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ARM 04, 085 + A 03090 (P338847)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 085 + A 03090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338847 |
| 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 a-hu-ka-a-ma | Thus Išme-Dagan, your brother: |
| 4 | asz-szum da-am7-di#-im sza _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki#} | Concerning the troops of the man of Ešnunna |
| 5 | i-na sza-pa-ri-ka pa-nam u2-ul tu-sza-[ar-sze]-e | At your letter, you will not send a message. |
| 6 | a-szar _lu2-[mesz]_ we-du-tum be-el szu-ma-tim di#-ku# | where the men live, the lord of the universe, judgment |
| 7 | s,a-bu-um ma#-du-um it-ti-szu-nu | “There is a lot of ṣabum with them |
| 8 | u2-ul di-i-ik | he will not succeed. |
| 9 | [i-na-an-na] i-da-at da-am7-di-im sza-a-ti | Now, the fate of that bull |
| 10 | [i-na] tup#-pi2-im szu-ut,-t,e4-ra-am-ma szu-bi-lam | Write on a tablet and send it to me! |
| 11 | [i-nu]-ma# da-am7-di-im sza lu-ul-li-im | When I was a liar of lullum |
| 12 | [a]-bu-un-<na>-at s,a-bi-im# is-ki-pu-ma | the lord of the troops was defeated, and |
| 13 | ka#-pa-an i-mi-it-tam u3 szu-me-lam | the gate of Imittam and Sumerian |
| 14 | da#-am7-da-a-am i-du-ka | The one who knows you |
| 15 | i-na a-bu-un-na-tim i-du-ku ki-i | in the flood they killed, when |
| 16 | an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam t,e4-ma-am ga-am-ra-am | This is not this, it is a complete report. |
| 17 | szu-up-ra-am | send! |
| 18 | u3# i#-nu#-ma tup-pa-am sza-a-ti tu-sza-ba-lam | And when that tablet you will send, |
| 19 | dan#-na#-tim szu-ku-un-ma i-na wa-ba#-lim | Establish strongholds and in the land |
| 20 | li-sza-as,-s,i2-ru# | they should guard. |
| 21 | u2-lu te-re-tim a-na szu-lum wa-bi-il# | or extispicies for the well-being carried out |
| 22 | tup-pi2-im sza-a-ti szu-pi2-isz | This tablet is written. |
| 23 | u2-lu-ma 3(u) _lu2-tur-mesz_-ka | or your 30 children |
| 24 | a#-di a-ah _i7_ li-qe2-ri-bu-ni-szu-[nu]-ti# | as far as the bank of the river may they entrust them. |
| 25 | li#-tu-ru-ni-kum | may they return to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | as-su2-ri#-ma _lu2-mesz#_ wa#-bi#-[il tup-pi2]-ia# | I sent, and the men who carried my tablet |
| 2 | tup-pa-am# sza#-a-ti [i]-ma#-ru#-[nim] | They will see that tablet. |
| 3 | [u2]-ul# na#-t,u2# | is not liable. |
| 4 | [asz-szum] mi#-im#-ma# tup-pa-am sza tu-sza-bi#-lam# | Concerning whatever tablet you sent me, |
| 5 | [e-le]-nu-um sza ni-s,i2-ir-ti#-im# | above that of the scepter |
| 6 | [u2]-ul# szu-ta-wu e-li t,e4-mi-im sza-a#-ti# | I will not raise a claim against this report. |
| 7 | [na-as,]-rum i-ba-asz-szi | there is guard. |
| 8 | [i-na-an]-na# me-he-er tup-pi2-ia an-ni-im | Now, this is the culmination of my tablet. |
| 9 | [sza tu-sza]-ab-ba-lam e-le-nu-um | which you made supreme |
| 10 | [sza ni-s,i2]-ir-tim lu-u2 wu-du | May the one of the niṣirtu be well. |
| 11 | [i-na-an]-na# tup-pa-am sza a-na ARAD-{d}suen | Now the tablet which to Warad-Sin |
| 12 | [szu-ut,-t,u2-ru] usz-ta-bi-la-kum | I have sent to you a written document. |
| 13 | _lu2#-[mesz_ a-li]-ku-tum li-il-qu2-szu-ma | the men of the city may they take him and |
| 14 | [a]-na# s,e-er ARAD#-{d}suen li-ib-lu-szu-ma | to Warad-Sîn bring him, and |
| 15 | [me-he]-er tup-pi2-im sza-a-ti | the equivalent of that tablet |
| 16 | li-il#-qu2-nim-ma | may they take, and |
| 17 | a-na s,e-ri-ia [szu-bi]-la#-asz#-szu | Send him to my country! |
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