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FM 06, 050 (P479769)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479769 |
| 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 mu-ka-an-ni-szi-im | to Mukannišim |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma aq-ba-a-hu-um-ma | Thus I said: |
| 4 | i-na pa-ni wa-s,i2-ia | in my presence |
| 5 | ke-em ta-aq-be2-em um-ma at-ta-ma | You said thus: |
| 6 | at-ta ta-at-ta-al-la-ak | You have gone |
| 7 | u3 as-su2-re i-na sza-la-at | and assur in the third |
| 8 | _dumu-mesz_ ia-mi-na a-na ip-t,e4-ri | sons of mine to open |
| 9 | i-ri-szu-ni-in-ni a-na-di-in ki-i | I gave to them. When |
| 10 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma szum-ma | Thus (says) I: |
| 11 | i-na _munus-usz-bar-mesz_ u3 _lu2-lu2-mesz_ | from the young women and the men |
| 12 | sza qa-ti-ka 1(disz) i-ri-szu-ka i-di-in | of your hand, one he gave to you. |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ mu-hu-ur u2 ka-ni-ik | the silver that he received and the sealed goods |
| 14 | _lu2-sukkal_ le-qe2 | the vizier shall take. |
| 15 | an-ne2-tim u2-wa-er-ka | this he shall inform you. |
| 16 | i-nu-ma u2-wa-e-ru-ka | when he has brought you |
| 17 | {d}nanna-sza3-la2-su3! iz-za-az-ma | Nanna-šalasu stood, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mi-im-ma a-na be-el te-re-tim | whatever to the lord of extispicies |
| 2 | u2 ha-al-s,i2-im e-li-im | “and a ḫalṣīm elim |
| 3 | ka-ni-ka-ti-ka i-ta-du-nim | they gave me your seals. |
| 4 | u2 _lu2-lu2-mesz_ szu-s,i2-im | and the exalted men |
| 5 | u2-wa-er-ka | he shall prove against you |
| 6 | i-na-an-na bu-nu-<ma>-{d}iszkur | Now, Bunuma-Addu |
| 7 | mu-ru-us, li-ib-bi-szu | who soothes his heart |
| 8 | isz-pu-ra-am um-ma szu-ma a-na | he wrote to me, saying: "He to |
| 9 | be-el te-re-tim ka-ni-ka-ti-szu* | the lord of the extispicies, his friend |
| 10 | it-ta-na-di-in u2 u2-wa-sza-ar | he has given, and he shall redeem. |
| 11 | li-ba-szu ma-di-isz i-zi-iq | “His heart will be very glad. |
| 12 | at-ta a-na te-er-ti-ka-ma | You, to your return |
| 13 | szu-pi2-it, u2 szu-u2 | he smote, and he |
| 14 | a-na te-er-ti-szu-ma li-sza-pi2-it, | (Sum) May he write on his tablet (Akk) To his tablet, he writes on it |
| 15 | at-ta wa-sze-er-ma _ku3-babbar_ mu-hu-ur | You are a lamentation, and the silver is received. |
| 16 | u2 ka-ni-ka-am le-qe2 | and a sealed document taken. |
| 17 | u3 szu-u2 li-wa-sze-er-ma | and he, may he be released, and |
| 18 | _ku3-babbar_ li-im-hu-ur | may he receive the silver. |
| 19 | u2 ka-ni-ka-am li-il5-qe2 | and the guarantee may he take. |
Sources & licences
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