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ARM 14, 017 + A 01220 (P351357)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 017 + A 01220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351357 |
| 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 qi2]-bi2#-ma | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | um-ma ia-qi2-im-{d}iszkur | Thus Yaqim-Addu |
| 3 | _ARAD2_-ka#-a-ma | your servant |
| 4 | asz-szum i3-li2-sza-ki-im se2-ke-ri-im | Concerning Ilī-šākim, the sekēru |
| 5 | a-wa-tam a-na# be-[li2]-ia# ki#-a-am usz2-qi2-il5 um#-ma# a-na-ku-ma | a word to my lord I have thus said: "I |
| 6 | i-na pa-ni-tim [1(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_] a-na be-li2-ia isz-pu-ur | before 1 mina of silver to my lord he sent |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-a-tu be-li2 u2-[ul im-hu-ur a-na] i3-li2-sza-ki-im ki#-[a-am] aq-bi! | That silver my lord did not receive, thus I said to Ili-shakim: |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma 1(disz) ma-[na _ku3-babbar_ a-na be]-li2-ia ki-i ta-asz-pu#-[ur]-ma | Thus I: when you wrote to my lord 1 mina of silver, |
| 9 | il-li-ik 1(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar#_ [u2]-re2-ed-de-em-ma | he went and 1 mina of silver he shall pay back. |
| 10 | 2(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ a-ia-szi-im iq#-be2-em-ma a-na be-li2-ia | 2 minas of silver to me he said, and to my lord |
| 11 | [ki]-i-am aq-bi um-ma a-na-ku-ma 2(disz) ma-na an-ne2-em li-im#-hu#-ur#-ma | As I said, thus: "I: let him accept this 2 minas." |
| 12 | _lu2#_ sza-a-tu li-wa-asz-sze-ru | that man may they release. |
| 13 | u3 be-li2 ki#-a-[am] iq-be2-em um-ma-a-mi u2-ul 2(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ i-na-ad-di#-in | and my lord said thus: "He will not give 2 minas of silver." |
| 14 | a-na pu-ha-at# szu-mu-ti-szu 5(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ ip-t,e4-ri | for the payment of that debt 5 minas of silver he has received. |
| 15 | sza na-pi2-isz-ti-szu li-isz-qu-ul-ma wa-asz-sze-er-szu | (Sum) May the one of his life be cut off and his body (Akk) May he cut off his life and his corpse |
| 16 | an-ni-tam be-li2 u2-wa-e-ra-an-ni a-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} | This my lord gave me to Sagaratum. |
| 17 | ak-szu-ud-ma ki-ma sza be-li2 u2-wa-e-ra-an-ni | I conquered, and like what my lord has entrusted to me |
| 18 | a-na i3-li2-sza-ki-im a-wa-tam ki-a-am as,-ba-at | To Ilī-šākim, I have thus seized the word. |
| 19 | um-ma a-[na-ku-ma asz]-szu#-mi-ka a-wa-tam ma-ha-ar be-li2-ia | Thus I: concerning you, a matter before my lord |
| 20 | [asz-ku-un-ma be-li2 ki-a]-am# u2-wa-e-ra-an-ni | I placed, and my lord told me thus: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na# [...] | to ... |
| 2 | a-na [...] | to ... |
| 3 | lu-ul-qi2-im u3 a-nu-um-ma# x x x x | let me take, and now ... |
| 4 | ki-ma 1(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ 3(u) _udu hi-a_ 1(disz) _gin2#_-[am3] | instead of 1 mina of silver, 30 sheep and goats, 1 shekel |
| 5 | u3 1(disz) szu-szi _u8 hi-a masz gin2-am3 1(gesz2) 3(u) udu hi-a_ 1(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ | and 60 ewes and goats, one shekel of silver, 90 sheep and 1 mina of silver |
| 6 | 2(disz) ma!(NA)-na _ku3-babbar_ s,a-ar-pu-<<um>>-um | 2 minas of refined silver |
| 7 | u3 sza 2(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ 7(disz) _gu4 hi-a_ 1(gesz2) _udu hi-a_ | and of 2 minas of silver 7 oxen and 60 sheep |
| 8 | _szunigin_ 4(disz) _ku3-babbar_ ki-s,i2-ir-ta-szu | total: 4 (shekels of) silver as his pledge |
| 9 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma szum-ma _a-sza3_ mi-im-ma t,a?-ba!?-at-ka | Thus I: “If the field is something good for you, |
| 10 | i-ba-asz-szi i-di#-in-ma 5(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ mu-ul-li | he gave, and 5 minas of refined silver |
| 11 | um-ma# sza#-ma _a-sza3_ sza s,a-ab-ta-ku _a-sza3_ e2-kal2-lim-ma | Thus says that the field that I captured, the field of the Ekallimma |
| 12 | na#-at,-u2 _a-sza3_ e2-kal2#-lim a-na _ku3-babbar_ a-na-ad-di-in-ma | the yield of the field Ekallim for silver I shall give, and |
| 13 | wa-ar-ki-ti e-li pa-ni u2-ul i-te-er | After that, he did not return to his presence. |
| 14 | wa-ar-ki-tam ap-ru-us2-ma ul-la-nu-um 2(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ | After that I searched and later 2 minas of silver |
| 15 | an-ni-i-im sza i-na _e2 dam-gar3_ il-qe2-em 7(disz) _gu4 hi-a_ | This which in the house of the merchant took, 7 oxen |
| 16 | u3 1(gesz2) 3(u) _udu hi-a_ mi-im-ma wa-ar-ku-um u2-ul i-[ba-asz-szi] | and 90 sheep, anything after that, there is none. |
| 17 | i-na-an-na szum-ma 2(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ an-ne2-em | Now, if 2 minas of this silver |
| 18 | 7(disz) _gu4 hi-a_ sza 1(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ u3 1(gesz2) 3(u) _udu hi-a_ | 7 oxen of 1 mina of silver and 110 sheep |
| 19 | sza 1(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar szunigin_ 4(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_-szu a-ma-ha-ar-ma | of 1 mina of silver, total: 4 minas of his silver I received, and |
| 20 | _lu2_ sza-a-tu u2-wa-asz-sza-ar an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam | that man shall release. This is not the case |
| 21 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | my lord should write me. |
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