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FM 06, 023 (P479744)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479744 |
| 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] ia-tap-hu-um _ARAD2_-ka#-[a-ma] | Thus Yataphum, your servant: |
| 3 | [isz-tu] _iti# 3(disz)-kam_ asz-szum szu-zu-ub# [_e2-gal_-la-tim]{ki#} | From the 3rd month concerning the dissolution of Egallatim |
| 4 | [a-na] be#-li2-ia asz2-ta-pa-ra-[am] | I have written to my lord. |
| 5 | [ne2-eh]-ra-rum u2-ul ib-ba-szi-[ma] | there will be no extispicy and |
| 6 | [na-ak]-ru# a-na na-ri-im u2-s,u2-nim#-[ma] | they brought the enemy into the city and |
| 7 | [a-lam] ki#-da{ki} i-na _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ dan-[nu-tim] | the city of Kida with mighty weapons |
| 8 | [is,-ba-tu i-na] ki# ma#-s,i2 _u4_-mi im-[ta-aq-tu]-u2 | they seized, and when they approached the day, they fell. |
| 9 | [x x x x x i-na]-an#-na# [...] | ... Now ... |
| 10 | [... a-lam _e2-gal_-la-tim{ki}] | the city of the palace of Latium |
| 11 | [u3 asz]-szu#-ur{ki} i-na-[as-sa3-ah] | and Assyria he shall remove |
| 12 | _szu#-gi#-mesz nita-mesz munus#-mesz dumu-gaba-mesz#_ | Šugīs, men, women, and children, |
| 13 | [a]-lam# _e2-gal_-la-tim{ki} u3 asz-szu-ur#[{ki}] | the city of Egallatim and Assur |
| 14 | i-na-as-sa3-ah u3 i-na la# wa#-ta-ar | he shall remove, and in the absence of a claim |
| 15 | isz#-tu a-la-ni# [szu-nu]-ti# | From among them |
| 16 | [i-na-as-sa3-hu a-lam _e2]-gal_-la-tim{ki} | he razed, the city Palace of Latium |
| 17 | [u3 asz-szu-ur{ki}] | and Assur |
| 18 | [ki-ma] ka-la-[am la ni-le-u2] | like a total stranger, |
| 19 | [nu-na]-qa-ar [i-na-an-na] | Now then |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [na-sa3]-ha-am i-s,a-ab-ba-at-ma# | he will be seized by asaḫam-disease and |
| 2 | ki-ma ne2#-eh-ra-rum a-na a-lim _e2-gal_-la-tim | like a neḫrāru to the city of the palace |
| 3 | u3 asz-szu-ur{ki} la ib-ba-szu-u2 | and Assyria did not establish, |
| 4 | a-na le-[em]-nim# u2-ta-ar-ma | to evil he shall return and |
| 5 | x x [...] pa-ni-szu | ... his face |
| 6 | i#?-hu#-[zu? x x a-na] mi#-nim# be-li2 a-na a-lim | What does my lord say to the important one? |
| 7 | _e2-gal_-la-tim{ki} u3 asz-szu-ur{ki} | the palace of Latium and Assur |
| 8 | a-ah-szu na-di wa-ar-ki a-[la]-ne2#-e szu-nu-[ti] | his brother, after they were born, |
| 9 | na-sa3-hi-im u2-ul i-si-il-ti ma-a-tim# | the nasaḫim-offering did not provide for the land |
| 10 | ka-li-sza ip-ta-t,a3-[ar]-ma | her whole body he seized, and |
| 11 | a#-na le-em-nim! it-tu-ur2#-szu | turned him into a criminal |
| 12 | [be-li2] it-ti _lugal-mesz_ sza ni-isz# _dingir-mesz_ | My lord with the kings of the assembly of the gods |
| 13 | [iz-ku]-ru# li-isz-ta-pa-ar# [t,e4]-em#?-szu-nu# | May he send me their report. |
| 14 | [s,a-bi]-it# _lugal-mesz_ szu-nu it-ti [be-li2-ia] | They are kings' captives. With my lord |
| 15 | [li-ik]-pu#-du-ma | may he perform, and |
| 16 | [a-lam _e2-gal_-la]-tim#{ki} u3 asz-szu-ur{ki} | the city of Egallātum and Assur |
| 17 | [be-li2 li]-sze-zi-ib | my lord may he release. |
| 18 | [isz]-tu# pa-ak-ki a-lim asz2-la-ka#{ki} | from the border of the city of Ašlak |
| 19 | [be]-li2# it-ta-na-as2-ha-[ru] | my lord has repeatedly asked me: |
| left | ||
| 1 | [sza szu-zu-ub a-lim _e2-gal_-la-tim{ki}] | of the exit of the important one of the palace of Latium |
| 2 | [u3 asz-szu-ur{ki} be]-li2# li-pu-sza#-am [(x)] | and Assyria my lord may do |
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