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ARM 04, 003 (P338765)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338765 |
| 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-szi-{d}iszkur | Thus Šamšī-Addu |
| 4 | a-bu-ka-a-ma | your father |
| 5 | a-nu-um-ma na#-ah#-ma-nu | Now, the naḫmānu |
| 6 | wa#-bi-il# tup-pi2-im | who drafted the tablet |
| 7 | an#-ne2-e-em | this |
| 8 | a#-hu-szu i-na _e2 lu2 dam-gar3_ | his brothers in the house of the merchant |
| 9 | i-ba-asz-szi#-[i] | there is |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ [hu-bu-li-szu] | the silver of his debts |
| 2 | be-el hu*-bu#*-[li u2-ul ma]-ah-ru | The owner of the stolen property will not receive it. |
| 3 | li-di-in-ma | let him give, and |
| 4 | {disz}na-ah-ma-nu a-ha-szu | Nahmanu, his brother |
| 5 | li-it-ru | may they return. |
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