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BBVO 24, 092-094 no. 1 (P530886)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BBVO 24, 092-094 no. 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P530886 |
| 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 [za-ku]-ra#-a-bi | Thus Zakkurabi |
| 4 | [ARAD-ka-a]-ma# | your servant |
| 5 | [i]-ta#?-ti#-ia#? [{disz}szu]-ub#-ra-am# [i-da-ab-ba-ba]-an#-ni | Šubrum will speak to me |
| 6 | u3# be-li2 i-di [ni-szi] ma#-a-tim ka-li#-[szi-na] | And my lord knows that all the people of the land |
| 7 | be-li2 usz-te-sze-er# u3 i-na szi-pi2-[it, be-li2-ia] | my lord, I have sent out, and by the command of my l[ord] |
| 8 | [_lu2_] u2-um-sza-ar-hu# a-na ha-pi2-ru-tim# | a man will be sent to a robbery. |
| 9 | [u2]-ul# us,-s,i2 i-na-an-na | he will not go out. Now |
| 10 | 5(disz)#? _lu2_ u2-um-sza-ar#-hu-ia i-na ha-la-as, | 5 men, who were entrusted to me, in the division |
| 11 | asz#-na-ki-im{ki} [u3] 5(disz) _lu2_ u2-um-sza-ar-hu-[ia] | Ašnakīm and 5 men he sent to me |
| 12 | [it]-ti# {disz}szu-ub-[ra]-am# isz-tu _lu2_ u2-[um-sza-ar-hu-ia] | with Šubrum, from the man who brought me |
| 13 | [it-ti-szu?] u2-ul i-na-ad-di-[nam-ma] | with him he shall not give, and |
| 14 | [a-li? ha]-ar-ba-a{ki} u2-ka-[al] | the city of Ḫarbaya he shall hold. |
| 15 | [_lu2_ szu-u2 e]-li#-ia da-an | that man will be strong against me. |
| 16 | [szum-ma] li-ib-bi be-li2-ia | If the heart of my lord |
| 17 | [li-wa]-ad#?-di-szu | may he bless him. |
| 18 | [...]-bi#?-lam | ...-bilam |
| 19 | [...]-ra#?-as, | ... to you(?) |
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