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ARM 14, 018 (P351358)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351358 |
| 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 | i-na pa-ni-tim i-nu-mu ha-bu-ur im-la-a-am | In the past, when a flood erupted, |
| 6 | asz-szum ta-ap-pi2-isz7# sza ha-bu-ur | Concerning the tappiš of the ḫabur |
| 7 | er-ri-tam _til_ i-na qa-tim-ma u2-sze-sze-er | “The extispicy was finished, in the hand he made it come forth. |
| 8 | be-li2 isz-me-e-ma um-ma be-li2-ma er-ri-tum | My lord heard (this), thus (says) my [lo]rd: |
| 9 | ib-ba-ti-iq mi-im-ma u2-ul bi-it-qum | shall pass by, nothing shall be taken away. |
| 10 | i-na qa-tim-ma u2-sze-sze-er-szi | in the hand he brought her, |
| 11 | u3 la-ma be-li2 a-na ha-la-as, sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} | and before my lord to the districts of Sagaratum |
| 12 | u2-wa-e-ra-an-ni# | he made me swear |
| 13 | 1(disz) er-ri-tum _gal_ a-na ki-ib-ri#-[{d}da]-gan# | 1 big erritum-vessel for Kibri-Dagan |
| 14 | a-na e-pi2-szi-im ap-qi2-id# | I entrusted to the work |
| 15 | [u3?] er#-ri-tum _til_ a-na# | and the errûtu-offering to |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | sza s,a-ab-tu na-di x [...] | (Sum) The one who is seized, the one who was seized ... (Akk) Who is captured ... |
| 2' | u3 mi3-lum 5(disz) am-ma-tim im-[la-a-am] | and half of five minas he shall weigh out. |
| 3' | as-su2-ur-ri mi3-lum a-na pa-ni-x [i?-la?-ak?-ma?] | I asked, “What is it that he will do in the presence of(?) |
| 4' | er-ri-tum szi-i u2-sze-sze-er# | that errītu he shall remove |
| 5' | ma-na-ha-tum ma-da-tum i-ha-al-li-qa# | He will take the tribute and the tribute. |
| 6' | u3 isz-tu sza be-li2 u2-wa-e-ra-an-ni | and as soon as my lord has informed me, |
| 7' | 4(disz) bi-it-qi2 e-es3-ke-er | 4 (mana wool for) Bīt-qî-ešer, |
| 8' | u3 er-re-e-tim ka-lu-szi-na pu-us-su2-sa3-ma | and all the lands are satisfied, and |
| 9' | 2(disz) am-ma-a ka-la-kam e-li-szi-na u2-ka-ab-bi-it | 2 (mana wool for) all of them he weighed out. |
| 10' | be-li2 a-na ki-ib-ri-{d}da-gan dan-na-tim | my lord to Kibri-Dagan the mighty |
| 11' | li-isz-pu-ur-ma s,a-ba-szu li-ka-am-mi-sa#-am | May he send word that his capture will be confirmed. |
| 12' | u3 a-na-ku ha-al-s,i2 lu-ka-am-mi-is3-ma | And I, the haruspex, may I be able to say: |
| 13' | ar-hi-isz er-ri-tam sza-a-ti | “At that time, that errû |
| 14' | i ni-ik#-s,u-ur u2-la-szu-ma hi-ti-tum | "We will cut off the harvest, but there will be no harvest." |
| 15' | ib-[ba]-szi-ma u2-ul ar-ni | he erected, but I am not a lord |
| 16' | er-ri-[tum] szi#-i u2-ul i-si-iq-ti | This extispicy shall not come near me. |
| 17' | a-nu-[um]-ma# a-na s,e-[er be-li2-ia] | Now, to my lord |
| 18' | ub#-ta-ar-re-e-[em] | they shall return. |
| 19' | be-li2 lu-u2 i-de-[e] | my lord should know. |
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