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ARM 03, 008 (P273056)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 03, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273056 |
| 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 be-li2-ia# | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ki-ib-ri#-{d#}da#-gan# | Thus Kibri-Dagan |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka#-a#-ma | your servant |
| 5 | asz-szum a-la#-ki-ia a-na ma-ri{ki} | Concerning my going to Mari |
| 6 | a-na pa-an _munus-tur_ ug-ba-ab-tim | into the presence of the young woman |
| 7 | be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am# | my lord wrote me |
| 8 | an-na-num szi-ip-ra-am# | Annum, the craftsman |
| 9 | u2-sze-ep-pe2-esz15 | shall make perfect, |
| 10 | u3 _a-sza3_ sza szi-ip-ra-[am] | and the field of the work |
| 11 | [u2]-sze-ep-pe2-szu | they shall perform. |
| 12 | ma#-di-isz na-'u5-ud | very much he gave. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _a-sza3 lu2-kur2_ u3 na-zi-iq | the enemy’s field and the ziggurat |
| 2 | i-na-an-na-ma i-nu-ma a-[na]-ku | Now, when I |
| 3 | wa-asz-ba-ku e-pi2-isz-tam ka#-la-sza | I am the one who performs all kinds of rituals. |
| 4 | szu-ta-as,-bu-tum-ma | they have seized, and |
| 5 | usz-ta-s,a-ab-ba-at wa-ar-ka-num-ma | “It has been seized by the later ones, and |
| 6 | i-nu-ma szi-ip-ra-am e-zi-ba-am-ma | When you are to do work, leave (it) and |
| 7 | at-ta-la-kam | I have come. |
| 8 | e-pi2-isz-tum szi-i | It is an extispicy. |
| 9 | i-sa2-ap-pa-ah-ma szi-ip-ru-um | he will send, and the work |
| 10 | in-ne2-ze-eb-ma [...] | he gave to him, and |
| 11 | u3 ma-a-at be-li2-ia# [...] | and the land of my lord |
| 12 | me-e i-be2-er-ri# [...] | I am the one who is enraged(?) |
| 13 | be-li2 i-na t,u2-ub li#-[ib-bi-szu] | my lord, with happiness of heart |
| left | ||
| 1 | li-il5-li-kam-ma sze-ep {d}da-gan | may he come, and the foot of Dagan |
| 2 | ra-i-mi-szu li-isz-szi-iq | his love may he make surpassing. |
| 3 | a#-na-ku szi-ip-ra-am u2-sze-pe2-esz | I will perform the work. |
| 4 | a#-la-kam u2-ul e-le-e-em | I did not go. |
Sources & licences
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