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FM 06, 016 (P479738)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479738 |
| 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# mu-ti-ha-ad-qi2-im | Thus Muti-hadqim |
| 3 | {disz}ni-id-na-at-{d}suen | Nidnat-Sîn |
| 4 | {disz}na-aw-ra-am-sze-rum | Nawram-šerum |
| 5 | {disz}nu-ur2-{d}utu | Nur-Šamaš |
| 6 | u3 puzur4-{d}marduk ARAD2-du-ka-ma | and Puzur-Marduk is your servant. |
| 7 | a-na s,e-er _gu4 hi-a_ pa-nu-tim | to the rear of the older oxen |
| 8 | sza a-na s,e-er be-li-ni | which to our lord |
| 9 | nu-sza-ri-a-am | of Nušarium |
| 10 | u3 3(disz) me _gu4 hi-a_ u3 _ansze hi-a_ | 300 cows and donkeys |
| 11 | a-na s,e-er be-li-ni | to our lord |
| 12 | nu-usz-ta-ri-a-am | we have sent. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_gu4 hi-a_] u3 _ansze hi-a_ szu-nu | they are oxen and donkeys. |
| 2 | la# ih-ha-ra-ar-ru | they shall not return. |
| 3 | be-el-ni li-iq-bi-ma | our lord may say, and |
| 4 | a-szar sza-am-mu ba-szu-u2 | where the heavens were created, |
| 5 | sza-am-mi na-ap-szu-tim | the šammu of the Apsû |
| 6 | li-ku-lu | they should eat. |
| 7 | u3 3(u) s,u-ha-ru-u2 sza _gu4 hi-a_ | and 30 ṣuharû of cattle |
| 8 | i-re-u2 ku-ru-ma-tam u2-ul i-szu-u2 | they will have no legal claim. |
| 9 | wa-ar-ha-am isz-te-en | later, together |
| 10 | [a]-di# pa-ni be-li-ni ni-im-ma-ru | before our lord we saw. |
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