ARM 04, 025 (P338787)

Letter tablet excavated in Mari (mod. Tell Hariri), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria

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National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria

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Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na ia-as2-ma-ah-{d}iszkur
 ts: ana yasmaḫ-addu
 en: To Yasmaḫ-Addu
2. qi2-bi2-ma
 ts: qibima
 en: speak!
3. um-ma isz-me-{d}da-gan a-hu-ka-a-ma
 ts: umma išme-dagan aḫukama
 en: Thus Išme-Dagan, your brother:
4. asz-szum ma-a-at szu-szar-ra-a{ki}
 ts: aššum māt šušarrâ
 en: Concerning the country Šušarrâ
5. sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
 ts: ša tašpuram
 en: (about) which you wrote me,
6. ki-ma ma-tum szi-i id-da-al-la-hu
 ts: kīma mātum šī iddallaḫu
 en: since this country is in confusion
7. u3 ku-ul-la-sza la ni-le-u2
 ts: u kullaša lā nile’’û
 en: and we are unable to hold it back,
8. {disz}i-szar-li-im li-id-bu-ba-kum
 ts: išarlim lidbubakkum
 en: let Išar-Lim speak to you;
9. {disz}li-da-a-ia _lu2_ tu-ru-ku-u2#
 ts: lidaya awīlum turukkû
 en: Lidaya, the Turukkean,
10. u3 _lu2_ tu-ru-ku-u2 sza it-ti-szu
 ts: u awīlum turukkû ša ittišu
 en: and the Turukkean with him
11. sza i-na ma-a-tim sza-a-ti wa-asz-bu
 ts: ša ina mātim šâti wašbū
 en: who in that country reside,
12. ik-ki-ru-ma 2(disz) a-la-ni{ki} ig-mu-ru
 ts: ikkirūma šina ālānī igmurū
 en: became hostile, and two cities finished off.
13. an-'a4#-ri-ir-ma
 ts: an’arrirma
 en: I came to help, and
14. [a-na] li#-ib-bi _kur_-i i#-ru-bu
 ts: ana libbi šadî īrubū
 en: to the heart of the mountains they entered.
15. ni-isz7-ta-al-ma
 ts: ništalma
 en: We reflected, and
16. ki-ma ma-tum szi-i
 ts: kīma mātum šī
 en: since that country
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1. a-na ku-ul-lim la ir-re-du-u2
 ts: ana kullim lā irreddû
 en: for keeping back would not be led,
2. ma-a-tam sza-a-ti
 ts: mātam šâti
 en: that country
3. as-[hu-up]-ma
 ts: asḫupma
 en: I attacked, and
4. [isz-tu ma-a-at] ar#-ra-ap-hi-im{ki}
 ts: ištu māt arrapḫim
 en: from the country Arrapḫum
5. u3 [isz-tu ma-a]-at# qa-ab-ra-a{ki}
 ts: u ištu māt qabrâ
 en: and from the country Qabrâ
6. a-di# [...] li#?-sze-szi-ib-x
 ts: adi ... lišešib-x
 en: up to... let colonize(?).
7. [s,a-bu-um] sza li-ib-bi ma-tim
 ts: ṣābum ša libbi mātim
 en: Troops of the heart of the country
8. [ip-pa]-at,#-t,a3-ar
 ts: ippaṭṭar
 en: will be freed.
9. [sza-al]-ma#-ku mi-im-ma li-ib-ba-ka
 ts: šalmāku mimma libbaka
 en: I am well; your heart at all
10. [la] i-na-hi-id
 ts: lā inaḫḫid
 en: may not fear.

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ARM 4, 25

    [Dossin1951ARM4] Dossin, Georges. 1951. Lettres. Archives Royales de Mari 4. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

  • history: LAPO 17, p. 126 no. 531

    [Durand1998LAPO17] Durand, Jean-Marie. 1998. Les Documents Épistolaires Du Palais de Mari. Tome II. Littératures Anciennes Du Proche-Orient 17. Paris: Les Éditions du CERF.

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  • Provenience: Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-11 at 12:41:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune Archives Babyloniennes Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2014-05-27 at 16:38:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-05-20 at 09:22:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Cancik-Kirschbaum, Eva CDLI approved View
2006-09-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Ben-Marzouk, Nadia; Guerra, Dylan; Price, Jason R.; Reynolds, Kathryn R.; Washburn, Jody E. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ARM 04, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338787.
ARM 04, 025 artifact entry (No. P338787). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338787 (Original work published 2006)
ARM 04, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338787 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {ARM 04, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338787},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338787},
}


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