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FM 06, 060 (P479779)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479779 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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] | to my lord |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma mu-ka#-[an-ni-szu-um] | Thus Mukannishum |
| 4 | ARAD#-ka-a-[ma] | your servant |
| 5 | asz-szum _3(disz) tug2_ mar-da-[tim] | Concerning the 3 mardatum garments |
| 6 | ia#-am#-ha#-da#-tim# sza# a#-na# [...] | Yamḫadātum, who to ... |
| 7 | il-la-ka be-li2 u2-[wa-e-ra-ni] | will come, my lord will inform me. |
| 8 | a-hi-id-ma _1(disz) tug2_ mar-[da-tum] | I rented, and 1 mardatum garment |
| 9 | ia#-am#-ha#-da#-tum# i-ba-asz-[szi] | Yamḫadatum there is |
| 10 | u3# _2(disz) tug2_ mar-da-tum la-bi-[ra-tum] | and 2 mardatu-garments of old, |
| 11 | [sza i-na qa]-tim | which in the hand |
| 12 | i-nu-ma be-li2 [la]-a u2-s,u2-u2 | when my lord did not go out |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _tug2_ mar-da-tim ka-la-szi-na | all the mardātu-garments |
| 2 | sza it-ti-ia i-ba-asz-sze-e | who are with me, |
| 3 | a-na ia-ab-ni-{d}da-gan | to Yabni-Dagan |
| 4 | ap!(AD)-qi2-id | I entrusted |
| 5 | u3 1(disz)-szu be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | and once my lord wrote me |
| 6 | _2(disz) tug2_ mar-da-tim | 2 mardatum textiles, |
| 7 | u2-sza-bi-lam | he sent. |
| 8 | be-li2 ia-ab-ni-{d}da-gan | my lord, Iabni-Dagan |
| 9 | li-wa-e-er-ma | may he ask, and |
| 10 | asz#-ra#-nu#-um# _2(disz) tug2_ mar-da-tim _sag#_ | Ašrum, 2 mardātum-garments, the head |
| 11 | [sza u2-sza]-bi-lam | which he sent |
| 12 | [la-a] ik-ka-la | he did not eat |
Sources & licences
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