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BBVO 20, 103-106 no. 2 (P530957)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BBVO 20, 103-106 no. 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P530957 |
| 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 s,e]-er# be-li2-[ia ni-il-li-ik] | to my lord we shall go. |
| 2' | u3# sze-ep be-li2-ia ni-isz-[szi-iq] | and the feet of my lord we shall cut off |
| 3' | be-el-ni ni-isz i3-li2 i-na# [_e2_ {d}i-tur2-me-er?] | his lord the life of the god in the temple of Itur-meer(?) |
| 4' | u2-sza-as2-ki-ra-an-ne2-[ti] | he caused to be forgotten. |
| 5' | u3 be-el-ni ki-a-am u2-wa-e-ra-an-ne2#-[ti] | and our lord, as he instructed us |
| 6' | um-ma-a-mi qa-qa-da-ti-ku-nu szu-te-mi-da-ma | “Send me the following orders to your qaqadati: |
| 7' | na-ka-ar-ku-nu ap-la | Your sceptre is apkallu. |
| 8' | la-ma e-li-ia ma-tam su-ul-li-ma | “Let the land be reconciled with me, so that |
| 9' | ki-ma be-el-ni u2-wa-e-ra-an-ne2-ti | like our lord, they have encircled us. |
| 10' | ki-ma ka-sza-di-ni-ma hu-ur-ra-a{ki} isz-pu-ra-am | when he had conquered Ḫurrāya he wrote to me. |
| 11' | {disz}szu-ub-ra-am a-na-ku u3 i3-li2-su2-u2-ma | Šubrum I and Ilisūma |
| 12' | qa-du-um s,a-bi-im ni-ip-hu-ur-ma# | together with the troops we captured, and |
| 13' | a-na hu-ur-ra-a{ki} ni-ru-ub# | we entered Hurraya. |
| 14' | ma-tum ka-lu-sza a-di ur-gi-isz is3-li#-[im] | the land of all its possessions, as far as Ur-giš Islum |
| 15' | a-na asz-na-ak-ki-im{ki} ni-it,-he#-[ma ...] | We went to Ašnakkim and |
| 16' | [a]-lum#? x x x [(x)]-ZI-i-x [...] | Honored one, ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [(x) (x)] _in#-nu-da_ a-na a-[lim usz-te-ri-ib] | ... I entered the city. |
| 2' | i-na-an-na a-na s,e-er {disz}isz-me-{d}da#-[gan isz-ta-na-pa-ar] | Now Išme-Dagan keeps writing to me |
| 3' | sza-ni-tam _lu2-tur-mesz_ i-ba-al-{d}iszkur# | Secondly, the boys of Ibal-Adda |
| 4' | a-na ia-ap-t,u2-ri-im il-li-ku-ma | to Yapṭurum went, and |
| 5' | ki-a-am iq-bu-u2 um-ma-a-mi qa-qa-da-ti#-[ku-nu] | Thus they said: "Your hands |
| 6' | it-ti ur-gi-isz{ki} szu-te-mi-da-ma na-ka-[ar-ku-nu] | with Urgiš he sent, and your food |
| 7' | ap-la i-na qi2-ni-im sza szu-ub-ra-am | “Alas, by the command of Šubrūm, |
| 8' | {disz}i-ba-al-{d}iszkur an-ni-tam i-pu-usz2# | Ibal-Addu did this. |
| 9' | u3 ma-tam sza it-ti be-li2-ia is3-li-mu | and the land that is with my lord is well. |
| 10' | u2-sa3-ah-ha-ar | he shall remove |
| 11' | i-na-an-na be-li2 a-na _lu2_ me-er-hi-im li-isz-pu-ur-ma | Now, my lord may write to a merḫû-demon and |
| 12' | a-szar isz-te-en _lu2 ha-na-mesz_ li-ip-hu-ur | wherever among the kings may he go, |
| 13' | as-su2-ur-re nu-ku-ur2-tum i-na t,e4-mi-im an-ni-im | I have written down the nukūrtu on this tablet. |
| 14' | la i-ra-ab-bi | shall not raise a claim |
| 15' | t,e4-ma-am sza a-mu-ru a-na be-li2-ia asz2-ta-ap-ra-am | I have sent the report that I saw to my lord. |
| 16' | be-li2 sza _lugal_-ti-szu li-pu-usz2# | my lord, may he do for his kingship. |
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