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ARM 04, 016 (P338778)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338778 |
| 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 a-ad-da-a | to Addâ |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma] ia-as2-ma-ah-{d#}[iszkur] | Thus Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 4 | [_dumu_]-ka-a-ma | your son |
| 5 | [_lu2-mesz_] su2#*-ha-yu{ki} | the people of Suḫayu |
| 6 | [dan-ni-isz] be2-ru-u2 | mighty warrior |
| 7 | [ka-sza]-du-um-ma | Kašadum |
| 8 | [a-ka-sza-as-su2]-nu#-ti# | I shall bind them |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [lu]-sza#-al#-[li-im-szu-nu-ti] | I will make them whole. |
| 2' | u3# ah-hu-szu-nu# [ha-al-qu2-tum] | and their brothers, the stolen property |
| 3' | a-na li-ib-bi ma-a#-[tim-ma] | to the heart of the land |
| 4' | li-isz-mu-ma u3 li-tu#-ru#-[nim] | May they hear and return to me. |
| 5' | an-ni-tam asz2-ta-al i-na-an-na sze-em | I have written this. Now, listen! |
| 6' | sza a-na _ur5-ra_ il-qu2-u2 | who to the rescue took |
| 7' | qa-du-um s,i2-ib-ti-szu a-na szu-nu-szi-im-ma | together with his debts to them |
| 8' | lu-wa-asz-sza-ar an-ni-tam | [Let me] make th[is] agreement. |
| 9' | {disz}a-ad-da-a lu-u2 i-de | Addaya may know. |
| 10' | u3 a-nu-um-ma asz2-ta-pa-ar | And now I have written to you: |
| 11' | su-ga-gu sza su2-hi-im i-pa-hu-ru | They will remove the šugāgu-vessel of the reed bundle. |
| 12' | szi-ip-t,a3-am a-na-di-szu-nu-szi-im | I have sent a message to them. |
| 13' | u3 li-ib-ba-szu-nu u2-na-ah | and their heart he will be satisfied. |
Sources & licences
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