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ARM 27, 004 (P355111)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 27, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355111 |
| 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 be-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma dingir-szu-na-s,ir _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | thus Ilu-šunaṣir, your servant: |
| 4 | _3(u) {gesz}mar-gid2-da hi-a_ ma-ha#-ar# be-li2-ia | 30 wagons before my lord |
| 5 | {disz}ia-ah-s,i2-{d}da-gan qa-ba-am isz-ku-un | Iaḫṣi-Dagan spoke. |
| 6 | i-na _sza3-ba 3(u) {gesz}mar-gid2-da hi#-a_ | therefrom: 30 wagons |
| 7 | sza ma-ha-ar be-li2-ia qa-ba-am isz-ku-nu | which before my lord had spoken, |
| 8 | _1(u) 1(disz) {gesz}mar-gid2-da hi-a_ sza ha-la#-[as,] | 11 wagons, surplus, belonging to Halaṣ |
| 9 | ni-szi-ir{ki} _3(disz) {gesz}mar-gid2#-[da] hi#-a_ | Nišir, 3 wagons |
| 10 | sza de-er{ki} _1(u) 4(disz) {gesz}mar-gid2-da# hi-a_ | of Dēr 14 wagons |
| 11 | i-na-as-sa3-ka u2-ul ka#-asz2#-da-nu | He will weigh it out, but it will not be completed. |
| 12 | an-na-nu-um na-ru-um mi-lam | “Annum, the stela, the splendor, |
| 13 | u3 sza mu-u2 e-li-ma | and that of a man above |
| 14 | [i-na] ma#?-ri{ki} szi-ir-hu-um | in Mari, širḫum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na szi-ir-hi-im isz-BU-uk#? | he smote. |
| 2 | i-sza-tum e-li sa3-ar-ri | Išātum above the saŋarru |
| 3 | i-ta-an-pa-ah | he shall remove. |
| 4 | u2-ul ka-asz2-da-nu | are not bound. |
| 5 | be!-li2 a-na ia-ah-s,i2-{d}da-gan | my lord to Yaḫṣi-Dagan |
| 6 | dan#-na-tim li-isz-ku-un-ma | may he establish strongholds and |
| 7 | sze#-um szu-u2 li-i-li | That barley may he drink |
| 8 | a-na szi-ta-at _{gesz}mar-gid2-da hi-a_ | to the top of a wagon |
| 9 | a-na me-ni-hi-im | to Me-ni-ḫim |
| 10 | asz-pu-ur-ma da-ha-ti | I wrote, and the rebels |
| 11 | u2-ul i-sza-al | he will not ask. |
Sources & licences
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