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ARM 14, 002 (P351342)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351342 |
| 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 | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma# ia-qi2-im-{d}iszkur | Thus Yaqim-Addu |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | _ur-mah udu hi-a_ sza ha-ab-du-{d}a-mi | lion, sheep and goats of Habdu-Ammi |
| 6 | i-na ta-ar-ba-s,i2-im i-ka-al-ma | he will stand in the battle, and |
| 7 | i-na ta-ar-ba-s,i2-szu i-na _e2_ ak-ka-ka{ki} | on his return from the house of Akkad |
| 8 | sa-ha-tam ip-te-ma | he opened the sahatam-vessel, and |
| 9 | _ur-mah#_ i-na ha-ti-szu | a lion on his own |
| 10 | a-na ta-ar-ba-s,i2-im a-na sa-ha-tim | for the tārāṣum-offering, for the exchange, |
| 11 | im-qu2-ut u3 ha-ab-du-{d#}[a-mi] | fell, and Habdu-Ammi |
| 12 | i-na _bad3_{ki}-ia-ah-du-li-im | in Dūr-Yaḫdum-Lîm |
| 13 | _ur-mah_ a-na e-li-im | a lion to the upper |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | pa-nam isz-ku-un-ma | he set up his face, and |
| 2 | _lu2 sipa-mesz gesz hi-a_ u2-pa-hi-ru-ma# | the shepherds gathered the harvest, and |
| 3 | sa-ha-tam u2-ma-al-lu-ma i-sza-tam | (Sum) He fills the saḫātu-vessel, he fills it with oil (Akk) They fill the silt and the sila is filled |
| 4 | a-na <sa>-ha-tim id-du-u2-ma _ur-mah#_ szu-u2 | to the saḫātum they gave, and that lion |
| 5 | i-sza-tam isz-wi ma-ma | he smote, nobody |
| 6 | _ka#_-szu usz-ta-ar A2 u2-ul ka-si2-im | his mouth will be shut; the road will not be straight. |
| 7 | u3 _ur-mah_ ak-ki-lum | and the lion, Akkilum |
| 8 | sza isz-tu _iti 4(disz)-kam_ i-na ha-al-s,i2-im | which from the 4th month in the district |
| 9 | u2-da-ap-pi2-ru isz-tu _iti 1(disz)-kam_ | from the first month |
| 10 | a-na ha-al-s,i2-im im-qu2-ut-ma | fell into a trap, and |
| 11 | 4(disz) _tur#?-mesz_ i-du-uk | 4 boys he killed |
| 12 | u2-ul ki-ma sza i-na pa-ni-tim | is not like that in the past |
| 13 | sza ki-s,i2-ir s,a-bi-im | of the ṣābum contingent, |
| 14 | ip-pa-al-la-as2-ma | he will examine, and |
| 15 | i-pa-at,-t,a3-ar i-na-an-na | he will redeem. Now |
| 16 | a-na ki-ir-s,i2 s,a-bi-im | into a stronghold |
| left | ||
| 17 | _ur-mah#_ szu-u2 ir-t,u2-ub | that lion has died |
| 18 | we-e-ra-am | he brought. |
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