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ARM 04, 011 (P338773)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338773 |
| 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 a-bu-ka-a-ma | Thus (says) Šamšī-Addu, your father: |
| 4 | tup-pa-ti-ka sza tu-sza-bi#-lam esz-me | Your tablets, which you sent me, I have heard. |
| 5 | asz-szum er-szi-im sza i-na tu-ut-tu#-ul{ki} | Concerning the earth that in Tuttul |
| 6 | te-ri-szu szu-su2-ki-im ki#-a-am ta#-[asz]-pu#-ra#-am | You have sent me a message of yours, thus you wrote me. |
| 7 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma a-na-ku _kaskal_ a-la-ak | Thus you: I will go on a campaign. |
| 8 | mi-li-ik er-szi-im sza#-a-ti a-bi-mi li-im-lik# | May my father go the way of this earth. |
| 9 | an#-ni-tam ta#-[asz-pu]-ra-am | You wrote me this: |
| 10 | [a]-lam{ki} sza-a-ti a-na [qa-ti]-ka# ad-di-na-kum | that city into your hands I gave to you. |
| 11 | ma-a am#-mi-nim mi-lik-szu# [a-na s,e-ri]-ia# tu-ut-ta-na-ar-ra-am# | "Why did you turn his counsel away from me?" |
| 12 | [szum]-ma ku#-ul-le a-lim[{ki} sza-a]-ti te-le-i ki-il-szu | If he conquered that city, his support |
| 13 | [szum]-ma ku-ul-la#-szu# la [te]-le#-i ma-du-tum#-ma | If you do not see his face, he will die. |
| 14 | [sza] a-na ku-ul-le# a-[lim]{ki#} sza-a-ti | that to the cult center of that city |
| 15 | la#-la-am sza-ak-nu | are placed as a pledge. |
| 16 | i#-ba-asz-szu#-u2 a-lam{ki} sza-a-ti a-na 1(disz) _lu2_ sza la-la-am | that city for one man of lalām |
| 17 | sza#-ak-[nu-ma] ku-ul-la-szu i-le-u2 lu-ud-di-in-szum-ma | he is placed, and his booty he shall take, I shall give to him, and |
| 18 | [li-ki-il]-szu szum-ma la ki-a#-am#-ma at-ta-a-ma | If not, you |
| 19 | [i]-na# a-lim{ki} sza-a-ti te#-[el-le-e] at-ta-a-ma | In that city you are pure, and |
| 20 | [mi-in]-szu# a-na-ku _e2_-ti [ez-zi]-ib#-ma | I, the temple, was angry and |
| 21 | _e2_-ka e-ep-pe2-esz _e2_-[ti u2-ul ez]-zi#*-ib-ma | your house will be built, the house will not be destroyed and |
| 22 | _e2_-ka u2-ul e-ep-[pe2-esz isz-me-{d}]da-gan | Išme-Dagan |
| 23 | _e2_-su2 u2#-ul i-iz-zi-[ib-ma _e2_-ka u2-ul] i-ip-[pe2-esz] | his house he shall not stand, and your house shall not be built. |
| 24 | _lu2 e2_-su2-ma [i-ip-pe2-esz] | the man his house shall build. |
| 25 | al#*-ka-ni#*-[im] ma#*-at*-ka sza te-el-qu2-u2# | Come, your land that you took! |
| 26 | [...] lu? [...] e-pu-usz2 | ... I did(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | a#?-[na? ...] | to ... |
| 2' | szu-x# [...] | ... ... |
| 3' | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 4' | a-lum [...] | Important one |
| 5' | u3 1(disz)-szu#? [...] | and one(?) |
| 6' | an-na-[nu-um ...] | Annium ... |
| 7' | _sze_-szu#*-[nu ...] | their barley ... |
| 8' | u3 a-na# [...]-PI# | and to ...-PI |
| 9' | u3 sze-um i-na li-[ib-bi ...]-ma#? | and the barley in the heart ... |
| 10' | u2-ul na-t,u2 a-wa-tum# [...]-x | He is not negligent, a word ... |
| 11' | _lu2 engar_-ka i-na a-lim{ki} sza-a-ti [...] | Your farmer in that city |
| 12' | _lu2-mesz dumu-mesz_ a-lim#{ki} sza-a-ti ki-a#-am ta#-asz-be2-em | those men, the sons of that city, you spoke thus: |
| 13' | [x x (x)] x la i-ip-pe2-szu | ... he will not do |
| 14' | u3# asz-szum 1(disz) _lu2_ ma-ki-si-im sza-ka-nim sza ta-[asz]-pu#-ra-am# | Further, concerning the man of Akisim, the governor, about whom you wrote me: |
| 15' | mi-im-ma _lu2_ ma-ki-sa-am# sza a-lim{ki} sza#-[a-ti la-a ta-sza-ka-an] | You shall not place anything of this man in the assembly of the city. |
| 16' | mi-ki-is3#-su2-nu {d}suen-ra-bi ma-ki#-[su-um] i#-sza#-ka#-an | Their limbs, Sîn-rabi, their limb(s) he shall place |
| 17' | a-lum{ki} szu-u2 wa-ar-ki tu-ut-tu-ul[{ki}] | that city, after Tuttul |
| 18' | u2-ul i-la-ak wa-ar-ki szu-ba-at#-[{d}utu{ki}] | after Šubat-Utu |
| 19' | i#-il-la-[ak] | will go |
| 20' | mi-im-ma _dumu-mesz_ a-lim{ki} sza-a-ti la [u2]-da-ba-ab | all the citizens of that city shall not seize |
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