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ARM 04, 022 (P338784)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338784 |
| 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 isz-me-{d}da-gan | Thus Išme-Dagan |
| 4 | a-hu-ka-a-ma | your brother |
| 5 | asz-szum t,e4-em _lu2_ tu-ru-ki-i | Concerning the report of the man of Turuk |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 7 | t,e4-em-szu-nu it-ta-na-ki-ir | their report he has changed |
| 8 | i-na ki-a-am a-di i-na-an-na! | thus until now |
| 9 | ta-ki-it-tam# | takītu-disease |
| 10 | u2-ul a-sza-ap-pa#-[ra-kum] | I will not send to you. |
| 11 | a-wa-ti-szu-[nu] | their words |
| 12 | sza a-na sa-li-mi#-[im] | which for the health |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | s,a-ab-tu# | seized |
| 2 | it-ta-ad-la-[ha] | he smote |
| 3 | {disz}ia-an-ta-ki-[im] | Iantakim |
| 4 | {disz}lu2-{d}nin-si4*-an-na | Lu-Ninsianna |
| 5 | {disz}wa-te-er-na-nam | Wate-Ernanam, |
| 6 | u3 _lu2-mesz_ ra-ab-bu-tim-ma | and the great men |
| 7 | i-ha-ku-u2 u3 ki-a-am isz-pu-ru-nim | they rejoiced, and thus they wrote to me: |
| 8 | um-ma-mi isz-tu li-ti an-nu-tim | The following (says) from these |
| 9 | la ta-na-di-nam | do not give me! |
| 10 | ur-ra-am u2-lu ul-li-ti-isz | In the future, forever, |
| 11 | a-szar at-lu-ki-im ni-it-ta-la-ak | where I went, we went. |
| 12 | asz-ra-nu-um li-isz-bu-[nim-ma] | let them establish an abode for me and |
| 13 | u3 a-szar at-lu-ki-im | and wherever I go |
| 14 | [li]-it-ta-al-[ku] | let them go. |
| 15 | [ma]-an#-nu lu i-[de] | Who knows? |
| 16 | [i-na] ha#-al-s,i2-[im] | in the district |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza# wa#-asz-ba-at t,e4-em-ka lu s,a-bi-it | Whoever seeks your report, may he be captured. |
Sources & licences
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