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ARM 14, 015 (P351355)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351355 |
| 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-qi-im-{d}iszkur | Thus Yaqim-Addu |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | isz-tu u4-mi-im sza# [a]-na ter-qa{ki} | from the day that to Terqa |
| 6 | ma-ha-ar# [be]-li2-ia at#-ta-al-kam | I have come before my lord. |
| 7 | 1(u) 5(disz) ni-ka-as2 _tusze 1(disz)-kam_ | 15 ni-kas2 tuše 1 |
| 8 | u3#? 2(disz) am#-ma#-tim _tusze 2(disz)-kam#_ | and 2 female lambs a 2nd time |
| 9 | [ha-bu]-ur im-la-a-[am?] | he smote the enemy |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [1(disz) {lu2}]se2#-ke-rum tak2-[lum] | 1 kērum-official, the taklum-official |
| 2 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi-i [...] | There is no |
| 3 | {disz}i-din-{d}da-gan# [...] | Iddin-Dagan |
| 4 | _dumu-mesz_ sza#-lu-ri-im# [...] | the sons of Šalurim . . |
| 5 | szum-ma ni-t,i2-il be-li2-[ia] | If my lord's gift |
| 6 | i-na bi-ri-ti-szu-nu 1(disz) {lu2}se2#-[ke-ra-am] | between them, 1 sekretu |
| 7 | sza i-in-szu na-wi-ra-at be-li2 li#-wa#-e-er-ma | May my lord recite the incantation with his eyes. |
| 8 | [li]-it,-ru-dam ak-ki-ma | let them come to an end! |
| 9 | [asz-szum] mi-lim hi-t,i2-tum i-na mu-ba-li-t,a3-tim | Because a fair trial in the case of fraud |
| 10 | [la] ib#-ba-asz-szu-u2 | they shall not arise |
| 11 | ha-bu-ur ba-lum {lu2}se2-ke-ri-im | “Ḫabur-bum, the sekērīm-official, |
| 12 | na-di {lu2#}se2-ki-rum sza# be-li2 | the delivery of the sekīrum-official of my lord |
| 13 | i-t,a3-ra-da-am | he shall repay. |
| 14 | a-la-kam li#-pu-sza-am | I will go, let them do. |
Sources & licences
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