [sza] e#-pe2!-szi-[im] e#-pu-usz2 | which I had built |
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