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ARM 02, 094 (P273005)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 02, 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273005 |
| 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 ki-ib-ri-{d}da#-gan# | to Kibri-Dagan |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ha-am-mi-isz-ta-mar-ma | Thus Hammištammar: |
| 4 | t,up-pa-ka sza tu-sza-bi-lam esz-me | Your tablet, which you sent to me, is heard. |
| 5 | ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-am# um#-ma# at-ta-a-ma | Thus you wrote me: "You |
| 6 | _lu2-mesz_ ter-qa{ki}-wu a-nu-um-ma-nu-um | the men of Terqa, now |
| 7 | wa-asz-bu u3 a-wa-tum mi-im#-ma | who is stationed, and a word |
| 8 | e#-li-szu-nu i-ba-asz-szi | there is above them. |
| 9 | t,u2-ur#-da#-asz-szu-nu-ti | Ṭurdašūti |
| 10 | an-ni-ta-am ta-asz-pu-ra-am | this you wrote me. |
| 11 | _2(disz) lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti | 2 of those men |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma-ha-ar _lu2-tur_-[ka] | in the presence of your child |
| 2 | usz#-zi-is-su2-nu-ti#-[ma] | I made them live, and |
| 3 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma at-pa-la# | Thus I: I have looked. |
| 4 | szum-ma re-sze20-tu-nu u2-lu-ma hu-ub#-bu-la-tu#-nu | If they are the shepherds or the fugitives |
| 5 | u2-lu-ma a-wa-at _e2-gal_-lim | or the word of the palace |
| 6 | u2-lu-ma a-wa-at ki-ib-ri-{d}da-gan | or the word of Kibri-Dagan |
| 7 | e-li-ku-nu i-ba-asz-szi pa-ni-ku-nu | “If you are above you, what is your face? |
| 8 | u2-ul ub-ba-al a-na-ad-di-ku-nu-ti# | I will not bring, I will give you. |
| 9 | iz-zi-zu it-ti _lu2-tur_-ka i-tap-lu-ma | they stood with your child, and |
| 10 | a-pa-al-szu-nu u2-ul i-li | I did not see them. |
| 11 | i-na-an-na na-t,u2-ma-a | Now, I am dead. |
| 12 | _dumu-mesz lu2_ a-ka-as-su2-ma | the sons of a man I shall kill, and |
| 13 | a-na-ad-di-na-ak-kum | I will give to you. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 ha-al-s,i2 i-na qa-at | and the district in the hand of |
| 2 | ra-ma-ni-ia u2-pa-ar-ra-ar | he will erase my name. |
Sources & licences
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