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BBVO 20, 112-115 no. 4 (P530959)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BBVO 20, 112-115 no. 4 |
|---|---|
| ID | P530959 |
| 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' | [...] NI x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [a-na i]-mi-it-ti [u3 szu-me-lim at,?-t,a2]-ar#-da-am | I have written to the god and the goddess. |
| 3' | [u3] i-tu-ur2-ma tup#-[pi2 be-li2]-ia#? | and returned, and my lord's tablet |
| 4' | il5#-li-kam-ma um-ma-a-mi# | came, and my mother |
| 5' | [a]-lam# asz-na-ak-ka-am{ki} u2#-s,u2-ur | the city of Ašnakkām I destroyed |
| 6' | [an]-ni-tam be-li2 a-na s,e-ri-ia isz-pu-ra-am | This my lord sent to me. |
| 7' | u3# <um-ma> a-na-ku-u2-ma i-na _ARAD-<mesz>_ be-li2-ia | And if I, among the servants of my lord |
| 8' | isz#-tu-u2-ma be-li2 a-na na-s,a-ar [asz]-na-ak-ki-im{ki} | Since my lord to guard Ašnakkim |
| 9' | u2#-te-e-ra-an-ni s,a-ab i-ba-al-{d}iszkur | he returned to me, the army of Ibal-Adda |
| 10' | s,a-ab ia-ku-un-di-ri | the slave of Yakun-diri |
| 11' | [s,a]-ab ba-ah-li-sa-ma-as2 | labor of Bahlisamas |
| 12' | _lu2_ e-za-al-la-ii{ki} | the man of Ezallāyu |
| 13' | [<u3> s,a]-ab# li-mi-{d}iszkur _lu2_ a-na-ma-asz{ki} | labor of Lipit-Adad, the man of Anamaš |
| 14' | _lu2#-mesz_ szi-ib-sza-ti li-na-as-su2-hu-nim-ma | the people of the night they shall remove me, and |
| 15' | it#-ti s,a-bi-ia u3 a-na-ku | with my troops and I |
| 16' | [a]-na# na-s,a-ar asz-na-ak-ki{ki} | for the guard of Ašnakki |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [lu]-szi#-ib | let me dwell |
| 2 | [i-na]-an-na i3-li2-su-u2-mu | Now, Ilī-sumu |
| 3 | [usz]-te-ri-du!(USZ)-nim i-na na-ga-bi-isz{ki} wa-szi-ib | I had brought down. In Nagabiš I sat. |
| 4 | u3 ki-i-ma _lu2_ i3-li2-su-u2-mu ur2-dam | and if a man Ilī-sûmu is to be brought |
| 5 | sza-du-la-a-bu isz-me-e-ma | Šadu-lābu heard, and |
| 6 | ni-szi-szu _dumu-mesz_-ri-szu u3 e-nu-ut qa-ti-szu | his people, his sons and the items in his hands |
| 7 | a-na szu-sa-a{ki} usz-te-s,i2 | to Susa he brought out. |
| 8 | u3 a-na-ku a-na asz-na-ak-ki-im{ki} e-te-ru-ub | and I entered Ašnakkim. |
| 9 | u3 a-la-ni ra-be2-e-tim2 | and the great alānu |
| 10 | be#-li2#-ma an-ni-isz ul-li-isz | My lord, this is indeed. |
| 11 | na#-ba#-al-ku-us-su2-nu i-di | they should not go out, he knows. |
| 12 | u3 be-li2-ma ka-la-szi-na i-di | and my lord knows all of them. |
| 13 | i#-na-an-na sza-du-la-a-bu | Now, Šadulabu |
| 14 | u3 szu-ub-ra-am a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | and to my lord |
| 15 | usz#-ta-ar-du-nim | they have imposed upon me. |
| 16 | a#-na-ku a-la-am ri-qa-am ma-ha-na-am | I am a mountain, a wild bull of the shrine |
| 17 | [a-na-s,a]-ar#? u3 _lu2-mesz_ sza i-na | I will guard, and the men who in |
| 18 | [asz-na-ak-ki-im{ki} wa-asz-bu it]-ta#-as2-pa!-hu | Ašnakkim, where he was stationed, he smote |
| 19 | [a-la-am] ri#?-qa#?-[am] a#-na#-as,#-s,a#-ar# | I will guard the city of Riqam. |
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