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BBVO 20, 268-270 (P530955)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BBVO 20, 268-270 |
|---|---|
| ID | P530955 |
| 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 qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | um-ma iu-um-s,i2#-el3# | Thus Ium-ṣilli |
| 3 | ARAD-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 4 | isz-tu _u4 1(u)-kam_ di-pa-ra-tim | from the 10th day of the intercalary month |
| 5 | u3 ne-eq-re-e | and the neqrê-service |
| 6 | a-na# be-li2-a at-ta-na-asz-szi#-ma | I have given to my lord, and |
| 7 | na#-ah#-ra-rum u2-ul ik-szu-dam# | the naḫarrum-demon did not reach |
| 8 | isz-tu _u4 5(disz)-kam_ 3(disz) li-mi | From the 5th day 3 months |
| 9 | s,a-bu-um a-al-ka-pi2-im | “Ṣābûm, the a-al-ka-pim |
| 10 | i-pi2-isz u3 sza-lu-rum | he performed, and Šalur |
| 11 | qa#-du-um 1(u) li-mi | together with 10 thousand |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | s,a-bi-im a-na har-be2-e{ki} | troops to Harbê |
| 2 | is-sa3-an-qa-am | has plundered, |
| 3 | a-nu-um#-ma a-na be-li2-ia | Now, to my lord |
| 4 | ub-ta-ar-ri-a-am | he shall return. |
| 5 | sza e-li be-li2-ia# | which above my lord |
| 6 | t,a3-bu-u2 | good |
| 7 | u3 ra-ap-sa-tum# | and Apsatum |
| 8 | sza su-hi-im isz-tu | belonging to Sūḫum, from |
| 9 | mu-ul-ha-an{ki} | of Mullhan |
| 10 | a-di# ha-na-at{ki} | as far as Hanat |
| 11 | il#?-la#?-ka#?-nim | came to me |
| 12 | na-ah-ra#-ar# be-li2-ia | my lord |
| 13 | li-ik-szu-da-an-ni | may he bind me |
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