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ARM 02, 001 (P272913)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 02, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P272913 |
| Museum no. | NMSD — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Damascus, 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 ia-as2-ma-ah-{d}iszkur | to Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-{d}iszkur# a-bu-ka-a-ma | Thus Šamaš-Addu, your father: |
| 4 | _uruda_ a-na za-am-ra-tim# e-pe2-szi-im | copper for making stelae |
| 5 | ad-di-na-kum i-na-an-na t,up-pi2 an-ne2-e-em | Now this tablet |
| 6 | i-na sze-me-e-<em> a-na ma-ri{ki} szu-pu-ur-ma | By the command of Mari send me!” |
| 7 | {gesz}za-am-ra-tim ep-sze-tim | (a kind of tree) |
| 8 | sza _uruda_ sza ad-di-na-kum | of copper that I gave to you |
| 9 | ar-hi-isz a-na s,e-ri-ia li-ib-lu-nim | They should quickly bring it to me. |
| 10 | sza-ni-tam i-na ha-na.mesz sza tu-ub-ba-bu | Another thing: in the quarters that you smote |
| 11 | 4(disz) me s,a-ba-am dam-qa-am a-na _ka2 e2-gal_-li-ia | 400 good shackles for the gate of my palace |
| 12 | a-na u2-zu-zi-im s,a-ba-at | is seized for uzuzim. |
| 13 | i-na li-ib-bi s,a-bi-im sza-a-ti | in that midst |
| 14 | 2(disz) me s,a-bu-um _1(disz) ku5_ | 200 (mana wool for) Ṣabum, 1 fish |
| 15 | lu-u2 _dumu-mesz lu2-mesz_ dam-[qu2]-tim# | or sons of good men |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 2(disz) me s,a-bu-um _1(disz) ku5#_ | and 200 ṣabum fish, 1 fish |
| 2 | lu-u2 _lu2-mesz_ et,-lu-tum la-ap#-nu-tum | or young men, young men |
| 3 | na-aq-du-u2 _lu2-mesz_ et,-li-tim | the naqdû-priests, the young men |
| 4 | la-ap-nu-tim a-na-ku | I am a lapnûm |
| 5 | i-na _e2-gal_-lim dam-qi2-isz a-pa-qi2-id | in the good palace I appointed. |
| 6 | u3 _dumu-mesz lu2-mesz_ dam-qu2-tim | and the sons of good men |
| 7 | i-na _e2-hi-a_ a-bi-szu-nu-ma | in the house of their father |
| 8 | usz-ta-al-la-mu | he has sinned |
| 9 | u3 ha-na_-mesz_ ar-hi-isz | and the mayors quickly |
| 10 | ub-bi-ib it-ti ia-ri-im-{d}iszkur | with Yarim-Addu |
| 11 | szi-ta-al-ma u2-lu-u2 i-na ga-asz-szi-im{ki} | a second time in Gaššim |
| 12 | u2-lu-ma i-na szu-ur2-im{ki} a-szar mu-u2 | or in Šūrum, where he lives |
| 13 | i-ba-asz-szu-u2 li-ip-hu-ur | there is, may he release. |
| 14 | s,a-bu-um sza a-ah {i7}buranun | the river bank of the Euphrates |
| 15 | [i-na sa]-ga#-ra-tim{ki} li-ip-hu-ur | in Sagaratum may he pluck up |
| left | ||
| 1 | _kaskal_ a-na re-esz _iti_ u3 ki-ma sza asz-pu-ra-kum | the road to the beginning of the month and as I wrote to you |
| 2 | at-ta it-ti-ia ta-al-la-ak | You will go with me. |
| 3 | e-nu-ut-ka lu na-sze-ta t,e4-em-ka lu s,a-bi-it | May your incantation be accepted, may your word be accepted. |
Sources & licences
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