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FM 07, 007 (P479792)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 07, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479792 |
| 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 _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | Thus Dariš-libūr, your servant: |
| 3 | i-na _u4 7(disz)-kam_-mi sza a-na ha-la-ab[{ki} e]-ru-bu | on the 7th day when they entered Halabu |
| 4 | ki-a-am a-na ia-ri-im-li-im aq-bi | Thus I said to Yarim-Līm: |
| 5 | be-li2 li-pu-la-an-ni-ma | my lord should send me, and |
| 6 | u3 lu-ul-li-ik an-ni-tam aq-bi-szu-um | And I said to him: "Let me go!" |
| 7 | i-na sza-ni-im _u4_-mi-im is3-si-in-ni-ma | in another day he called me, and |
| 8 | ki-a-am iq-be2-em _lugal-mesz_-nu szu-nu | thus said, they are kings. |
| 9 | i-na li-ib-bi ma-ti-ia | in my land |
| 10 | u2-ul wa-asz-[bu] | are not present. |
| 11 | szum-ma i-na li-ib-bi ma#-[ti-ia wa-asz-bu-ma] | If in the heart of my land a man resides |
| 12 | u3 a-na zi-im-ri-li-[im a]-ka#-la#-a-szu#-nu#-[ti] | and to Zimrī-Lîm their food |
| 13 | {d}iszkur be-el ha-la-ab#[{ki} ia]-ri#-im-li-im | Iškur the lord of Halab Yarim-Lim |
| 14 | li-sza-al# u3 isz-tu# [i-na-an]-na | and from now |
| 15 | a-na sza-na#-[at a]-na# szi-it#-[ta sza-na]-ti-im | to the second, to the third, |
| 16 | [a]-na# 1(u)# [_mu hi-a_ a]-na# li-ib#-[bi ma]-ti-ia | for 10 years to the heart of my land |
| 17 | [li-ru-bu]-ni#-im-[ma] | may they enter, and |
| 18 | [lu-uk]-su2#-szu-nu-ti-ma | let me bind them, and |
| 19 | [a-na s,e]-er# zi-im#-ri-li-im | to Zimrī-Lim |
| 20 | [lu-us]-hu#-ra-[szu]-nu-ti | I shall return them to them. |
| 21 | [_lu2-mesz_ szu]-nu [i]-na da-ad-mi-im | those men in battle |
| 22 | [u2-ul wa]-asz#-bu | are not present. |
| 23 | [an-ni]-tam# i-pu-la-an-ni | This is what he has done to me. |
| 24 | [u3 i-na a]-wa-ti-im ki-a-am | and by the same word |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [as,]-ba-as#-su2 um-ma-a da-ad-mu-um | I seized him, saying: "Admum |
| 2 | [ka]-lu-szu u3 i-ma-ar{ki} | all of it and Imar |
| 3 | [u2-ul] ku-u2-um-ma-a u3 ma-at-ka-ma-a | I am not yours, nor your land |
| 4 | [an-na]-num# _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-<ti> be-li2 ik-la | Anu, those men, my lord, swore. |
| 5 | [an-ni]-am aq-bi-szu-um | I said to him this: |
| 6 | [u3 _lu2]-mesz# szu-gi_ i-ma-ar{ki} i-si-ma | and the šuku-officials of Imar gathered, and |
| 7 | a-wa#-[tim] ki#-a-am i-di-in-szu-nu-szi-im | the words thus gave to them |
| 8 | _lugal-mesz#_ sza# _dumu#-mesz_ ia-mi-na | the kings of my sons |
| 9 | i-na i-[ma-ar]{ki} la-a u2-sza-bu | in Imar he did not dwell |
| 10 | szu-s,e2-szu-[nu-ti] isz#-tu i-na-an-na | As of now, |
| 11 | ma-ti-ma la#-a [u2-sza]-bu | nobody will raise a claim. |
| 12 | szum-ma i-tu-ur-ru#-ma | If he returns, and |
| 13 | _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu a-na i-ma-[ar{ki}] | those men to Imar |
| 14 | i-ru-bu a-na-ku#-[ma] | entered, and I |
| 15 | u3 zi-im-ri-li-im it-ti-[ku-nu] | and Zimri-Lim with you |
| 16 | ni-na-ak-ki-ir an-ni-tam a-wa#-tam# | This is a word |
| 17 | iq-bi-szu-nu-szi-im-ma ki-a-am | said to them, and thus |
| 18 | i-pu-lu _lu2-mesz_ nu-sze-s,i2 | they performed, but the men did not go out |
| 19 | isz-tu i-na-an-na ma-ti-ma | From now on, nobody |
| 20 | a-na i-ma-ar{ki} u2-ul i-ru-bu | to Imar they shall not enter. |
| 21 | an-ni-tam i-pu-lu-szu | this they performed against him |
| 22 | asz-szum ia-gi-ih-{d}iszkur | Concerning Iagih-Addu |
| 23 | u3 sa-am-si-{d}iszkur | and Samsi-Addu |
| 24 | sza i-na ka-ar-ka-mi-is3{ki} | which in Carchemish |
| 25 | wa-asz-bu | stationed |
| 26 | ap-la-ha-an-du | Apla-ḫandu |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | a-na ha-la-ab{ki} | to Halab |
| 2 | i-la-kam | will come. |
| 3 | u3 a-wa-tum | and a word |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | isz-sza-ak-ka-na | he placed. |
| 2 | t,e4-ma-am ma-la | report as much as |
| 3 | i-pa-la-an-ni | he will examine me. |
| 4 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | to my lord |
| left col 3 | ||
| 1 | a-sza#-[ap-pa-ra-am] | I shall send. |
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