ARM 04, 051 (P338813)
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, SyriaMetadata / catalogue
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National Museum of Syria, Damascus, SyriaMuseum Number
NMSD —Provenience
Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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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
ts: umma Išme-Dagan
en: Thus Išme-Dagan,
4. a-hu-ka-a-ma
ts: aḫukama
en: your brother:
5. asz-szum ma-la#-ki-ka ta-asz-pu-ra-am
ts: aššum malākīka tašpuram
en: Concerning your messengers you wrote me.
6. szum-ma t,up-pi2 an-nu-u2-um
ts: šumma ṭuppī annûm
en: If this my tablet
7. a-na s,e-ri-ka ik-ta-asz-da-kum-ma
ts: ana ṣērika iktašdakkumma
en: to you arrives, and
8. _u4#_-mu#-um ma-a-ad isz-tu ma-da-ra-a{ki}
ts: umum mād ištu madaraya
en: it will be many days; from Madaraya
9. ['i3]-e#?-er-ma kap-ru-um
ts: ’ierma kaprum
en: go, a strong village
10. [da-an]-nu-um i-ba-asz-szi
ts: dannum ibašši
en: is there.
11. [szu-sze]-ra-am-ma
ts: šušeramma
en: Go straight in, and
12. [bi]-i-it
ts: bīt
en: house!
reverse
1. u3 ur-ra-am i-na ka-s,a-ti-szu
ts: u urram ina kaṣâtišu
en: Further, the next morning, early,
2. a-na s,e-ri-ia ku-usz-dam
ts: ana ṣēriya kušdam
en: to me come.
3. u3 _lu2-tur_-ka la-mi-ka li-bu-am
ts: u ṣuḫārka lamika libû’am
en: Further, let your servant before you go along,
4. li-ih-mu-t,a3-am-ma ki-ma a-na pa-ni-ka
ts: liḫmuṭamma kīma ana pānika
en: let him be quick, so that to you
5. a-na tu-usz-hi-im{ki}
ts: ana Tušḫim
en: at Tušḫum
6. a-sa-an-ni-qu2 szum-ma la ki-a-am-ma
ts: asanniqu šumma la kīamma
en: I can approach. If not thus
7. tu-sza-am-szi-ma i-na ma-da-ra-a{ki}-ma
ts: tušamšima ina madarayama
en: you spent the night, but in Madaraya
8. ta-ab-ti-it sze-rum sze-ra-am-ma
ts: tabtīt šērum šēramma
en: housed, as early as possible
9. al-kam u3 _lu2-tur_-ka
ts: alkam u ṣuḫārka
en: come, and your servant
10. li#-bu-am-ma a-ia-szi-im
ts: libû’amma ayâšim
en: let go along, and just me
11. li-ba-ar-re-e-em
ts: libarrêm
en: let him notify.
12. ki-ma a-na a-lim
ts: kīma ana ālim
en: When the city
13. a-sa-an-ni-qu2
ts: asanniqu
en: I approach,
14. u3 _dingir-mesz_
ts: u ilū
en: and the gods
left
1. ki-ma ma-la-ki-szu-nu-ma#
ts: kīma malākīšunuma
en: like their messengers
2. li-il-li-ku-nim#
ts: lillikūnim
en: let them come.
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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, 51
[Dossin1951ARM4] Dossin, Georges. 1951. Lettres. Archives Royales de Mari 4. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
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history: LAPO 16, p. 116 no. 27
[Durand1997LAPO16] Durand, Jean-Marie. 1997. Les Documents Épistolaires Du Palais de Mari. Tome I. Littératures Anciennes Du Proche-Orient 16. Paris: Les Éditions du CERF.
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history: Wu Yuhong, Suppl. JAC 1 (1994), 261-263,
[sec84373] N.d.
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history: TAVO Beih. B 26, 072-073,
[sec84374] N.d.
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- Provenience: Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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- Accounting Period: 0
Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2023-10-11 at 12:41:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune | Archives Babyloniennes | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
2014-05-21 at 16:06:59 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2014-05-21 at 16:01:45 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2014-04-24 at 12:00:37 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
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 |
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Archives Babyloniennes (7940)