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ARM 04, 028 (P338790)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338790 |
| 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 | ki-ma a-la-at-re-e{ki} te-pu-szu# | like Alatrê you did |
| 6 | u3 s,a-ba#-am# a-na li-ib#-bi-szu | and seized to his heart |
| 7 | tu-sze-ri-bu ta-asz-pu-ra#-am# | you have brought in, you have sent me. |
| 8 | ne2-pe2-szum ma-li te-pu-szu | The ritual assemblage that you performed |
| 9 | ma-di-isz da-mi-iq | very good, |
| 10 | i-nu-ma a-lam{ki} sza-a-ti# [ta-as,-ba-tu] | when that city you captured |
| 11 | ki sza pa-na#-nu#-um# | as before |
| 12 | ka#-la-szu [ki-la] | all of it, weight |
| 13 | la tu-wa-asz-sze-[er-szu] | do not make him angry. |
| 14 | tu-ka-al-[szu] | you will hold him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 la ta-ha-[ab-ba-at] | and you shall not be negligent. |
| 2 | qa-du s,a-bi-[im] | together with the troops |
| 3 | a-na szu-da-a{ki} la ta#-[la-kam] | to Šudaya you shall not go |
| 4 | a-di na-asz-pa-ar-ti-ia wa-[ar-ki-tim] | as far as my later writing-board |
| 5 | qa-du s,a-bi-i-im a-na he-esz-szi{ki} a-li-ik# | together with the troops to Ḫeši I went. |
| 6 | asz-ra-nu-um szi-i-ib | dwells in the sanctuaries. |
| 7 | ki sza s,a-be2#-e-em | like that of a lion |
| 8 | u2-wa-e-ra-kum | he shall deliver to you |
| 9 | i-na na-asz-pa-ar-ti-ia wa-ar-ki-tim | In my later letter |
| 10 | a-na <sza>-pa-a-na-zi-im{ki#} | to Šapanazim |
| 11 | ta-na-asz-sze-e-[em] | you will carry out. |
Sources & licences
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