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FM 06, 011 (P479733)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479733 |
| 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 qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to our lord |
| 2 | [um]-ma# dumu-isz8-tar2 {disz}hi-is-ni-{d}iszkur | Thus (says) Dumu-Ištar, Ḫisni-Addu |
| 3 | {disz}i-ba-asz-szi-dingir {disz}i-din-{d}na-na-a | Ibašši-ilī, Iddin-Nanaya, |
| 4 | u3 ha-zi-bi-ia-ma | and Ḫazibia |
| 5 | [ki]-ma# [be-el]-ni# i-du-u2 | as our lord knows |
| 6 | sza#-at-tu-uk-ka-ni | šattukkani |
| 7 | i-na ma2-ri2{ki}-ma a-di-ni [u2-ul] am#-ra-nu | in Mari I did not live until now. |
| 8 | u3 i-na a-lim sza wa-asz-ba-a-nu# | and in the city of Waišbanu |
| 9 | sze-um i-na na-at-ba-ki-im | the barley in the natbakum |
| 10 | u2-ul ta-bi-ik-ma | you did not seize, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [it]-ti# _dam-gar3_-ri-im | with the merchant |
| 2 | u2-ul ni-sza-a-am | we are not. |
| 3 | [sza-at]-tu-uk-ka-ni | sattukkani |
| 4 | [it]-ti a-wi-li-ma sza pa-aq-da-[nu] | with a man who is entrusted |
| 5 | [be-el-ni] li-iq-bi-ma# | our lord may say, and |
| 6 | [sza-at-tu-uk]-ka-a-ni | sattukkannu |
| 7 | [a]-na# _lu2-mesz sza13-dub-ba_-a-ni | to the scribes |
| 8 | li-id-di-nu | they should give. |
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