ARM 04, 020 (P338782)

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 i-ba]-al#*-{d*}[iszkur]
2. qi2#-bi2-[ma]
3. um#-ma isz-me-{d}iszkur#
  coll. Charpin, MARI 7 (1993) p. 173
4. a-hu-ka-a-ma
5. a-na _{gesz}gu-za e2_ a-bi-ia e-ru-ub
6. u2 se2-he-ku-u2-ma
7. szu-ul-mi u2-ul asz-pu-ra-kum
8. i-na-an-na# a-hi at-ta ul-la-nu-uk-ka
9. a-ha-am sza-ne2-e-em u2-ul i-szu
10. a-lam{ki} u2 _lugal*_ sza i-na qa-ti-ka
11. ta-s,a-ab-ba-tu sa-li-im-szu
12. e-le-eq-qe2 mi-im-ma la-a ta-na-'i3-id
13. _{gesz}gu-za_-ka _{gesz}gu-za_-ka-a-ma
14. {d}iszkur!-u2-{d}utu i-na qa-ti-ia
15. u2-ka-al _elam-mesz_ u3 _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki}
16. i-na ti-ka-ti-ia u2-ka-al
17. mi-im-ma la-a ta-na-'i3-id
18. [a]-di a-na-ku u3 at-ta#
reverse
1. ba-al-t,a3-nu
2. a-na da-ri-tim i-na _{gesz}gu-za_-ka
3. wa-asz-ba-ta ni-isz _dingir-mesz_
4. i-na bi-ri-ti-ni dan-na-am
5. i ni-iz2-ku-ur-ma
6. a-na-ku u3 at-ta <i> ni-na-mi-ir-ma
7. at-hu-tam i-na bi-ri-ti-ni
8. a-na da-ri-tim i ni-isz-ku-un
9. lu-u2 ha-de-<et> mi-im-ma li-ib-ba-ka
10. ni-zi-iq-tam la-a i-ra-asz-szi
11. _lu2-sukkal elam-mesz_ be-li2
12. [szi-ip]-ri isz*-me2-em
13. [ki-a-am] id*-bu#*-[ub]
14. [um-ma-mi] ne#*-[eh-ra-ri?]
15. [... szum-ma]
16. [hi-sze-eh]-ta#-am [mi-im-ma]
17. [ha]-asz#*-ha-ta im*-gur#*?-[{d}...]
18. [t,u2]-ur2#*-dam*-[ma]
left
column 1
1. [t,e4-em]-ka# ga-am-ra-am
2. [a-na s,e]-ri-ia
column 2
1. szu-up-ra-asz-szi
  collations: Charpin, MARI 7 (1993) p. 173

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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, 20

    [Dossin1951ARM4] Dossin, Georges. 1951. Lettres. Archives Royales de Mari 4. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

  • history: MARI 7, p.165-191, p. 173-174

    [Charpin1993Išme-Addu] Charpin, Dominique. 1993. “Un Souverain Éphémère En Ida-Maraṣ: Išme-Addu d’Ašnakkum.” Mari, Annales de Recherches Interdisciplinaires 7: 165–91.

  • history: LAPO 16, p. 632 no. 436

    [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
2024-08-09 at 12:49:58 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
2023-02-14 at 13:16:09 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram 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 04, 020 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338782.
ARM 04, 020 artifact entry (No. P338782). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338782 (Original work published 2006)
ARM 04, 020 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338782 (Accessed: February 12, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338782},
}

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