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ARM 04, 008 (P338770)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	ARM 04, 008
ID	P338770
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	[asz-szum {disz}]puzur4#-i3-li2	Concerning Puzur-ilī
6	[ar]-hi#-isz# t,a3-ra-di-im	quickly the ṭaradim
7	[asz]-pu#-ra-ak-kum	I sent to you
8	ar#-hi-isz u2-ul ta-at,-ru#-[dam]	quickly you will not be delayed.
9	_siskur2#-re_ i-te-ti#-iq#	the offering has passed
reverse
1	[i]-na-an-na isz-tu _siskur2#-[re]_	Now, after the offering
2	i-te-et-qu2 ta-[ka-al-szu]	has passed, you will hold him.
3	isz-szi-sza-am-ma a-na# [s,e-ri-ia]	he brought and to my country
4	am-mi-[nim puzur4-i3-li2]	why Puzur-ilī
5	ar-hi-isz la ta-at,-ru-[dam]	quickly do not delay!

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