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ARM 03, 030 (P273077)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 03, 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273077 |
| 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 | {d}da-gan u3 {d}ik-ru-ub-dingir# sza#-al-mu# | Dagan and Ikrab-ilum are well. |
| 6 | a-lum ter-qa{ki} u3 ha-al-s,u2-um sza#-lim | The city of Terqa and the district are well. |
| 7 | sza-ni-tam _u4_-um t,up-pi2 an-ne2-e-em | Secondly, the day this tablet |
| 8 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia u2-sza-bi-lam | I sent to my lord. |
| 9 | asz-szum e-s,e2-ed sze-im sza ha-am-qi2-im# sza ter-qa{ki} | Concerning the harvest of the barley of the hamqim of Terqa |
| 10 | te-er-tam u2-sze-pi2-isz-ma | I had a reed screen made, and |
| 11 | u3 sza a-di _u4 3(disz)-kam_ te-er-ti i-sza-ra-at | and that until the 3rd day of the extispicy he shall pay. |
| 12 | u3 a-lam ka-la-szu a-di s,e2-eh-ri-im | and his entire city, as far as the mountains, |
| 13 | u2-ka-am-mi-is-ma | he sealed, and |
| 14 | a-na e-s,e2-ed sze-im sza ha-am-qi2-im | for harvesting the barley of the harvest, |
| 15 | usz-te-s,i2 | he brought out. |
| 16 | u3 s,a-ba-am dam-qa-am | and a good trap |
| 17 | _dumu-mesz_ ter-qa{ki} e-bi-ir-ma | the citizens of Terqa he captured, and |
| 18 | [i]-na ba-za-ha-tim usz-te-szi-ib | I settled in the cult centers. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 dan-na-tim asz-ku-un | and fortresses I established. |
| 2 | u3 ki-ma sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | and as my lord wrote me, |
| 3 | s,a-bu-um ia-am-ha-du-u2{ki} | governor of Yamḫadû |
| 4 | sza i-na sza-la-ba-tim{ki} wa-asz-bu | who dwells in Šalabātum, |
| 5 | ik-szu-du-nim-ma te-er-ta-am u2-sze-pi2-isz | he reached me, and I had a reed screen made. |
| 6 | te-er-ti i-sza-ra-at | “The extispicy will be exalted. |
| 7 | u3 ki-a-am szi#-ip#-t,a3-am ad-di-in-szu-nu-szi-im | and as a gift I gave to them. |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 9 | a-di _sze_-um sza ha-am-qi2-im ik-ka-mi-su | as long as the barley of the hamqīm-festival he shall hold. |
| 10 | [i]-na# mu-ul-he-e{ki} ta-asz-sza-[ba] | in Mulḫē you reside |
| 11 | an-ni-tam aq-bi-szu-nu-szi-im-ma | I said to them this: |
| 12 | u2-ul im-gu-ru-ni-in#-ni#-ma# | did not agree with me, and |
| 13 | i-na a-lim ter-qa[{ki}-ma] | in the city of Terqa |
| 14 | s,a-bu-um a-i ip-[hu-ur] | the troops he had captured |
| 15 | [u2]-ul i-ma#-ga-[ru] | they will not return. |
| 16 | u3 i-na i-ta#-at# [a-lim] | and on the side of the city |
| 17 | wa-asz-bu i-na-an-na# a-[nu-um-ma] | Now, herewith |
| 18 | an#-ni-tam la an-ni-[tam] | This is not the case. |
| left | ||
| 1 | [be]-li2# a-na _lu2-gal#_ mar#-tu sza s,a-bi-im sza-a-tu | My lord to the Amorite chief of that army |
| 2 | li#-isz#-pu#-[ra]-am#-ma u3 s,a-bu-um szu-u2 | Let him write to me, and he is a slave. |
| 3 | i-na mu-ul#-he#-e#{ki} li-szi-ib | in Mulḫē let him dwell |
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