ARM 01, 040 (P254241)

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

65.0 mm × 46.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. a-na ia-as2-ma-ah-_{d#}iszkur#_
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma _{d}utu_-szi#-[_{d}]iszkur#_
4. a-bu-ka#-a-[ma]
5. a-nu-um-ma# [t,up]-pa#-tim [la]-bi#-ra#-tim
6. sza a-na isz#-me-{d}da-gan#
7. szu-ut,-t,u2#-ra
8. usz-ta-bi#-la#-kum
9. szum-ma t,up-pa-tum szi-na
10. a-na i-di-ka#
11. i-sza-al-li-ma
12. te-re-e-[tim]
13. szu-pi2-isz-ma#
reverse
1. a-na i-di-[ka]
2. szu-ul-li-im#
3. szum-ma la ki-a-[am]
4. a-na i-di-ka# a-hi# [x-x]-su2#?
5. u3 te-re-tum la sza#-al#-ma
6. a-na s,e-er ha-ri-ia
7. szu-bi-il-szi-na-ti
8. u3 t,up#-pa-ka li-li#-ik#-szum-ma
9. [x-x]-ka# ma-ha-ar ha-ri-ia
10. [...]-x-wa-nu-um-bi{ki}
11. a-na# ma?-x-su#?-ma-am-ma
12. [a]-na# wa#-bi-il-szi-na-ti
13. [ap]-pu-tum# e-hi-id
14. [x]-ka#-sza#? a-[na] ha-ri-ia
15. lu-u2 nu-uh-hu-ud

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 65.0 high × 46.0 wide
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  • primary: ARM 1, 40

    [Dossin1946ARM1] Dossin, Georges. 1946. Lettres. Archives Royales de Mari 1. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

  • history: LAPO 18, p. 110 no. 964

    [Durand2000LAPO18] Durand, Jean-Marie. 2000. Les Documents Épistolaires Du Palais de Mari. Tome III. Littératures Anciennes Du Proche-Orient 18. 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
2024-08-09 at 12:51:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-11 at 12:41:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune Archives Babyloniennes Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:38:36 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2005-01-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Ben-Marzouk, Nadia; Durand, Jean-Marie; Price, Jason R.; Washburn, Jody E. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ARM 01, 040 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254241.
ARM 01, 040 artifact entry (No. P254241). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254241 (Original work published 2005)
ARM 01, 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254241 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {ARM 01, 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254241},
}


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