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BBVO 20, 059-074 (P530954)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BBVO 20, 059-074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P530954 |
| 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 ia-ri-im-{d}iszkur | Thus Yarim-Addu |
| 4 | ARAD-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | ge-er-ru sza be-li2-ia | the harvest of my lord |
| 6 | a-ah ha-bu-ur i-na a-la-ki-ka | “Habūr, when you go, |
| 7 | be-li2 a-na qe2-er-be2-tim | my lord in the middle |
| 8 | la i-t,e4-eh-hi | he shall not return. |
| 9 | a-na qa-t,u2-na-an-ma{ki} | to Qaṭunanma |
| 10 | isz-tu qa-at,-t,u2-na-an{ki} | from Qaṭṭunan |
| 11 | a-na la-ti-hi-im{ki} | to Latihim |
| 12 | isz-tu la-ti-hi-im{ki} | from Latihum |
| 13 | a-na ma-ak-ri-sa{ki} | to Makrisa |
| 14 | a-na za-ha-tim{ki} | to Zaḫatum |
| 15 | a-na qi2-ir-da-ha-at{ki} | to Qirdahat |
| 16 | a-na ia-ha-sa-an{ki} | to Yahasan |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-pa-ru-um{ki} | to Aparum |
| 2 | a-na tar-ni-ip{ki} | to Tarnip |
| 3 | u3 a-na za-al-lu-ha-an{ki} | and to Zalluhan |
| 4 | ge-er-ra-am an-ne2-em-ma | this extispicy |
| 5 | sza# a-na be-li2-ia asz-t,u2-ra-am | which I wrote to my lord |
| 6 | be-li2 li-li-kam ge-er-ru-um | My lord, may it be an errû. |
| 7 | szu-u2 sza-li-im | he is well. |
| 8 | isz-tu be-li2 za-lu-ha-an{ki} | from the lord of Zaluhan |
| 9 | i-ka-sza-dam | he will achieve. |
| 10 | be-li2 i-in-szu li-na-wi-ir-ma | May my lord look at him, and |
| 11 | a-szar e-li be-li2-ia t,a3-bu | where my lord is good, |
| 12 | be-li2 li-il-li-ik | my lord may go. |
Sources & licences
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