ARM 01, 039 (P254240)

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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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria

Museum Number

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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

Measurements

70.0 mm × 57.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. a-na ia-as2-ma-ah-_{d#}iszkur_
2. qi2#-bi2-ma#
3. [um]-ma# _{d}utu_-szi-_{d}iszkur_ a-bu-ka#-a-ma
4. [{disz}]t,a3#-ab-e-li-um-ma-ni-szu il-li-[ik-ma]
5. asz-szum a-la-at-re-e{ki} asz2-ta-a-al#-[szu]
6. ki-a-am id-bu-ba-am um-ma-a-mi#
7. a-la-at-ru-u2{ki} ku-us,-s,u-ur _bad3_-szu pa-nu-um-ma
8. mi-im-ma _bad3_ sza-ni-im u2-ul i-pu-szu
9. u3 a-lam{ki} sza-a-ti a-ta-am#-ra-ku
10. ki-ma 1(disz)-szu 2(disz)-szu 3(disz)-szu e-ti-iq
11. ti-lu-szu su2-ur-ri e-li
12. _bad3_-szu mi-ne-tum-ma
13. a-lum{ki} szu-u2 pa-x-x-x-an# i-sza-ri-isz-ma
14. a-na ma-ti [...]-x tu-sze-er-ri-ib
15. u3 _{d}utu#_ [...]
16. um#?-[...]
reverse
1'. u3? [...]
2'. a-na a-x-[...]
3'. mi-nu-um pa-ag#-[...]
4'. u2-qu2-ur bi-ir-ta-szu# x [...]
5'. u3 wa-szi-ib a-lim{ki} szu-zi-[ib]
6'. an-ni-isz a-na li-ib-bi ma-tim tu-bi-ra-asz-szu-nu-[ti]
7'. a-lam{ki} sza-a-ti u2-qu2-ur qu2-lu
8'. u3 ki-ma i-na t,up-pi2-ia pa-ni-im asz-pu-ra-kum a-na szu-da-a{ki}
9'. i-szi-ma s,i2-di-tam sza _iti 1(disz)-kam_ s,a-ba-am szu-um-hi-ir
10'. tu-uk-ki-il-ma _u4 1(disz)-kam u4 2(disz)-kam_ i-na szu-da#-a{ki#}
11'. s,a-bu-um li-nu-uh-ma a-na sza-pa-na-szi-im{ki} i-sze-em-ma
12'. i-na sza-pa-na-szi-im{ki} szi-ib
13'. i-na sza-pa-na-szi-im{ki} _gar-du hi-a_-ka s,a-bu-u2-um u2-sza-al-lam
14'. u3 we-di s,a-bu-um s,i2-di-[it]-tam sza _iti_ e-re#-bi-im
15'. isz-tu szu-da-a{ki} il-qe2-e
16'. i-nu-ma a-na sza-pa-na#-szi-im{ki} ta-at-ta-sze-e-em
17'. 2(disz) _lu2 mesz_ qa-al-lu-tim a-na s,e-er a-hi-ka szu-up-ra-am#-[ma]
18'. pu-ha-at s,a-ab ha-du-un-lu-mu
19'. {disz}si2-it#-ri-_{d}iszkur_ u3 s,a-ab e-li-li-isz
20'. li#-it,#-ru-da-ak-kum isz-tu s,a-bu-um szu-u2
21'. [ik]-ta-asz2-da-ak-kum s,a-ba-am sza-a-ti
22'. [a]-na# s,e-er a-hi-ka t,u2-ur-dam
23'. [iti] ni-iq-mi-im _u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam_
24'. t,up#-pi2 an-ni-im u2-sza-bi-la-kum

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 70.0 high × 57.0 wide
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  • Dossin, Georges. 1946. [ARM 01, 039 (Dossin1946-85788)]

    primary

  • N.d. [Durand, LAPO 17 (1998) p. 47 no. 471 (1521166)]

    history

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  • Provenience: Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)
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Created Creator Authors Project Reviewer Status
2006-10-12 at 12:38:36 CDLI CDLI CDLI approved
2005-01-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Ajango, Kelsey M.; Washburn, Jody E.; Ben-Marzouk, Nadia; Price, Jason R.; Durand, Jean-Marie CDLI approved

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Cite this Artifact

“ARM 01, 039 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 4, 2005. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254240.

ARM 01, 039 artifact entry (No. P254240). (2005, January 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254240

ARM 01, 039 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254240 (Accessed: March 27, 2023).

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  • month = {jan 4},
  • title = {ARM 01, 039 artifact entry},
  • howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254240},
}

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