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ARM 14, 016 (P351356)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351356 |
| 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 | asz-szum {lu2}se2-ke-ri-[im a-na s,e-er be-li2-a] | Concerning the steward to my lord |
| 6 | asz2-tap-pa-ra-am um-ma a-na#-[ku-ma] | I wrote to you thus: "I |
| 7 | ba-lum {lu2}se2-ke-ri-im# [ha-bu-ur na]-di# | without the se’kērīm priest, the ḫabur priest was brought |
| 8 | u3 be-li2 asz-szum 1(disz) {lu2}se2-[ke-ri]-im# | and my lord concerning one steward |
| 9 | i-na _dumu-mesz_ sza-al-lu-ri-im# a-na pa#-ha-at# | from the sons of Šallurim to the province |
| 10 | ha-bu-ur ta3-ra-di-im ba-ah#-di#-li#-im | Ḫabur-tarādim (is) Baḫdi-Lîm |
| 11 | u2-wa-e-er-ma {lu2}se2-ke-ra-am | he shall remove, and the šēkērim |
| 12 | u2-ul it-ru-dam t,up-pi2 a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia# | I did not send my tablet to my lord. |
| 13 | usz-ta-bi-lam wa-ar-ka-nu-um-ma | he sent to me afterwards, and |
| 14 | {disz}ba-ah-di-li-im ik-szu-da-ma | Baḫdi-Līm arrived, and |
| 15 | {disz}dingir-szu-illat#?-su2 it-ti-szu | Ilu-šu-tillassu is with him |
| 16 | it-ra-a-am-ma# i-na mu-usz-te-er-tim | he returned, and in the middle |
| reverse | ||
| 17 | a#-na# <<a#-na#>> pa-ha-at ha-bu-ur | to the province of Habur |
| 18 | u2-wa-e-er-szu wa-ar-ka-nu-um-ma# | he shall replace it. After that |
| 19 | i-na si2-ma-an _nig2-DU_ tup-pi2 be-li2-ia# | at the time of the writing of my lord's tablet |
| 20 | a-na ba-ah-di-li#-im ik-szu-dam-ma | to Baḫdi-Lîm he reached, and |
| 21 | {disz}dingir-szu-illat?-su2 a-na ma-ri{ki} it-ra-am | Ilu-šū-tillassu went to Mari |
| 22 | u3 pa-ha-at# ha-bu-ur a-na {lu2-mesz}ah-hi | and the province of Habur for the baḫḫu |
| 23 | {disz}i3-li2-sza-ki-im s,e-eh-hi-ru-tim u2-te-er | Ilī-šākim returned the flocks. |
| 24 | u3 be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-<<am>>-ma | and my lord wrote me thus: |
| 25 | um-ma-a-mi isz-tu a-na wa-asz-szu-ur [x] | Thus (says) the king: "From now on ... |
| 26 | _lu2_ sza i-na ne-pa-ri-im na-du-[...] x-im | a man who in the netherworld ... |
| 27 | pa-nam sza-ak-na-ta _lu2_ sze-[...] | at the disposal of Šaknata, the man ... barley |
| 28 | asz-szum mi-nim a-na-ku a-na wa#-[asz-szu-ri-szu] | Because of what I have to say to his fathers, |
| 29 | pa-nam a-sza-ka-an asz-szum-ma [1(disz) {lu2}se2-ke-ru-um] | I shall place as a pledge. If 1 sekerum |
| 30 | tak2-lum la i-ba-asz-szu-u2 [a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia] | there is no fear for my lord. |
| 31 | asz#-pu#-ra-am mi-[...] | I wrote to you ... |
| 32 | x x x i-la-kam# | he will come |
| 33 | x [...] | |
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