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ARM 04, 043 (P338805)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338805 |
| 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 | [u4]-um# a-na ka-ar#?*-[...] | The day to ... |
| 6 | [asz2]-ta#-na-ap-pa-ru# [i-na li-ib-bi-ia] | I constantly send in my heart. |
| 7 | a#-wa-tam ki-a-am# [as,-ba-at] | the word thus I seized |
| 8 | um#-ma a-na-ku-ma# ha#-[na-_mesz_ u3 s,a-ba-am] | Thus I: the kings and governors |
| 9 | ki-ma ge5-er-ri-im [sza na-ak-ri-im] | like a ghost of a enemy |
| 10 | [lu]-ut,#*-ru-ud-ma sza# ki#-[ma in-na-pa-pu] | May I be revived, and that which is swollen like a flood. |
| 11 | [ma-la] is,#-ba-tu-nim-ma# [...] | as many as seized me and . |
| 12 | [a-na] s,e-ri-ia# [i-re-du-nim] | they will go down to my country. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [li]-ik#-mi#-szu# asz*-szum# [ha-na-_mesz_] | Concerning the canebrakes, |
| 2' | [u3] s,a-ba-am ki-ma ge5#*-er-ri#*-[im] | and a captive like a fugitive |
| 3' | [sza] na-ak-ri-im at,-ru-[du] | of the enemy I have sent. |
| 4' | [wa]-ar#-ka-at ma-a-tim | the land of the lands |
| 5' | [lu-u2] kam*-sa#-at u3 la kam*-sa#*-at# | May she be present, may she not be present. |
| 6' | [i]-pa#-ra-su-nim | they shall redeem. |
| 7' | [u3] ma*-la in-na-pa-pu i-s,a-ba#-tu#-[ma] | and they will seize as much as he drew up and |
| 8' | [a-na] s,e#-ri-ia i-re-du-nim# | they will go down to my country. |
| 9' | [as]-su2#-ur-ri te-sze-em-me-ma# | I asked you, "What did you hear? |
| 10' | [li-ib]-ba-ka | your heart |
| 11' | [la i]-ga#-al-lu-ut#*-[ma?] | does not live, and |
Sources & licences
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