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FM 06, 061 (P479780)

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

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DesignationFM 06, 061
IDP479780
Museum no.NMSDeZ — ?
CollectionNational Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotMari (mod. Tell Hariri)
Coordinates34.5504, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1a-na be-li2-iaTo my lord
2qi2-bi2-maspeak!
3um-ma mu-ka-an-ni-szummukannišum,
4ARAD2-ka#-a#-mayour servant
5_4(disz) ma-na ku3-sig17_ sza be-li24 minas of gold belonging to my lord
6{disz}[...]-kum...-kum
7u2-sza-bi-[lam]he sent.
8[a-na s,e]-er be-li2-ia [...]to my lord
9[...]
10[...] ma [...]... ...
11[...] da [...]... beside ...
12[...] ma [...]... ...
reverse
1[...]
2[...]
3[x]-tu-um sza-ak#-na-at... is placed
4u3 a-na szi-ip-[ri] _gibil_ e-[pe2-szi-im]and for the new work to be done
5sza be-li2 id-di-na#-amwhich my lord gave me
6a-hu-um u2-[ul] na-dia brother shall not give
7szi-ip-ra-am sza# e-nu-ti-imThe work of the enūtum priestess
8s,a-ab-tu u3 ki-ma sza be-li2seized, and as my lord
9u2-wa-e-ra-an-ni i-na pa-nihe made me enter, in the presence
10_lu2_ eb-bi u3 _lu2-simug(|DE2.A|)the pure man and the smith
11_ka2_ u2-ka-an-ne2-emhe shall seal the gate.
12da-an-na-tum sza-ak-nafirmly established

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