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FM 06, 079 (P479786)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479786 |
| 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# ia-as2-ma-ah-{d}iszkur# | To my lord Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ta-ri-im-sza-ki-im# | Thus Tarim-šakim |
| 4 | ARAD2#-ka#-a#-ma | your servant |
| 5 | isz-tu ka#-ak-ka-bu-um ni-rum | From the kakkabû-vessel |
| 6 | isz-hi-t,u2 mu-u2 i#-na _i7_ pu#-ra#-tim# | he smashed, the night in the canal of Puratum |
| 7 | e#-li sza# sza#-da#-ag#-di-im | above that of Šadagdim |
| 8 | [im]-t,u2#-ma [ma]-al# 4(disz)# u2-ba-na-tim | he weighed out, and there were 4 ubanātums. |
| 9 | [im-t,u2]-u2#? u3# i-na _i7-da# {d}hilib_ | and in the river Ḫibi |
| 10 | [mu-u2 e-li] sza# mi-ne2-tim im-t,u2-u2 | he who is above anything else has died. |
| 11 | [ki-ma mu-u2 a]-di#-ni la# i-ba#-lu# | Like a young man, until now they did not live. |
| 12 | a-di# u4-mi#-im an-ni-im u2-ul ah#-t,u2#-ut | As long as I live, I will not be negligent. |
| 13 | [...] x sza#? _lu2_ na-sza#-x-x | ... of the man ... |
| 14 | [...]-x | |
| 16 | [...]-ma#? | ... and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] mi#? [...] | ... what ...? |
| 2 | [i-na-an-na s,a]-ba#-am sza ha-la-as, | Now there is a sling for splitting. |
| 3 | [ma-ri]{ki} 4(u) ki-na-te-e | Mari, 40 kināte |
| 4 | [at,-ru]-ud-ma 1(disz) li-im 5(disz) me e-pi2-isz-tum# | I sent, and 1 thousand 5 hundred workmen |
| 5 | i#-na# [_ka2_] na#-ah-lim i-ba-asz#-szu-u2 | at the gate of Nahlim there are |
| 6 | x x [x] x x x x it/sza?-tim | ... the month |
| 7 | [x]-x [...] ba? x nim#? [x x]-i | ... ... |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | x-ha-[...] | ... ... |
| 10 | i-na ma#?-[...] | In ... |
| 11 | AZ-x-[...] | ...- |
| 12 | isz-[...] | ... ... |
| 13 | AN-x-[...] | AN-... |
| 14 | u3#? [...] | and(?) |
| 15 | a#-na# [...] | to ... |
Sources & licences
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