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FM 06, 051 (P479770)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	FM 06, 051
ID	P479770
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 be-el-ka-a-ma	Thus your lord:
4	asz-szum _tug2 hi-a_ sza a-na _lugal-mesz_	Concerning the clothing which to the kings
5	sza ma-a-at za-al-ma-qi2-im	of the land of Zalmaqim
6	szu-bu-lim i-ri-szu-ka-a-ma	“Šubulum is yours,
7	u2#-ul ta-ad-di-in	you did not give.
8	[i]-na#-an-na u4-um tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am	Now, the day of this tablet
9	[te]-sze-em-mu-u2	you hear
reverse
1	1(u) _tug2 hi-a_ dam-qu2-tim	10 fine textiles
2	_i3 du10-ga_ u3 _{gesz}illuru hi-a_	good oil and a jug
3	a-na te-er-di-it ia-ab-ni-{d}da-gan-ma	to enter, Iabni-Dagan
4	i-na 3(disz) _{gi}pisan didli hi-a_	from 3 baskets of various things
5	dam-qu2-tim ku-un-kam-ma	It is a good thing.
6	ar-hi-isz a-na s,e2-ri-ia	quickly to me
7	szu-bi-lam	send me!

Sources & licences

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