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ARM 04, 036 (P338798)

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

Annotation unreviewed

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a#-na ia-as2-ma#-ah#-[{d}iszkur]
2. qi2-bi2-[ma]
3. um-ma isz-me-{d}da-gan#
4. a-hu-ka-a-[ma]
5. sza-al-ma-ku a-na ma-a-at nu#-[um-ha-a{ki}]
6. at-ta-la-ak i-na ma-a-at# [nu-um-ha-a{ki}]
7. _sig4_ e-pe2-esz bi-ra-tim sza ma#-[tim]
8. lu!-da#-an#-ni-in-ma# [...]
7-8: Durand, LAPO 17 (1998) p. 278 n. 546
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. i-na-an#-[na ...]
2'. li-di-nu-[...]
3'. hi-szi-ih-ta-szu sza [ha-asz-hu]
4'. li-il-qe2#-em-ma
5'. a-na kur-da{ki} li#*-[sza-bi-lam]
6'. a-na qa#-tim# sza# [...]
7'. li-ip#-[qi2-id]
3'-7': coll. Durand, LAPO 17 (1998) p. 278 n. 547
8'. u3 [...]
rest broken

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

Collections

National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: ARM 4, 36

[Dossin1951ARM4] Dossin, Georges. 1951. Lettres. Archives Royales de Mari 4. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
history: LAPO 17, p. 278 no. 612

[Durand1998LAPO17] Durand, Jean-Marie. 1998. Les Documents Épistolaires Du Palais de Mari. Tome II. Littératures Anciennes Du Proche-Orient 17. Paris: Les Éditions du CERF.

Identifiers

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Provenience

Provenience: Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-09 at 10:52:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-11 at 12:41:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune	Archives Babyloniennes	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-02-07 at 16:04:30	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2006-09-22 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Ben-Marzouk, Nadia; Guerra, Dylan; Price, Jason R.; Reynolds, Kathryn R.; Washburn, Jody E.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Archives Babyloniennes (8638) (8638)

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Cite this Artifacts

“ARM 04, 036 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P338798.

ARM 04, 036 artifact entry (No. P338798). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P338798 (Original work published 2006)

ARM 04, 036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P338798 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {ARM 04, 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P338798},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P338798},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ARM 04, 036 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P338798.

ARM 04, 036 artifact entry (No. P338798). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P338798 (Original work published 2006)

ARM 04, 036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P338798 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2024ARM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {ARM 04, 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P338798},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P338798},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P338798
LB  - CDLI:P338798
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - ARM 04, 036 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P338798
ER  -