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FM 06, 017 (P479739)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479739 |
| 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-Sin |
| 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, your servant |
| 7 | [ki-a-am] be-el-[ni isz]-pu#-ra-ni-a-szi-im | Thus our lord wrote to us: |
| 8 | [um-ma-a-mi] _gu4# hi-a_ sza it-ti szar-re#-e# | The following: oxen that with the king |
| 9 | [ti-la-a-tim a-na] _ha-[la]_ ta-am-hu-ra | for a life of long days you will receive. |
| 10 | [la-a ta-ma-ha]-ra-szu-nu-ti-ma | do not approach them, and |
| 11 | [id-na-nim] i#-nu#-ma im-ta-ak-ru-szu-nu-ti | when he had captured them |
| 12 | [a-na pu]-uh# 1(disz) _sag-ARAD2_ | in exchange for 1 slave |
| 13 | [1(disz) _gu4_] li-id#-[di-nu]-nim | 1 ox let them give to me. |
| 14 | [an-ni-a-tam be-el-ni isz-pu-ra-am] | This our lord wrote to me: |
| 15 | [a-di-ni _gu4 hi-a_ szu-nu-ti] | as far as those oxen |
| 16 | ul# nu#-sza-ri-szu-nu-ti | We did not release them. |
| 17 | szum#-ma a-wa-tum i-in be-li-ni | If the word of our lord |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma#-ah-ra-at _gu4 hi-a_ szu-nu-ti | received. Those oxen |
| 2 | be#-el-ni li-il-qi2-ma | our lord may take, and |
| 3 | a#-na ma-ti-ma i-nu-ma a-na be-li-ni | at any time, when to our lord |
| 4 | i#-du-um it-ta!-ab-szu-u2 | “If he is ill, he will be ill. |
| 5 | [a]-na pu-uh 2(disz) _gu4_ 1(disz) _sag-ARAD2_ | in exchange for 2 oxen and 1 slave |
| 6 | [li-ip-pi2-isz-ma a-na s,e-ri-ni] li-sza#-[bi-lam] | may he make and send to us. |
| 7 | szum#-ma _gu4 hi-a_ szu-nu-ti la na#-t,u2#-u2 [a]-na# le-qi2-[im]-ma | If these oxen are not lost, to take, and |
| 8 | be-el-ni _gu4 hi-a_ szu-nu-ti | our lord these oxen |
| 9 | li-isz-ta-as,-<bi>-ta-am-ma | may he have mercy on me and |
| 10 | u3 [a-na me-ep-tu]-um | and to a deficiency |
| 11 | be-[el-ni li-da-an]-ni-nam-[ma] | our lord should give us, and |
| 12 | [li-isz-pu-ra-am] | may he write to me |
| 13 | [_gu4 hi-a_] szu-nu-ti a-na [babila2{ki}] | these oxen to Babylon |
| 14 | li#-sza-al-li#-[im-szu-nu-ti] | may he keep them alive! |
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