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ARM 04, 010 (P338772)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338772 |
| 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-Adad |
| 4 | a-bu#-ka#-a-ma | your father |
| 5 | tup#-pa-ti#-ka sza tu-sza-bi-lam esz-me | Your tablets, which you sent me, I have heard. |
| 6 | asz-szum _gu4 hi-a_ sza su-mu-e-pu-uh | Concerning the cattle of Sumū-epuḫ |
| 7 | qi2#-hi-lum ta-asz-pu-ra-am um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Qiḫilum, you wrote me, thus: |
| 8 | szum#-ma a-[wa-tum] i#-ni a#-da#-a ma-ah-ra-at | If this word is known, |
| 9 | [a-da-a] li#-isz#-[pu]-ra-am# a-na s,e-er | Now, let him write to me, so I can send it to you. |
| 10 | [{disz}su-mu-e]-pu-uh lu#-usz-pu-ur | Sumu-epuḫ let me write. |
| 11 | [szum-ma la ki-a]-am a-da-a-ma a-na sza!-hi-t,i3 szu-nu-ti | If not, I will give to them as a substitute. |
| 12 | [li-isz-pu-ur] an#-ne2-tim ta#-asz!-pu-ra-am | This is what you wrote me. |
| 13 | [{disz}a]-hu-la-na# ak#-szi#-[it,]-ma# | Aḫulana I captured, and |
| 14 | u3# i#-na# sa-bu-ra#[{ki}] ru-uq | and in Saburra the ruq |
| 15 | [a]-nu-um-ma a-sza#-ap#-pa-ar-ma | Now then I shall send and |
| 16 | u3# sze-eh-t,i3 ma-li# i-sza-ah-hi-t,u2 | and the šehṭu-disease of the city will be released. |
| 17 | [sza qa]-ti-ka [li]-sza-at,-t,e4-er | May he write what is in your hand. |
| 18 | [isz-tu] i#-[na]-an#-na-ma a-na s,e#-ri-ia | From now on, to my country |
| 19 | [szu-up]-ra#-am | send! |
| 20 | [sza-ni-tam] _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri _lu2_ qa-t,a2-na-yu#[{ki}] | Furthermore, the sons of the work of the man of Qaṭanayu |
| 21 | [... a]-na s,e-ri-ia# | ... to me |
| 22 | [ik-szu-du-nim] | he defeated me |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-szu-[...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [im-ta-na-ha-ru]-szu#-nu-ti# | they constantly approached them. |
| 3' | szu#-[nu-ma e]-li _e2-gal_-lim a-na _sze-ba_-szu-nu | they and above the palace for their barley |
| 4' | im-ta-na-qu2-tu u3 asz-szum _a-sza3_ e-pe2-szi-im# | they have fallen, and concerning the field to cultivate |
| 5' | u2-da2-ab-ba-bu-szu-nu-ti-ma um-ma szu-nu-u2#-ma | they will speak to them, thus they: |
| 6' | a-na szi-id-da-at _e2-gal_-lim-ma | to the šiddat of the palace |
| 7' | u2-ul ni-ik-ta-sza-ad [_a-sza3_] ma#*-an-nu-um li-pu-usz | We did not agree to cultivate the field. Who can do it? |
| 8' | i-na#-an-na a-na ma-ri-i#[{ki} a]-na s,e#-er | Now, to Mari, to the flock |
| 9' | tap-pi2-szu-nu usz#-[te-sze]-er-szu-nu-ti | I made their companions return to them. |
| 10' | a-na 2(disz)-szu zu-su2-nu-ti usz-te-ne2-e-em-ma | I reorganized them into two parts and |
| 11' | li-te-ru-bu# u3 ma-s,a-ar-ti a-lim3{ki} | and the guard of the city |
| 12' | li-is,-s,u2-ru u3 _a-sza3_-szu-nu li-pu-szu# | they shall guard, and their fields they shall do. |
| 13' | ma#-[s,a]-ar-ti ki-na-te-e la i-na-as,-s,a-ru | They will not keep watch over the true rites. |
| 14' | _[lu2-mesz] didli lu2-mesz egir_ qa-tam sza an-ni-ki-a-am# | men, many men, after the hand of this |
| 15' | [ma-s,a]-ar#-ti ki-na-te-e li-is,-s,u2-ru | May they guard the truthful guards. |
| 16' | [ri-ip]-a-ma-lik _szu-ku6_ it-mu#*-ra-am | Rip-āmalik the fisherman saw |
| 17' | [i-sze]-em-ma ki-a-am# iq#-bi# [um-ma-mi] | He heard as follows: |
| 18' | [_e2-gal_]-lum _a-sza3_ i-na ma#-ri-i{ki} i-ki-[im] | the palace the field in Mari he conquered |
| 19' | [be]-li2 tup-pa-am li-sza#*-t,i3#-[ir-ma] | My lord, may a tablet be written and |
| 20' | a-na-ku# u2-ul a-la-ak-[ma] | I will not go, and |
| 23' | a-na ma-ri-i{ki}-ma tup-[pa]-am sza-a-ti | to Mari that tablet |
| 22' | u2-sza!-ab-ba-al# | he shall carry out |
| left | ||
| 1 | an-[ni-tam ri-ip-a-ma-lik iq-be2-em] | This is what Ripa-Malik said. |
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