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BBVO 24, 104-107 no. 3 (P530888)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BBVO 24, 104-107 no. 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P530888 |
| 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' | [...] i#?-na#? sa#?-[li-mi-im? ...] | ... in peace ... |
| 2' | [i-na-an]-na# nu-ku-ur2-tum sza-ak-na-at# | Now, the nukūrtu-gift is placed. |
| 3' | [{disz}]szu#-ub-ra-am ri-qi2-isz-ma pa-ni-szu isz-[ku-un-ma] | Šubrum took the road and set his face towards him. |
| 4' | i-ta-ti-ia is-hu-ur u2 _dingir_-ka e-li-ia# | he accepted my prayers, and your god over me |
| 5' | iz-zi-iz-ma pa-ag-ri as,-s,u2-ur a-li{ki} | stood, and I guarded the city |
| 6' | i-ra-am-ma-an-ni u2 a-na ri-qa-tim {disz}szu-ub-ra-am | he will love me, and for the sacrifice of Šubrum |
| 7' | u2-da-ab-ba-ba-an-ni pa-ag-ri i-na mi-nim | “He has seized me, my enemy, by whatever means, |
| 8' | a-na-as,-s,a-ar tu-sza _lu2 diri-ga_-ka# | I will keep watch; you are a superior man. |
| 9' | u2-lu-ma _lu2_ bi-ir-tam sza ma-a-tim a-ii#-ti-im-ma | or a citizen of another country |
| 10' | u2#-sze-ri-ba-am-ma i-na-as,-s,a-ra-an-ni | he will bring and keep me safe. |
| 11' | [a]-li#-ma ki i-na-as,-s,a-ra-an-ni-i#-ma e-li a-li-ia | Wherever he keeps watch over me and wherever he goes |
| 12' | u2#-ul# [ta-za-az?] a#-li-ma li-sza-la-an-ni | You will not stand, where should he carry me? |
| 13' | asz-szum {disz}szu-ub-ra-am i#-ta-ti#-ia# is#-hu#-[ru] | Concerning Šubrum, my friend, they received |
| 14' | a-na be-li2-ia ki-a-am asz-pu-ra#-am# [um-ma a-na-ku]-ma# | I wrote to my lord thus: "I myself |
| 15' | la a-ma-at be-li2 1(disz) _lu2_ ARAD-su2 ta-ak#-[la-am] | not the word of my lord, one man is his servant. |
| 16' | li-it,-ru-dam-ma ma#-[ha-ar] | let him bring, and before |
| 17' | {disz}ha-ia3-su2-u2-mu u3 _lugal-mesz_ sza# i-da-[ma-ra-as,] | Haya-sūmu and the kings who he shall kill |
| 18' | a-na-ku# [(x)] x x x x [(x)] x [...] | I ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u2 [a-na ha-ia3-su2-u2-mu] | and to Haiasumu |
| 2' | ki-a-[am asz-pu-ur um-ma-a-mi a-la-nu sza it-ti-ia] | I wrote thus: "The city that is with me |
| 3' | i-ki-ru [a-na ma-ri{ki} a-na s,e-er be-li2-ni] | to Mari, to our lord |
| 4' | li-il-li-ku-nim-[ma 4(disz) _lu2 szu]-gi4#?-mesz#?_-[szu-nu] | they must come, and four of their šugi men |
| 5' | ma-ha-ar {d}i-tur2-me-[er li]-iz#-ku-[ru] | before Itur-mēr may they set |
| 6' | um-ma-a-mi za-ku-ra-a-bi la ni-ba-ru# | “The exorcists, we did not see them! |
| 7' | s,a-bu-um i-na a-li-ni a-na ba-ri-szu | a slave in our city to his brother |
| 8' | la u2-s,u2-u2 {disz}ha-ia3-su2-u2-mu {disz}sa-aq-qa-am | Haiasumu, Saqqam, |
| 9' | u3 {disz}i-bi-ra-am a-na az-ni-ba-at isz-pu-ur | and Ibiram to the aznibat he sent. |
| 10' | um#-ma#-a#-mi isz-tu ta-ak-ki-ra | The following: From Takkira |
| 11' | 4(disz)# _lu2# szu#-gi4#-mesz#_-ku#-[nu] a-na ma-ri{ki} | 4 šugi men to Mari |
| 12' | li-il-li-ku-ma ma-ha-ar i-tur2-me-er | they shall go and return before he will return. |
| 13' | li-it#-mu-u2# {disz}sa-aq-qum 2(disz)-szu il-li-ik-ma | Saqqum two times went, and |
| 14' | [ha-da-na-am a-na] _u4 1(u)-kam_ isz-ku-un-szu-nu-szi-im-ma | “Hadānam for the 10th day set them up, and |
| 15' | [a-di il-li-ku]-nim# a-wa-tim ka-la-szi-na | Until they come, all the words |
| 16' | [...] am#-ma-ar | ... I saw. |
| 17' | [...] x-szu | ... his |
| 18' | [...] x# be-li2 lu#-u2# i#-di | ... my lord should know. |
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