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ARM 14, 005 (P351345)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351345 |
| 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 | 1(disz) _gu4 niga sag_ sza i-gi-se-e-em | 1 ox, barley-fed, of the head, |
| 6 | ma-di-isz ik-bi-ir-ma i-ha-asz x x | he smashed it very much and he was frightened |
| 7 | _sza3-gal_ ma-ha-ra-am li#-mu | the chief of the assembly, eponymy of |
| 8 | i-na-an-na as-su2-ur-ri | Now, I have returned. |
| 9 | _gu4_ szu-u2 i-ma?-qu2-ut-ma szi-ir-szu i-qa2-li-il | That ox falls and its owner is killed. |
| 10 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma | my lord should write me, and |
| 11 | _gu4_ sza-a-tu i-na 1(disz) _{gesz}ma2_ | that ox in one boat |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu-sza-ar-ki-ba-am-ma | I will send to you, and |
| 2 | lu-us2-ki-pa-am | I shall remove. |
| 3 | u3 as-su2-ur-ri _gu4_ szu-u2 | and assurru that ox |
| 4 | i-na qa-ab-li-it gi-ir-ri-im# | in the middle of the forest |
| 5 | i-ha-asz 1(disz) _lu2-muhaldim_ be-li2 li-it,-ru-dam | May my lord send one cook. |
| 6 | asz-szum na-pi2-isz-ti _gu4_ sza-a-tu | Concerning the life of that ox |
| 7 | u2-ta-ar-ru-ma | they shall return, and |
| 8 | szi-ir-szu a-na _e2-gal_-lim i-ru-bu | he entered the palace. |
| 9 | u3 as-su2-ur-ri be-li2 ki-a-am i-qa-bi | And my lord says thus: |
| 10 | um-ma-a-mi! _gu4_ szu-u2 | that ox |
| 11 | a?-ha#?-zu#? a# x x x ma#? | Your brother(?) |
| 12 | [it?]-ti#?-ia x [...] u2-sze-le-em#-ma | ... with me ... I made surpassing, and |
| 13 | [ta?]-hi-it-ta#-[szu? a-na be-li]-ia | his rivals to my lord |
| 14 | asz-pu-ra#-[am] | I wrote to you |
Sources & licences
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