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ARM 14, 014 (P351354)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351354 |
| 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 | ia-bi-il-tum# bi-ir-an{ki} | Yabiltum of Biran |
| 6 | sza# me-e sza a-na za-da-nim ub-ba-lu# | of water that they brought to the zadanu-festival |
| 7 | isz#-tu# u4-mi ma-du-tim pe2-te-e-et | From a long time ago |
| 8 | u3# ma#-ti-ma u2-ul ha-at,-t,a3-at | And no one is liable. |
| 9 | i-na me-li-im sza {i7}ha-bu-ur | in the splendor of the Habur canal |
| 10 | ia#-bi-il-tum szi-i | Yabiltum is she |
| 11 | a-na# ki-ib-ri-sza t,i2-ri-tam | to her beloved territory |
| 12 | im-la u3! er-re-tim | “It is raining(?) and floods |
| 13 | e-li# <sza> sza#-na-as-su2-um-ma# | above that of the second one |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-sza#-aq-qi2-ma | he shall raise up, and |
| 2 | mu-u2 a-na li-ib-bi-sza x x x | “To her heart ... |
| 3 | u3# szum-ma szi-ip-ir a-tap#-pi2#-im | and if the work on the canal |
| 4 | sza#-a-ti# la in#-ne-ep-pe2-esz | That one shall not be done. |
| 5 | _{gesz}apin# hi-a#_ e2-kal2-lim i-re-eq-qa | a plow for the Ekallīm will take. |
| 6 | u3 {lu2#}mu-usz-ke-nu-um i-bi-ir-ri | and Muškēnum the guarantor |
| 7 | as-su-ur-ri be-li2 ki-a-am | I have written to my lord thus: |
| 8 | i#-qa-ab#-bi um-ma-a-mi i-na s,a-bi-im# | he will say, saying: "In the army |
| 9 | sza ha-al-s,i-im pi2-te-szi | of the harem is her responsibility. |
| 10 | e-zu-ub la s,a-bi-im sza ha-al-s,i-im | “Seize the untiring one of the ḫalṣīmû-demon! |
| 11 | u3 ha#-al#-as,# ter-qa{ki} i#-te-eb-be2-ma | and the governor of Terqa spoke, and |
| 12 | [u3? szi-pi2-ir] ia#-bi#-il#-tim sza-a-ti | and the work of that yabī-iltim |
| 13 | [u2?]-ul#? [x] x ku?-u2 ki-ma s,a-bi-im | I am not ... like a soldier |
| 14 | sza# a-na {i7}da?-i-szi-im | which to the Daišum canal |
| 15 | {disz}ia-ah-du-li-im it-bu-u2# | Iaḫdum-līm bowed |
| 16 | li-it-be2-em-ma | may he obey, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-na _u4 1(u)-kam_ ia-bi-il-tum# szi#-i# li#-ip#-pi2-ti# | On the 10th day Yabiltum, she is a lippitu |
| 2 | u2-la-szu#-ma e-pi2-isz# [ia]-bi#-[il]-tim# sza-a-ti | Alternatively, the work of that yabī-iltim |
| 3 | u2#-ul i-li#?-u2?-ma# i-x x x [x] x x [x]-dam-[x?] be#?-[li?] li#?-[isz?-pu?]-ra-[am?] | Does he not come and ...? May my lord write me! |
Sources & licences
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