ARM 05, 005 (P338855)

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 ap-la-ha-an-da
 ts: umma aplaḫanda
 en: Thus Aplaḫanda,
4. a-hu-ka-a-ma a-nu-um-ma _gesztin du10-ga_
 ts: aḫukama anumma karānam ṭābam
 en: your brother: Now good wine
5. usz-ta2-bi-la-kum u3 szi-ti
 ts: uštābilakkum u šiti
 en: I have sent you; so drink!
6. a-nu-um#-ma _ninda_ sza kar-ka-mi-isz7#[{ki}]
 ts: anumma aklum ša karkamiš
 en: Now bread of Carchemish;
7. u3 a#-ku-ul a-nu-um-ma 1(disz) e-[...]
 ts: u akul anumma ištēn e-...
 en: so eat! Now 1 ... ;
8. a-nu-um-ma _1(disz) har-szu_ bar-[...]
 ts: anumma ištēn semer qātim bar-...
 en: now 1 bracelet ... ;
9. a-nu-um-ma 1(disz) {tug2}su2-nim u3 a-nu#-[um-ma]
 ts: anumma ištēn sūnim u anumma
 en: now 1 sūnu(-garment), further now
10. _1(disz) {tug2}sza3-ga-du3 du8-szi-a_
 ts: ištēn šakattâm dušâm
 en: 1 š(-garment) of dušûm(-stone color)
11. usz-ta2-bi-la-kum
 ts: uštābilakkum
 en: I have sent you.
12. u3 asz-szum a-wa-tim mi-im-ma
 ts: u aššum awātim mimma
 en: Further, for the sake of all the terms
13. a-na s,e-ri-ia szi-tap-pa-ra-am
 ts: ana ṣēriya šitapparam
 en: to me keep sending!
14. u3 a-na-ku a-na ma-an-nim
 ts: u anāku ana mannim
 en: Further, as for me, to whom
15. a#-na-at,-t,a3-al#
 ts: anaṭṭal
 en: will I look?
reverse
1. [...]-x-x an-nu-um _e2#_ {d}x-gal
 ts: ... annûm bīt ...
 en: This ..., the house of ...
2. [...]-x {d}utu-szi-{d}iszkur a-bi-ia
 ts: ... šamšī-addu abiya
 en: ... of Šamšī-Addu, my father,
3. [a-na hi]-sze-eh-ti-ka szu-up-ra-am-ma
 ts: ana ḫišeḫtika šupramma
 en: per your needs write me, and
4. usz#-ta-bi-la-kum
 ts: uštābilakkum
 en: I have sent to you.
5. u3 a#-na#? x mi-im-ma# am#-mi-nim
 ts: u ana ... mimma ammīnim
 en: and for ... something why
6. la ta#-sza#-ap-pa-ra#-[am]
 ts: lā tašapparam
 en: do you not send to me?
7. u3 a-bi [...]
 ts: u abī ...
 en: Further, my father in ...
8. wa-szi-ib# ia-[...]
 ts: wašib ia-...
 en: is staying; ...
9. an-ni-tam u3# [la an-ni-tam]
 ts: annītam u lā annītam
 en: One way or the other,
10. szu-up#-ra#-am#-[ma ...]
 ts: šupramma ...
 en: write to me, and ...
11. a-sza#-ap#-[pa-ra-kum]
 ts: ašapparakkum
 en: I will send to you.

Consult previous versions and their differences
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 5, 005

    [Dossin1951ARM5] Dossin, Georges. 1951. Lettres. Archives Royales de Mari 5. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

  • history: ARMT 5, no. 5

    [Dossin1952ARMT5] Dossin, Georges. 1952. Correspondance de Iasmaḫ-Addu. Archives Royales de Mari 5. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.

  • history: LAPO 16, p. 400 no. 253

    [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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  • 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
2014-06-04 at 17:20:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Guerra, Dylan CDLI approved View
2014-05-27 at 08:03:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Guerra, Dylan 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 05, 005 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338855.
ARM 05, 005 artifact entry (No. P338855). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338855 (Original work published 2006)
ARM 05, 005 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338855 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {ARM 05, 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338855},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338855},
}


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