ARM

The Mari letters are a large collection of clay tablets written in the early second millennium BCE and discovered at the site of Mari on the Euphrates River. They record everyday correspondence between rulers, officials, soldiers, priests, and family members, offering a detailed view of political, military, and religious life in the ancient Near East. Rather than formal literature, these letters preserve routine communication, showing how decisions were made, how authority was negotiated, and how divine messages, omens, and dreams were integrated into ordinary affairs.