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ARM 04, 036 (P338798)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338798 |
| 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 | sza-al-ma-ku a-na ma-a-at nu#-[um-ha-a{ki}] | I am well; for the land of Numḫaya |
| 6 | at-ta-la-ak i-na ma-a-at# [nu-um-ha-a{ki}] | I went to the land of Numḫaya |
| 7 | _sig4_ e-pe2-esz bi-ra-tim sza ma#-[tim] | a brick for the construction of a wall of the land |
| 8 | lu!-da#-an#-ni-in-ma# [...] | Let me give it to you so that . . |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | i-na-an#-[na ...] | Now ... |
| 2' | li-di-nu-[...] | May they give |
| 3' | hi-szi-ih-ta-szu sza [ha-asz-hu] | his ḫišihtāšu-disease, which is caused by fever |
| 4' | li-il-qe2#-em-ma | may he take, and |
| 5' | a-na kur-da{ki} li#*-[sza-bi-lam] | to Kurda may he send |
| 6' | a-na qa#-tim# sza# [...] | to the hand of ... |
| 7' | li-ip#-[qi2-id] | may he appoint |
| 8' | u3 [...] | and ... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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