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Iraq 39, 147-153 (P525917)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 39, 147-153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525917 |
| 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 mu-ka-an-ni-szi-im | to Mukannišim |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma be-el-ka-a-ma | Thus your lord: |
| 4 | asz-szum _tug2_ ta-ad-di-e-tim e-pe2-szi-im | concerning the garments of the taddītum work |
| 5 | u2-wa-e-er-ka-a-ma a-di i-na-an-na _tug2_ szu#-u2# | he shall release you, and until now that garment |
| 6 | u2-ul in-ne-pi2-isz i-na-an-na ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra#-am | Now, you wrote me thus: |
| 7 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma _siki hi-a_ a-na _tug2_ sza-a-tu# | Thus you: the wool for that garment |
| 8 | szu-ta-am-t,a3-a u3 1(disz) {kusz}gu-sa-nu-um | Šu-tamṭāya and 1 gusanum-garment |
| 9 | sza _siki hi-a lu2_ babila2{ki} i-ba-asz-szi | of wool the man of Babylon there is |
| 10 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma {kusz}gu-sa-nu-um szu-u2 | my lord should write to me that he is a gusanû-garment |
| 11 | _igi_ {munus}{d}iszkur-du-ri li-ip-pe2-ti-ma# | before Adad-dūrī may he open, and |
| 12 | _siki hi-a_ mi-t,i3-it _tug2_ sza-a-ti li-di-nu-nim | the wool of that garment may they give me. |
| 13 | an-ni-tam ta-asz-pu-ra-am | this you wrote me. |
| 14 | mi-nu-um an-ni-it-ta#-a#-an sza a-na _siki hi-a lu2_ babila2#{ki} | What is this that to the clothing of the man of Babylon |
| 15 | ta-at-ta-asz-ka-na-ma u3 tu-da-ba-ba-ni-ne | You have brought it to me, and you have caused me to seize it. |
| 16 | pa-na-nu-um i-nu-ma ia-ah-du-un-li-im | When Yaḫdun-Līm |
| 17 | {disz}{d}utu-szi-{d}iszkur u3 ia-as2-ma-ah-{d}iszkur | Šamšī-Adda and Iasmaḫ-Adad |
| 18 | a-na _siki hi-a lu2_ babila2{ki} ma-a i-qa-al-lu | to the wool of the man of Babylon, saying: “they will slaughter.’ |
| 19 | u3 lu-bu-usz-ta-szu-nu u2-ul i-ip-pe2-szu | and their lubuštānu-offerings he will not do. |
| 20 | at-la-ak _siki hi-a_ szi-na u2-ul i-ba-asz-sze | I went, but there was no wool. |
| 21 | i-na _siki hi-a_ sza bu-qu2-um _e2-gal_-lim | from the wool of the palace rations |
| 22 | ma-li i-ba-asz-sze-e _siki hi-a_ ma-li _tug2_ sza-a-tu# | There is wool, there is wool. That garment |
| 23 | a-na na-sa-ki-im u2-ul i-ba-asz-sze-e# | there will be no reopening (of the case) |
| 24 | [i]-na#-[an]-na a-na _siki hi-a lu2_ babila2#{ki#} | Now for the clothing of the man of Babylon |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mi#-im#-ma# la ta-qa-a-al | You should not eat anything. |
| 2 | i-na _siki hi-a_ sza bu-qu2-um# _e2#-gal_-lim-ma# | from the wool of the storehouse of the palace |
| 3 | _siki hi-a_ dam-qa#-tim [sza] a#-na# _tug2_ sza-a#-tu | good quality wool that for that garment |
| 4 | i-re-ed-de-e u2-su2#-uq# | he will be able to carry out the repairs. |
| 5 | u2-lu-ma a-szar# pu-ul#-lu#-szi-im# pu-ul#-li-isz-ma | “As for the place where she is torn out, I will tear her out, and |
| 6 | _siki hi-a_ a-na pa-an# _tug2_ sza#-[a-tu] szu#-ta#-am-li-im# | the wool before that garment shall be weighed out. |
| 7 | le-qe2-e-ma ar-hi#-isz# _tug2_ szu-u2 li-in-ne-pi2-isz | take, and quickly that garment may be made. |
| 8 | u3 at-la-ak _siki# hi#-a i-na _e2-gal_-lim u2-ul i-ba-asz-sze-ma# | and I went. There was no wool in the palace, and |
| 9 | at-ta u2-ul tu-pa-la-asz ma-a _siki hi-a_ | You do not listen, saying: “The wool |
| 10 | u2-ul te#-le-qe2-e | you will not take. |
| 11 | i-na-an-na _siki hi-a_ | Now, the wool |
| 12 | a-szar pu-ul-lu-szi-im pu-ul-li-isz-ma | Where she lies down, lie down, and |
| 13 | ar-hi-isz _tug2_ szu-u2 a-na pa-ni-ia li-in-ne-pi2-isz | quickly that garment to me may he quickly make. |
| 14 | u3 a-na# _lu2-azlag2_ u3 _munus-usz-bar_ dan-na-tim szu-ku-un-ma | and to the smith and the chief weaver put, and |
| 15 | _tug2#_ szu-u2# ki-ma _tug2_ tu-ut-tu-be2-e-em szu-ta-a-am | that garment, like a garment, you will remove it. |
| 16 | u3 bi-it-tam dam-qi2-isz lu-u2 na-si2-ik | and a good house shall be placed. |
| 17 | u3 lu-<u2> ka-s,i-ir u3# ki-ma ru-uq-qi2-im# sza _ku3-babbar_ | and he should be bound, and like a ruqqim of silver |
| 18 | li-ib-bi _tug2_ sza-a-tu lu-u2# i-ba-asz-szi | that garment there may be. |
| 19 | _tug2_ szu-u2 su-ni ia-am-ha-di#-i isz-sza-ak-ka-an | that garment, a šūnu-garment of Yamḫadî he placed. |
| 20 | u3 ki-ma _tug2_ hu-usz2-sze-e-em s,i2-ir-pu-um | and like a ḫuššēm-garment of red wool |
| 21 | in-na-ad-di#-i#* x? as-su-ur-re | he has sworn. I shall return |
| 22 | a-na _tug2_ sza-a-tu# sza#-te#-e-em | to that garment |
| 23 | u3 bi-it-tam usz*-ta-ba-at-tu-ma* | and a claim arises, and |
| 24 | u3 i-na zu-na-tim sza-ka-ki-im | and placed in a grave. |
| 25 | zu-na-tum i-ka-ab-bi-ta-ma | “If he slips through a hole’s door, |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | u3 _tug2_ usz-ta-ar-ra-at, dan-na-tim | and the garments he made strong, |
| 2 | szu-ku-un-ma a-na _tug2_ sza-a-tu | place, and for that garment |
| 3 | ma-di-isz li-i'2-'i3-du _tug2_ szu-u2 | very much that garment |
| 4 | a-na pa*-an* i#*-na#*-tim#* [sza] ma-tim ka-li-sza | before the days of all the lands |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | isz-sza-ak-ka-an | he placed. |
| 2 | sza mi-im-ma szu-um-ma-nu-um | of whatever else |
| 3 | i-na _tug2_ sza-a-tu la na-ab-szi-i-im | in that garment is not to be worn |
| 4 | e-pu-usz2 | he built. |
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