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ARM 04, 044 (P338806)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338806 |
| 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 | a-na ha-za-ka-an{ki#} | to Ḫazakan |
| 6 | sza ha-la-as, | of Ḫalaṣ |
| 7 | {disz}ia#-an#-ta-ki-im | Iantakkim |
| 8 | szu-pu#-ur-ma | send, and |
| 9 | a-lam sza-a-ti# | that city |
| 10 | li-mu-ru*-ni-ik#-ku# | may they look after you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na [ku]-ul#*-li# a-lim{ki} sza#-a-ti# | to that city gate |
| 2 | i-na s,a-[bi]-im# sza a#*-sza#*-pa#*-ra-am | in the army that I am sending |
| 3 | s,a-ab bi#-ir-tim# | labor of the extispicy |
| 4 | i-di-in-ma | gave, and |
| 5 | a-lam sza#-a-ti | that city |
| 6 | li-ki-il# | may he bind. |
Sources & licences
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