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FM 06, 080 (P479787)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 06, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479787 |
| 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 be-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma ha-am-mi-sza-gi-isz | thus Hammi-šagiš |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | tup-pa-am sza be-li2 u2-sza-bi-lam esz-me | The tablet that my lord sent me is new. |
| 6 | be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am um-ma-a-mi 2(disz) am-ma-tim | My lord wrote me thus: |
| 7 | pi2-i _i7-da_ szu-up-pi2-il-ma | send me the mouth of the river, and |
| 8 | me-e ma-du#-tim# le#-qe2-e-em pi2-i _i7-da_ | Take the water of many rivers! |
| 9 | u2-sza-ap-pa-al a-na szi-ip-ri-im e-pe2-szi-im | he will send to the work on it. |
| 10 | a#-hu-um u2#-ul# na-di | “My brother, I will not give it to you! |
| 11 | u3 me-e ma-du#-tim | and water of many |
| 12 | sza sze-be2-e _e2-gal_-lim u3 mu-usz-ke-nim | of the barley of the palace and the muškēnum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a#-le-eq-qe-e-[em] | I will take. |
| 2 | sza-ni-tam be-li2 ki#-a-am isz-pu#-ra#-[am] | Secondly, my lord wrote me thus: |
| 3 | um-ma-a-mi as-su-ur-re _i7-da gal#_ | My mother, I have sent a message to the great river |
| 4 | i-ma-at,-t,i3-ma mu-u2 a-na _i7-da_ ma#-asz-qi2-tim | he shall measure out, and the day to the waterway of the quay |
| 5 | i-ma-at,-t,u2-u2 an-ni-tam be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | This my lord wrote to me. |
| 6 | isz-tu ka-ak#-ka-bu-um ni-rum isz-hi-t,a3-am | After the kakkabû-vessel he cut off the nīru-flour |
| 7 | a-di _u4 1(u)-kam_-ma mu-u2 2(disz) u2-ba-na-tim | until the 10th day, the year 2 of Ubanatum |
| 8 | 3(disz) u2-ba-na-tim i-ma-at,-t,u2-u2 | 3 ubanātum-vessels they shall discard, |
| 9 | wa-ar-ka-nu-um u4-mu-um 2(disz) u2-ba-na-tim | After that, for two days |
| 10 | u4-mu-um 3(disz) u2-ba-na-tim _i7-da_ i-ma-al-la | daily 3 ubanātum of the river he shall fill |
Sources & licences
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