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RA 064, 103-106 (P497907)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | RA 064, 103-106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P497907 |
| 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 mi-ip-tu-u2-ma | Thus Iptu: |
| 4 | ARAD-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | i-na pa-ni-tim-ma asz-szum _an-na_ i-na _e2-gal_-lim | in the past because of the tin in the palace |
| 6 | la-a i-ba-asz-szu-u2 u3 an-na-ku-um-ma | there is none, and I myself |
| 7 | hi-sze-eh-ti _e2-gal_-lim i-na pi2 be-li2-ia esz-me | the palace debts from the mouth of my lord heard |
| 8 | u3 a-nu-um-ma i-na-an-na | Now then |
| 9 | _2(u) 9(disz) ansze# hi-a_ u3 _4(u) 4(disz) lu2-mesz_ tam-ka-ru* | 29 homers of wheat and 44 Tamkaru men |
| 10 | sza an-na-ka-am na-szu u3 isz-tu esz3-nun-na{ki} il-li-ku-nim | who is in this place, and who came from Ešnunna, |
| 11 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | to my lord |
| 12 | usz2-ta-ri-asz-szu-nu-u2-ti | he caused them to die. |
| 13 | szum-ma be-li2# an#-na#-ka-am | If my lord is here |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ha-sze-eh be-li2 a-na _ugula dam-gar3-mesz_ | my lord to the foreman of merchants |
| 2 | li-iq-bi-ma | may he say and |
| 3 | u3 _ugula dam-gar3-mesz_ a-na _an-na_ li-'i3-id | and the foreman of merchants to Anu may he weigh out. |
| 4 | u3-la-szu-ma be-li2 a-na pa-an _ansze hi-a_ | Moreover, my lord before the donkeys |
| 5 | u3-lu-u2 a-na hi-da-an{ki} lu-u2 a-na de-er{ki} | either to Hidan or to Dēr |
| 6 | e-eb-bi-szu-u2 li-it,-ru-ud-ma | may his radiance be released, and |
| 7 | u3 an-na-ku-um a-na qa-tim* sza-ni-tim | And I myself, in another hand, |
| 8 | la-a i-na-ad-di-in | he shall not give |
| 9 | sza-ni-tam an-na-ak-szu-nu-u2 | Another thing: I have done to them. |
| 10 | asz-hu-ut-ma u2-ul ak-nu-uk | I seized, but I did not seal it. |
| 11 | asz-szum tup-pa-tim u2-ba-ah-hi-szu-nu-ti | Concerning the tablets he will bring them, |
| 12 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma mi-de-e | Thus (says) I: what do you know? |
| 13 | tup-pa-tim a-ie-esz-ma u2-sze-te-qu2 | I have written tablets and checked (them). |
| 14 | ha-al-s,um sza-lim | “Ḫalṣum is well. |
Sources & licences
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