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FM 06, 006 (P479728)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479728 |
| 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# [zi]-im-ri-li-im# | to Zimrī-Lîm |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma] ia-aq-bi-{d}iszkur# | Thus Yaqbi-Addu |
| 4 | [a]-hu-ka-a-[ma] | your brother |
| 5 | pa-nu-tum [qa]-da#-am-ni sza bi-ri-[szu-nu] | The front of the square is between them. |
| 6 | ti#-is,-bu#-[tu] u3 qa-qa-da-tu-[szu-nu] | their tiṣbutu and qaqadatu |
| 7 | isz#-ti-ni-isz# ni#-in-mu-da le#-['-u2] | We have sworn by the oath. |
| 8 | [pa]-na#-nu-um-ma ha-am-ma-ka# | “As for you, my brother, |
| 9 | {disz}ha-ad-ni-li-im ik-di# | Hadni-Līm sealed it. |
| 10 | _e2_ ma-ri{ki} u3 _e2_ asz-na-ak-ki-im{ki} | the temples of Mari and Ašnakkim |
| 11 | u2-ba-nu-um isz-te9-en# i-da-ma-ra-as,{ki} | the ubānum of Idamarasi |
| 12 | u3 ha-na-_mesz_ hi-ip#-szu# isz#-tu# pa-na-ma | and Hanas, his heirs, from before |
| 13 | u3 {disz}ha-mu-ra-pi2 i-na [la li-ib-bi-szu?] | and Hammurapi in his absence |
| 14 | [qa]-ra#-an _tug2_ {disz}ia-ah-du-un#-[li-im] | the qarrān garment of Iaḫdun-Lîm |
| 15 | [i]-zi-ib-ma qa-ra#-an _tug2 [lu2_ e-ka-al-la]-ta#?-ii{ki} | he left, and a qarrān garment of the man of Ekalla-tayi |
| 16 | [is,]-ba-at-ma ba-la#-su2 uh-[ta-li]-iq#? | he seized, and his life has been lost |
| 17 | [i]-na#-an-na# [...] x [...] | Now ... ... |
| 18 | x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | i-sza-la-an#-[ni ...] | he will pay to me .... |
| 2' | sza-ni-tam tup-pa-ka# [sza tu-sza-bi-lam esz-me] | Secondly, your tablet, which you sent to me, is new. |
| 3' | at-ta e-li _lu2_ tu-ru#-[uk-ki-i-im] | You, above the Turukean |
| 4' | u2-lu-ma e-li {disz}a-dal-sze-ni# | or against Adalšeni |
| 5' | u2-ul da-am-qa-a-at# | is not good |
| 6' | at-ta-a-ma lu-u2 a-hu-ni | You, may you be our brother! |
| 7' | u3 ni-nu-ma lu-u2 ah-hu#-ka | And may we be your brothers! |
| 8' | u3 i-da-ma-ra-as,#[{ki}] ka-lu#-szu | and Idamaraṣ his allies |
| 9' | a-hu-ka-a-ma | your brother |
| 10' | [at-ta-ma ki-ma] sza# ta-pa#-ah#-hu-ru | You, like what you received |
| 11' | [_kaskal-a_ s,a-ba-at u3 me-he]-er# tup-pi2#-ia | the journey, capture, and the completion of my tablet |
| 12' | a#-na s,e-ri-ia szu#-[bi]-lam an-na# ni-nu | Send it to me! Here we are. |
| 13' | i-na asz-na-ak-ki-im#{ki} ni-pa#-ah#-hu-ur | in Ašnakkim we shall smite |
| 14' | u3 _sze_-um sza i-na ma#-a#-ti#-im# i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | and the barley that is in the country |
| 15' | ni-nu-ma# ni-ka-al#-la# _[dumu]-mesz#_ si-im-a-la | Now, let us eat the sons of Simala. |
| 16' | ka-lu-szu i-na li-ib-bi-im-ma | all of it in the heart |
| 17' | ub-ta-al-la-at, szum-ma i-na ki-na-tim | if in truth |
| 18' | it-ti-ia ta-da-bu-ub tup#-[pi2] an-ne2-e!(A)-em | You speak with me, this tablet |
| 19' | szi-me-ma ar-hi-isz ku#-usz-dam u3 [_lu2-mesz_] | hear, quickly he will be captured, and the men |
| 20' | an-nu-tim i nu-sze-[s,i2] | these we shall bring out. |
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