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ARM 04, 004 (P338766)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338766 |
| 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 | [{disz}x-(x)]-ha#-ta?-lum# | -hatalum |
| 6 | [i]-il#-li-kam a-na# _a-sza3_-szu | went to his field |
| 7 | [x] x x x [...] | |
| 8 | bi#-il-ti# _a#-sza3#_-szu# x [...] | the sale of his field ... ... |
| 9 | la a szu ur i-na# x [...]-ma# | not ... in ... and |
| 10 | 2(u) _a-sza3_ i-ba-aq-[qa-ar]-ma# | 20 hectares of field he shall irrigate and |
| 11 | _a#-sza3#_ bi#-il-ti#?-szu#? [...] | the field of his bi-ilti-šu ... |
| 12 | [x x]-na# ma#-[...] | ... ... |
| 13 | [...] x x _a-sza3?_ [...] | ... field ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u3#? x [...] | and(?) |
| 2' | a-na ta? x x [...] | to ... |
| 3' | mi-im-ma x x [...] | All that |
| 4' | u2-la-mi sa3-ni-iq# | my limbs are straightened |
| 5' | i-na-an-na a-na _lu2-mesz_ na#-si2#-hi# | Now, to the people of the envoys |
| 6' | szu-nu-ti i-na _a-sza3 e2-gal_-lim | those in the palace |
| 7' | _a-sza3_ i-na ma#-ri#{ki} | field in Mari |
| 8' | i-di-in-szu-nu-szi#-im# | gave to them |
| 9' | u3 _{gesz}apin hi-a_ isz-te#-[ni-isz] | and a plow together |
| 10' | a-na te-er-qa{ki} | to Terqa |
| 11' | u2-su2-uh-ma _a-sza3_-szu-nu | he removed and their fields |
| 12' | sza i-na te-er-qa li-ri-szu | [who]se [fe]et in the threshing floor |
Sources & licences
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