ARM 03, 042 (P273089)

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 be#-[li2]-ia#
2. qi2-[bi2]-ma
3. um-ma [ki-ib]-ri-{d}da-gan
4. _ARAD2_-[ka-a]-ma#
5. {d#}da-gan u3 {d#}[ia-ak]-ru-bi-dingir sza#-al-mu
6. a-lum ter-qa{ki#} u3 ha-al-s,u2-um sza-lim#
7. sza-ni-tam ki#-ma# sza i-na pa-[ni]-tim
8. be-li2 isz-[pu]-ra#-am asz-szum# _e2_-tim
9. sza a-sza-ar {munus}ug-ba-ab#-[tum] sza# {d}da-gan
10. usz2-sza-bu te-re-tim
reverse
1. u2-sze-pi2-isz#-ma
2. a-na _e2_ {munus}ug-ba-ab#-tim pa-ni-tim
3. te-re-tu-ia i-sza-ra#
4. u3 dingir-lum a-na-am i-pu-la-an-ni-ma
5. a-na _e2_ sza-a-tu szu-te-szu-ri-im
6. u3 me2-er-qe2-ti-szu he-t,i3-im
7. qa-tam asz-ku-un
8. i-na _e2_ sze-tu {munus}ug-ba-ab-tum
9. sza be-li2 a-na {d}da-gan i-re-ed-de-em
10. usz2-sza-ab

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ARM 3, 42

    [Kupper1948ARM3] Kupper, Jean-Robert. 1948. Lettres. Archives Royales de Mari 3. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

  • history: ARM 26/1, 178

    [Durand1988ARM26/1] Durand, Jean-Marie. 1988. Archives Épistolaires de Mari I/1. Archives Royales de Mari 26/1. Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations.

  • history: LAPO 18, p. 105 no. 958

    [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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  • Accession No.: A 00867

  • 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
2017-09-07 at 11:31:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2005-06-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Ben-Marzouk, Nadia; Donnelly-Lewis, Brian; Guerra, Dylan; Price, Jason R.; Reynolds, Kathryn R.; Washburn, Jody E. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ARM 03, 042 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P273089.
ARM 03, 042 artifact entry (No. P273089). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273089 (Original work published 2005)
ARM 03, 042 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273089 (Accessed: July 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {ARM 03, 042 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273089},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273089},
}


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