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FM 07, 006 (P479791)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 07, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479791 |
| 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 qi2-bi2-[ma] | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | [um]-ma# da-ri-isz-li-bur | Thus Darišlibūr |
| 3 | [ARAD2]-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 4 | ki-ma a-na tu-ut-tu-ul{ki} | like to Tuttul |
| 5 | ak-szu-du t,e4-em _lugal-mesz_ | news of the kings |
| 6 | i-na a-hi-ti-ia asz2-ta-a-al-ma | I sat down with my brother, and |
| 7 | um-ma-a-mi su-mu-da-bi-i | the mother of Sumu-dabi, |
| 8 | ha-ar-du#-um u3 sa-am-si-{d}iszkur | Ḫardum and Samsi-Addu |
| 9 | isz-tu da-ad-mi#-im | from Dādmum |
| 10 | a-na se2-er-da{ki} il-li-ku-nim | to Šerda they went |
| 11 | [_e2_]-it 1(disz) a-wi-lim _lu2_ ia#-hu-ra{ki} | a house of 1 man, a man of Yahura |
| 12 | [i]-na# se2-er-da i-ba-asz-szi | there will be in the future. |
| 13 | [_u4 n]-kam_-mi i-na _e2_-it a-wi-lim sza-ti usz#-bu | nth day, in that man's house he dwelled. |
| 14 | [u3 ki]-a-am di-bu-szu-nu | and as their case |
| 15 | [um-ma]-mi szu-nu-ma isz-tu i-na#-[an]-na# | They are saying: "From now on |
| 16 | [_iti] u4 3(u)-kam_-mi a-di# ma-ti-ni | The 30th day of the month, as far as our country |
| 17 | [la-a ni-ir-ru]-bu# | we shall not enter. |
| 18 | [...] | |
| 19 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [it-ta-la]-ka-asz-szu-nu-szi#-im# | has come to them |
| 2 | [_dumu-mesz_] szi#-ip-ri-szu-nu | sons of their work |
| 3 | [a-na ah-hi]-szu-nu ka-ia-ni-isz | steadfastly |
| 4 | [it-ta-na]-al#-la-ku | they keep going |
| 5 | [tup-pa]-tim# ma-ah-re-tim-ma | earlier tablets |
| 6 | [li]-it#-ba-lu-szu-nu-szi-im | may they keep them alive. |
| 7 | [an]-ni-tam | This |
| 8 | [i-na] tu-ut-tu-ul{ki} esz-me | in Tuttul he heard |
| 9 | [sza]-ni-tam i-na a-hu-na-a{ki} | another in Ahunaya |
| 10 | _2(disz) munus-usz-bar 1(disz) lu2-azlag2 3(disz) _ansze hi-a_ | 2 weavers, 1 fuller, 3 homers of wheat |
| 11 | _1(u) tug2 hi-a 1(disz) munus_ asz-sza-as-su2 | 10 hi-a garments, 1 woman, his wife |
| 12 | 1(disz) _dumu_-szu sza ha-ar-di-im | 1 son of Ḫardum, |
| 13 | a-na ha-ar-di-im qe2-er-bi-isz | in the middle of battle |
| 14 | [i-ba-szu]-u2 | there is |
| 15 | [sza esz]-mu-u2 | of the ešmû |
| 16 | [a-na be-li2-ia asz]-pu-ra-am | I wrote to my lord |
| 17 | [i-na a-hi-ti]-ia | in my absence |
| 18 | [t,e4]-ma#-am | report |
| 19 | [sza e-le-eq-qe2]-em | which he took |
| 20 | [a-na be]-li2#-ia | to my lord |
| 21 | [a-sza]-ap#-pa-ra-am | I shall send. |
Sources & licences
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