ARM 01, 043 (P254244)

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

125.0 mm × 60.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na# ia-as2-ma-ah-_{d}iszkur_ qi2-bi2-ma#
2. um-ma _{d}utu_-szi-_{d}iszkur_ a#-bu#-ka-a-ma
3. [{disz}]ma#-szi-ia il-li-kam 3(u) _lu2 mesz_
4. a#-na szu-lum sza-la-tim it#-ti#-szu ta-at,-ru-dam#
5. [3(u)] _lu2# mesz_ a-na szu-lum 1(disz) li-im# sza#-la-tim
6. [a]-ii#-isz i-ka#-[asz]-sza#-ad
7. [...] s,a-bu-um# _dumu mesz_ ma-tim s,i2-di#-it# _u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
8. [li]-il#-qe2#-em# it-ti la-i-im# szu#-ta#-as,-bi-ta-szu#-[nu-ti]
9. ar#-hi-isz a-na szu-lum# sza-la-tim#
10. t,u2#-ur-dam hi-da-nam a-na a-la-ak s,a-bi-im sza-a-ti#
11. [u2]-ul a-sza#-ka-na-kum#
12. [sza]-la-tum re-sza-am i-na ha#-x-[...]
13. u2-ka-al a-na ki-ma ta-[...]
14. s,a-bu-um szu-u2 li#-li#-ik#
15. sza-ni-tam ma-szi-ia ki#-a-am# [isz-pu-ra-am um-ma-a-mi]
16. s,a-ba-am sza ki-ma szu-ta2-as,#-[bi-tu]
17. it-ti-ia lu-usz-ta-as,-bi#-[it-ma]
18. a-na tu-ut-tu-ul{ki} lu-ul#-[li-ik]
19. [tu]-uk#-ki# a-la-ki-ia i-na ma#-[ri{ki}]
20. [sze?]-mi an-ni-tam ta-asz-[pu-ra-am]
21. [asz-szum sza] ta#-asz-pu-ra-am dam-qa#-[...]
22. [...] i-na ma-ri{ki#}
23. [...] i#-na su2-ub#-ri-im{ki}
24. [... i-na sa]-ga-ra-tim{ki}
25. [...] an-nu-tim
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1'. [...]-na
2'. [_iti_] a#-ia#-ri# [...] _u4# 4(disz)#-kam_
3'. _u4# 5(disz)-kam_ pa-ha#-[ar] s,a-bi#-im
4'. u3 _u4 5(disz)-kam_ a-la-ak-ma
5'. [a]-na re-esz _iti_ a-ia-ri a-na# tu#-ut-tu-ul#{ki}
6'. ku-szu-ud-ma# tu-uk-ki a-la-ki-[a]
7'. 1(disz) su-mu-e-bu-uh i-sze#-me-ma ta-x [... x]-szu?
8'. i-na-di _bad3-{d}iszkur{ki} bad3#_-ri-[...]
9'. sza na-ak#-rum isz-hi-t,u2 u3 ma-a-tum ka#-[lu-sza]
10'. i-na-ah a-na _dumu mesz_-ia-mi-in ki-a-am qi2#-bi2#-[ma]
11'. um-ma-mi asz-szum i#-na ri-tim la i-ta-x-tu# [...]
12'. a-na pu-ut ma-tim ku-ul-lim e-le-[e ...]
13'. _u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_ asz-ra#-[nu]-um# szi-ib-[ma]
14'. _u4 5(disz)-kam_ ta-ar-ka a-na _u4 2(u)-kam#_ szu#?-[...]
15'. _[u4 1(u)] 5(disz)#-kam_ la-ma e-s,i2-di-im a-na [...]
16'. [szu?-pu?]-ur s,a-ba-am a-na e-bu-ri-[im]
17'. [ki-ma] na-asz-pa-ar-ti-ia# [...]
18'. [...]-sza#?-am# [...]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 125.0 high × 60.0 wide
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  • Dossin, Georges. 1946. [ARM 01, 043 (Dossin1946-85792)]

    primary


  • N.d. [Durand, LAPO 17 (1998) p. 78 no. 492 (1521170)]

    history


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  • Provenience: Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)
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Cite this Artifact

“ARM 01, 043 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 4, 2005. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254244.

ARM 01, 043 artifact entry (No. P254244). (2005, January 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254244

ARM 01, 043 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254244 (Accessed: March 27, 2023).

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  • month = {jan 4},
  • title = {ARM 01, 043 artifact entry},
  • howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254244},
}

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