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ARM 18, 003 (P351472)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 18, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351472 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ — ? |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, 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 mu-ka-an-ni-szi-im | to Mukannišim |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma be-el-ka-a-ma | Thus your lord: |
| 4 | asz-szum szi-pi2-ir la-ma-as-si2-im | because of the work of Lamassim |
| 5 | sza ma-asz-hu i-na pa-ni-tim-ma | of the scepter in the past |
| 6 | asz-pu-ra-ak-kum i-na-an-na ih-zi | I wrote to you, but now it has rained. |
| 7 | sza la-ma-sa3-tim li-pa-t,e4-ru-ma | that the lamassātu may release and |
| 8 | dam-qi2-isz li-ra-asz-szi-ku | May they make you happy. |
| 9 | u3 qa-nu-u2 u2-ul ru-szu-ku-ma | and qanû is not yours, and |
| 10 | pi2-szu-nu x x [...] x qa-ne2-e#? | Their mouths |
| 11 | [in-na-ma]-ru#-u2# [szi-i-ri i-na-az-zi-iq] | They will see, they will kill the enemy. |
| 12 | [ki-ma] na#-asz-pa-ar#-ti#-[ia ...] | Just as my letter . . |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | sza#* hi#*-t,i3#*-tim i-na#* [la-ma-as-si2-im] | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract |
| 2' | la na-ab-szi-i-im# [e-pu-usz2] | I did without interruption. |
| 3' | szum-ma la-ma-as-su2-um# [szu-u2 ma-asz-hu] | If he is ill, he will die. |
| 4' | u3 qa-nu-u2 dam-qi2#-isz# [la ru-szu-ku] | and the good qanû-offerings are not to be forgotten. |
| 5' | mi-nam ta-ap-pa#*-la#*-an#*-[ni] | Why did you write to me? |
| 6' | sza szum-ma-a-an la-ma-as-si2-[im] | that if there is none |
| 7' | sza-a-ti la na-ab-szi-i-im# | that one is not mine |
| 8' | e-pu-usz2 | he built. |
Sources & licences
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