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ARM 14, 001 (P351341)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351341 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ — ? |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Mari (mod. Tell Hariri) |
| Coordinates | 34.5504, 40.8887 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na be-li2-ia [qi2]-bi2#-[ma] | Speak to my lord: |
| 2 | um-ma ia-qi2-im#-{d}[iszkur] | Thus Yaqim-Adad |
| 3 | _ARAD2_-ka#-a#-ma | your servant |
| 4 | 1(disz) _sal-ur-mah_ i-na ru-ug-bi-[im] | 1 lion-headed lion in the rūbum |
| 5 | sza _e2_ ak-ka-ka{ki} mu-<szi>-tam is,-s,a-bi#-it#-ma | of the house of Akkad a man seized, and |
| 6 | mu-usz-te-er-tam a-na s,e-ri-ia u2#-[ba]-ar#-ru-nim-ma | he sent me a message. |
| 7 | at-ta-la-ak# [u3 asz]-szum la ma-ha-as, _ur-mah_ sza-a-tu | I went, and because I did not fear that lion |
| 8 | ka-al u4-mi-im i-na _e2_ ak-ka-ka{ki} | all day in the house of Akkad |
| 9 | wa-asz#-ba#-ku um-ma a-na-ku-ma ba-al-t,u2-us-su2 | I am sitting, thus I: his life |
| 10 | [a]-na# s,e-er be-li2-ia lu#-sza-ak-szi-is-su2 | to my lord I shall release him. |
| 11 | x x ad-di-szum usz-ta-mi-su2-nu-ti-ma | [... I] gave to him, I imposed upon them and |
| 12 | e-zi-ib-szu-nu-ti-[ma] | Disregard that they have been seized and |
| 13 | a-ka-lum-ma u2-ul i-ku-ul-szu-[nu]-ti# | he did not eat food for them |
| 14 | a-na-ku# a-na mu-ba-al-li-it,-t,im | I to Uballiṭṭu |
| 15 | na-sze-e-em a-na bi-da-ha{ki} | to Bidaḫ |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | asz-pu-ur a-di mu-ba-al-t,i-it,-t,im | I wrote to him as far as Mubalṭiṭum. |
| 2 | u2-sza-ak-szi-du i-na sza-ni-i-im | in another |
| 3 | u4-mi-im _ur-mah_ im-tu-ut | The day a lion died |
| 4 | _sal-ur-mah_ sza-a-ti a-mu-ur szi-ba-at | I saw that lion. |
| 5 | u3 ha-la-at as-su2-ur-re-e-ma be-li2 | and the share I shall return, and my lord |
| 6 | ki-a-am i-qa-ab-bi um-ma-a-mi _ur-mah_ sza#-a-tu | Thus he says: "That lion |
| 7 | ma-ha-s,u-um-mi im-ha-s,u ki-ma a-sa-ak be-li2-ia | (Sum) The one who screams, the one who shouts like a lion, my lord, (Akk) I shouted, I shout like the lion that is slain, my [lord], |
| 8 | szum-ma _ur-mah_ sza-a-tu ma-am-ma-an | If that lion no one |
| 9 | il-pu-ut i-na-an-na ki-ma _ur-mah_ szu-u2 | Now, like that lion |
| 10 | i-mu-tu _kusz_-szu usz2-ki-is,-ma a-na-ku szu-ku-lim ad-di-in# | He loosened his skin and I gave a šukullu-vessel. |
| 11 | _ur#-mah_ szi-ib-ma i-na ni-is-sa3-tim-ma | a lion lies down and in a dream |
| 12 | [im]-tu# x x x UD x | After ... ... |
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