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ARM 04, 038 (P338800)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338800 |
| 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 sa-al-hi-im sza szu-ba-at-[{d}en]-lil2{ki} | Concerning the saḫum of Šubat-Enlil |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am# | which you wrote me |
| 7 | a-di isz-tu an-na-nu-um a-[sza-pa]-ra#-kum | until now I will write to you. |
| 8 | sa-al-ha-am sza szu-ba#-[at-{d}en-lil2{ki}] | salḫam of Šubat-Enlil |
| 9 | u2-ul tu-wa-asz-sza-[ar ...] | You will not release ... |
| 10 | ma-di-isz u2-ha-[asz] | quickly he will recover. |
| 11 | u3# _ansze si2-si2_ [...] | and donkeys with horns ... |
| 12 | {disz*}ha#*-zu*-ga*-[an ...] | Ḫazugan |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | i-[na? ...] | in ... |
| 2' | [asz]-szum sza [ta-asz-pu-ra-am] | Concerning what you wrote me |
| 3' | [i]-nu-ma na-ak-rum [tu-ru-uk-ku-um] | when the enemy a weapon |
| 4' | a-na li-ib-bi ma-[tim i-te-er-bu] | they entered the interior of the land. |
| 5' | a-na wa-szi-ib za-hi-ki-[ma{ki} s,a-ba]-ka# | to the residence of Zaḫi-kima your capture |
| 6' | sze-pa-am isz-tu za-hi-ki-ma#[{ki}] | harvest from Zaḫi-kima |
| 7' | a#-di iz-hi-iz-zi{ki} li-ki-su-ma | as far as Izḫišzi may they cut off, and |
| 8' | [a]-na s,e-ri-ia a-wa-tam li-te-ru | May a word return to my side. |
| 9' | u3# 1(u) _lu2-mesz_ isz-tu za-hi-ki-ma{ki#} | and 10 men from Zaḫikima |
| 10' | [sze]-pa#-am a-na hu#-ur#-ra#*-nim{ki} | a šēpam-vessel for Hurranum |
| 11' | [u3] a#-na s,e-ri-ka [li-na]-ki#*-su | and they shall cut him off to your country. |
| 12' | [sa]-al#-ha-am wa-asz-sze-er | a saḫām-vessel is to be thrown. |
| 13' | [asz]-szum# ya-te-er-na-nim | Concerning Yatenanum |
| 14' | sza# ta-asz-pu-ra-am | of which you wrote |
| 15' | i-na iz-hi-iz-zi-im#{ki} | in Izḫizzim |
| 16' | usz2-sza-ab-ma na-ak#-ra-am# | he made dwell, and the enemy |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | i-ka-al-la u2 _ugula sipa*-mesz_ | and foreman of shepherds |
| 2 | i-ip-pe2-esz | he shall do. |
| 3 | i#-na# za#*-tu#-mu-ri-im{ki} | in Zatumurim |
| 4 | [li-il-li-ik]-ma | may he go and |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | li-szi-[ib] | may he reside. |
| 2 | u3 te-re-[tim] | and extispicies |
| 3 | szu-pi2-[is-su2-um] | his requisition |
Sources & licences
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