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FM 06, 012 (P479734)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479734 |
| 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 qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | um-ma nu-ur2-{d}utu _ARAD2_-ka-ma | Thus Nūr-Šamaš, your servant: |
| 3 | _erin2-mesz_ be-li2-ia sza-li-im _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} | the troops of my lord are well. The man of Ešnunna |
| 4 | i-na qa-t,a2-ra#{ki} wa-szi-ib 2(disz) _lu2_ mu-na-bi-tu | in Qaṭara resides, 2 men of Munabitu |
| 5 | in-na-bi-tu-nim-ma ki-a-am t,e4-ma-am id-di-nu-nim | they gave to me, and as a report they gave me, |
| 6 | _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} i-na qa-t,a2-ra{ki} ku-us,4-s,i2 | the man of Ešnunna in Qaṭara seized |
| 7 | ip#-pe2-esz# u3 a-na ma-at szu-ba-at-{d}en-lil2{ki} | and to the land of Šubat-Enlil |
| 8 | [pa]-nu#-szu sza-ak-nu u3 qar-ni-li-im | his face is set, and a horned lion |
| 9 | a-na ma-ti-szu a-na 4(disz) li-mi _tug2 hi-a_ | to his land for 4 thousand garments |
| 10 | a-na _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} na-da-nim ir-ta-ga-am | to the man of Ešnunna he gave it. |
| 11 | u3 ad-mu-ra-bi isz-pu-ur-ma | and my father wrote me, and |
| 12 | 3(disz) _lu2_ a-si-ri i-na li-bi _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} | 3 Asiri men from the army of Ešnunna |
| 13 | [il]-qu2#?-nim-ma u3 szu-nu ki-a-am-ma | they took, and they, thus |
| 14 | [t,e4-ma]-am# id-di-nu-ne2-szi-im | gave her a report |
| 15 | {disz}za-zi-ia _erin2_-szu u3 _erin2_ til-la-ti-szu | Zaziya, his troops and the troops of his endowment |
| 16 | ka#-lu-szi-na ip-tah-ra-ni-szum | all of them turned to him |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na# e-be2-ri-im ug-da-me-ra-am | In the steppe he has slain |
| 2 | t,e4-ma-am sza al-ma-du a-na be-li2-ia | The report that I saw, to my lord |
| 3 | asz-tap-ra-am u3 isz-tu i-na-an-na | I wrote to you, and from now |
| 4 | t,e4-mi a-na be-li2-ia sa-di-ir | News to my lord is very good. |
| 5 | a-nu-um-ma lu2-{d}iszkur u3 giri3-ni-sa6 | Now, Lu-Adad and Girinisa |
| 6 | asz-szum _tug2 hi-a_ sza be-li2 a-na s,a-bi-szu na-da-nam | Concerning the clothing that my lord gave to his troops |
| 7 | iq-bu-u2 at,-t,ar-da-asz-szu-nu-ti | I have sent them. |
| 8 | be-li2 la i-ka-al-la-asz-szu-nu-ti | My lord should not hold them back! |
| 9 | ar-hi-isz li-it,-ru-da-asz-szu-nu-ti-ma | let him quickly bring them to me, and |
| 10 | pa-ni s,a-bi-im la i-s,a-li-mu | The enemy's face cannot be seen. |
| 11 | _erin2-mesz_ be-li2-ia ka-s,i2 | the troops of my lord are exhausted. |
Sources & licences
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