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ARM 03, 042 (P273089)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 03, 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273089 |
| 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#}[ia-ak]-ru-bi-dingir sza#-al-mu | Dagan and Yakru-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 ki#-ma# sza i-na pa-[ni]-tim | a second time, as before |
| 8 | be-li2 isz-[pu]-ra#-am asz-szum# _e2_-tim | my lord wrote to me concerning the house |
| 9 | sza a-sza-ar {munus}ug-ba-ab#-[tum] sza# {d}da-gan | of the ašar-priestess Ubābtum of Dagan |
| 10 | usz2-sza-bu te-re-tim | he established the rites, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-sze-pi2-isz#-ma | he had made, and |
| 2 | a-na _e2_ {munus}ug-ba-ab#-tim pa-ni-tim | to the house of the former pregnant woman |
| 3 | te-re-tu-ia i-sza-ra# | my supplications will be heard |
| 4 | u3 dingir-lum a-na-am i-pu-la-an-ni-ma | and my god, what has he done to me? |
| 5 | a-na _e2_ sza-a-tu szu-te-szu-ri-im | to that house shall be restored. |
| 6 | u3 me2-er-qe2-ti-szu he-t,i3-im | and his property is stolen. |
| 7 | qa-tam asz-ku-un | I deposited (it) in the hand. |
| 8 | i-na _e2_ sze-tu {munus}ug-ba-ab-tum | in the house of barley of the fugitive |
| 9 | sza be-li2 a-na {d}da-gan i-re-ed-de-em | of my lord to Dagan will listen. |
| 10 | usz2-sza-ab | he will dwell |
Sources & licences
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