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FM 07, 008 (P479793)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | FM 07, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479793 |
| 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 Darius, your servant: |
| 3 | [tup-pa-am sza a]-na# ia-ri-im-li-im | Tablet which to Yarim-Lîm |
| 4 | [a]-na# s,e#-ri#-ia be-li2 u2-sza-bi-la-am# | my lord sent to me. |
| 5 | [esz]-me#-e-ma t,e4-em be-li2-ia | hear the report of my lord |
| 6 | [ki-ma] sza# i-na tup-pi2-im szu-ut,-t,u2-ra-am | Just as it is written on a tablet |
| 7 | [ma-ha-ar] ia#-ri-im-li-im u3 ap#-la#-ha#-da | in front of Yarim-Līm and Aplaḫada |
| 8 | [u2-ra-ak]-ki-is u3 a-ta-[ap-pu]-ul#-[szu-nu] | I smashed and burned them. |
| 9 | [asz-szum] a#-wi#-li be-li2 li#-[isz-me] | Concerning the man, may my lord hear |
| 10 | [ki-ma a-na ia-ri]-im#-[li-im] | like to Yarim-Lîm |
| 11 | [a-wa-at be-li2]-ia# ad-da-ab#-[bu-bu] | I shall speak the word of my lord |
| 12 | [ki-am i]-pu-la#-[an]-ni# zi-im-ri#-[li-im] | Zimrī-Lim |
| 13 | [_lu2_ na]-ak-ri-[szu u2]-sze-s,i2 i-na#-[an-na] | a man his enemy shall bring out, now |
| 14 | da#-an-nu [e-re]-szu-szu-ma [{disz}su-mu-e-pu-uh] | strong were his forces, and Sūmu-epuḫ |
| 15 | [a]-bi# _dingir_-lam# [ip]-la-ah-ma [ha-da-an-szu] | the father of the god will be frightened and his love will be extended. |
| 16 | [lu ik]-szu-ud ma#-[am-ma] _lugal_ sza-[nu-um u2-ul im-hu-ur-szu] | No other king has received it. |
| 17 | [sza a]-na# {d}utu-[szi-{d}]iszkur# i-di-nu-szu# [il-te-qi2-ma] | who to Šamšī-Adad gave him has taken, and |
| 18 | [su]-mu-e-pu-uh# a-bi szi-bu-[us-su2] | supuḫ his father, his witness |
| 19 | [u2]-ul i-szi-ib [asz]-szum# ma#-at# [...] | He did not dwell there because of the land ... |
| 20 | [sza a]-na {d}utu-szi-{d}iszkur i-di-nu [im-ha-s,u2] | who to Šamšī-Adda gave, they seized |
| 21 | [{d}]iszkur# usz-mi-is-su2 u3 a-di i-[na-an-na] | Iškur made it perfect for him, and now |
| 22 | li#-ib-bi {d}iszkur e-li-ia u2-[ul sza]-bu#-us2 | The heart of Adad did not stand above me. |
| 23 | an-ni-tam i-pu-la-an-ni | he performed this for me. |
| 24 | i-na sza-ni-tim na-pa-al-ti-szu | In another case, his eye |
| 25 | ki-a-am i-pu-la-an-ni zi-im-ri-li-im | Zimrī-Lîm, |
| 26 | t,e4-em {d}iszkur im-ta-szi-i a-di as-su2-ur-re#-ma | the news of Adad he brought to me until I returned and |
| 27 | ki-ma i-na ma-at {d}iszkur mu-un-na-ab-tu | like in the land of Iškur he seized, |
| 28 | i-na qa-a-tim la#-a in-na-ad-di-nu | They shall not give it outside. |
| 29 | zi-im-ri-li-im u2-ul i-de-e | Zimrī-Lîm does not know. |
| 30 | ma-a ki-a-am-ma li-isz3-pu-ra-am | "Let him write me as follows: |
| 31 | _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti i-na _sza3-ba_ ma-ti-ka | those men in your land |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ku-usz#-szi#-is-su2-nu-ti la-a usz-sza-bu | he did not make them dwell in their dwellings. |
| 2 | sza-ni-tum na-pa-al-ti-szu | Another thing: his fearsomeness |
| 3 | i-na sza#-al-szi-im a-pa-li-szu | in the middle of his eye |
| 4 | szum-ma _lu2-mesz_ i-na _sza3-ba_ ma-ti-ia | If men in my land |
| 5 | wa#-asz-bu-ma a-na zi-im-ri-li-im | who dwells and to Zimrī-Lîm |
| 6 | ak#-la-szu-nu-ti i-na _u4_-mi-szu | At that time |
| 7 | zi#-im-ri-li-im ni-zi-ik _sza3-ba_ li-ir-sze-em# | Zimrī-Lîm, the guardian of the heart, may he be at peace. |
| 8 | isz#-tu i-na-an-na a-na sza-na-at a-na szi-it-ta sza-na-[ti] | From now on to the second, to the third, |
| 9 | [a]-na# 1(u) _mu hi-a lu2-mesz_ szu-nu | for 10 years they are men. |
| 10 | [a]-na ma-ti-ia u3 na-am-la-ka-ti-ia | to my land and my lands |
| 11 | li#-is3-hu-ru-nim li-ru-bu-nim-ma | may they return to me, may they enter me |
| 12 | a#-ka-as-su2-szu-nu-ti-ma | I defeated them, and |
| 13 | [a]-na s,e-er zi-im-ri-li-im# | to Zimrī-Lim |
| 14 | [u2]-sza-ar-ra-szu-nu-[ti] | he made them live. |
| 15 | [szum]-ma an-ni-tam a-na zi-im-[ri-li-im] | If this to Zimrī-Lim |
| 16 | [la]-a a-ka-as,-s,a-[ar] | I shall not keep watch. |
| 17 | [{d}]iszkur be-el ha-la-ap ia-ri-[im-li-im] | Iškur, lord of destruction, Yarim-Līm |
| 18 | [li]-sza-al an-ni-tam i-pu-la-an-ni | May he listen to what this has done to me. |
| 19 | [a]-na# a-mu-ud-pi2-i-la isz-pu-ra#-[am um-ma-mi] | to Amu-dpila wrote me, thus: |
| 20 | [sa]-am#-si-{d}iszkur a-ia-bu sza zi#-[im-ri-li-im] | Samsi-Adad, the father of Zimrī-Lîm |
| 21 | [a-na] s,e#-ri-ka it-ta-al-ka-[am] | has come to you. |
| 22 | [a-wi]-lam sza#-a-tu i-na ma-ti#-[ka-ma] | that man in your land |
| 23 | [szu]-s,i2#-szu# la-a usz-sza#-[ab] | his possessions shall not reside. |
| 24 | [asz]-szum# ia-gi-ih-{d}iszkur [a-na ap]-la#-ha-an-[da] | Concerning Iagih-Adda to Aplahanda |
| 25 | [a-wa]-tim ki-a-am# [is,-ba]-as#-su2-um# | the words thus seized him |
| 26 | [ki-ma a-wa]-tim sza be-li2-ia | according to the word of my lord |
| 27 | [u2]-sza#-ah-si2-isz-szu sza-ap-ti isz#-me-e | He heard the utterances of the lips. |
| 28 | [_lu2_ szu-u2] ur-ra-am sze-ra-am | that man in the future, in the ye[ar] |
| 29 | [i-ma]-ra#-s,a-ak-ku-um | they will kill you. |
| 30 | [sza a-na] ia#-ri-im-li-im aq-bi-szum | which I said to Yarim-Lim |
| 31 | [ia-ri]-im-li-im ke-em-ma iq-bi-szum | Iarim-Līm said to him thus: |
| 32 | [ap-la]-ha-an-du i-pu-ul-szu# | Apla-ḫāndu performed it. |
| 33 | [u2-ul isz]-bu#-us2 a-na [...] | he did not sit, to ... |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | [... sza]-ap#-ti-a | ... my lips |
| 2 | [...]-su2 | ... his |
| 3 | [... an-ni-tam] i-pu-ul | ... performed this ... |
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