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FM 06, 010 (P479732)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479732 |
| 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-li]-ni | to our lord |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma dumu-isz8]-tar2# {disz}hi-is-ni-{d}iszkur | Thus (says) Dumu-Ištar, Ḫisni-Addu |
| 4 | [{disz}i-ba-asz]-szi#-dingir {disz}i-din-{d}na-na-a | Ibašši-ilī, Iddin-Nanaya |
| 5 | [u3] {disz}ha-zi-bi-ia _ARAD2-mesz_-ka-ma | and Ḫazibiya your servants |
| 6 | asz-szum t,e4-em _sa2-du11_-ti#-ni# | Concerning the news of our regular offerings |
| 7 | sza a-na be-li-ni ni-isz-pu-ra-am# | which we wrote to our lord |
| 8 | be-el-ni ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-an-ni-a-szi-[im] | our lord wrote to us thus: |
| 9 | um-ma be-el-ni-ma a-wi-le-e | Thus our lord: the man |
| 10 | sza a-na _sa2#-[du11]_-ti-ku-nu e-si-ha-ak-ku-nu-szi-im | that to your regular offerings I have sent to you |
| 11 | [a-na]-ku# a-sza-al#-ma | I will ask and |
| 12 | [_nig2-ka9_ im]-nu-u2-ma | accounts he made, and |
| 13 | [1(disz) _lu2_] sza# _sa2-du11_-szu | 1 man, whose regular offerings |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [la im-hu-ru u2]-ul i-ba-asz-szi | has not received, there is none. |
| 2 | [an-ni-a-tam be-el-ni isz]-pu-ra-an-ni-a-szi-im | This our lord sent to us. |
| 3 | [i-na-an-na] _lu2 dumu sza13-dub-ba_-a-ni | Now, the man, the son of his scribe |
| 4 | i-na ma2-ri2{ki} wa-asz-bu | in Mari stationed, |
| 5 | u3 {disz}mu-tu-ha-ad-qi2-im wa-szi-ib | and Mutu-ḫadqim, who resides |
| 6 | be-el-ni wa-ar-ka-tam li-ip-ru-us | Our lord, may the future go well. |
| 7 | [sza im-ma]-t,u2-u2-ma a#-na# [_erin2-mesz_] | who were beaten and to the troops |
| 8 | [sza] sza#-at-tu-uk-ka-[tim] | of Šattukku |
| 9 | la# ma-ah-ru li-id-di-nu | They should give it to the one who is not received. |
| 10 | [u3] be-el-ni pi2-isz-sza-at-ni# | and our lord, our word |
| 11 | [mi]-nam u2-lam-mi-da-an-ni-a-ti | why did he make me so angry? |
| 12 | [isz-tu _iti] 4(disz)-kam pi2-isz-sza-at-ni | From the 4th month, eponymy of |
| 13 | [u2-ul] i-na-ad-di-nu-ni-a-szi-im | they shall not give to us. |
| 14 | [be-el-ni li]-iq-bi-i-ma | our lord may say, and |
| 15 | [ki-ma sza be]-el#-ni u2-lam-[mi-du]-ni-a-ti | Just as our lord gave us, |
| left | ||
| 1 | [li-id-di-nu-ni-a-szi]-im# | may they give to her. |
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