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ARM 04, 042 (P338804)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338804 |
| 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 s,a-bu-um# sza-lim | I am well; the army is well. |
| 6 | sza na-s,a-ar s,a-bi-im e-ep-pe2-esz | of the guarding of the troops he shall do. |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}ma-[sza]-am# | Now, Mašam |
| 8 | szi#*-tu-li u2*-sza#-[as,-bi-it] | he imposed upon it a curse. |
| 9 | u3 i-ta-at# [...] | and ... ... |
| 10 | a-mu-ur-sa3-ki-im#{ki#} | Amur-sakim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | be2-ra-a _a-sza3_ [zu-za-am] | a field of Zuzam |
| 2 | aq-ta-mi-[ma] | I approached, and |
| 3 | u2-ku-ul-la-a-am# | he smote |
| 4 | sza na-ak-ri-im uh-ta-al-li-iq | of the enemy he destroyed. |
| 5 | sza-ni-tam ka-mi-sza-ri | a second kamušaru |
| 6 | sza na-wi-la{ki} e-le-em-me t,a3-bu | of Nawila, pleasant Enlil |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma ka-mi-sza-ri | Now, Kimišaru |
| 8 | u3 bu-ut,-ma-tim sza _kur_ {d}saggar2 | and the cattle of the land of Saggar |
| 9 | ni-us2-sa-an sza-at-tim | the life of the land |
| 10 | usz-ta#-bi#-la-kum | I have sent to you |
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