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ARM 14, 022 (P351362)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351362 |
| 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 _ab2 hi-a_ i-na pe2-e sza# le-et ha-bu-ur | Concerning the cattle in the mouth of a robbery |
| 5 | a-ka-lim te-re-tim szu-pu-szi-im | “I am the one who makes the extispicies surpassing, |
| 6 | u3 ba-za-ha-tim du-un-nu-ni-im | and the Bazaḫātum (temple) of Dunnum |
| 7 | be-li2 isz-pu-ra#-am | my lord wrote me |
| 8 | ki-ma na-asz-pa-ar-ti be-li2-ia te-re-tim | Like the letter of my lord, messages |
| 9 | u2-sze-pi2-isz szum-ma _ab2 hi-a_ | he had made. If a cow |
| 10 | i-na pe2-e sza ha-bu-ur i-ka-la | at the door of the granary he will weigh out. |
| 11 | be#-[li2] _lu2#-gal# mar-tu_ li-wa-e-er-ma | May my lord, the Amorite chief, ask and |
| 12 | [...] be2-eh-ra-am | ... he received |
| 13 | [...] x ma | ... ... |
| 14 | [...] a-bu-na-at _a-sza3_ | ... the flood of the field |
| reverse | ||
| 18 | [...] x [...] | |
| 19 | [...]-tum | ...-tum |
| 20 | ib-ba#? [...]-szi | ... ... her |
| 21 | s,a-bu-um [...] x-ba-nu a-la-al | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) I want to go to ... |
| 22 | li-szi-ib-ma | may he reside, and |
| 23 | _ab2 hi-a_ ri-tam li-ku-la | may a wild cow eat. |
| 24 | u3 _egir_ u3 _lu2-min-mesz_ | and afterwards and the ditto |
| 25 | se2#-ke-re-e li-isz-pu-ku | may they write to you. |
| 26 | mu#-du#-ti a-na s,e-er | the dowry to the flock |
| 27 | [be-li2]-ia# asz-pu-ra-am | I wrote to my lord |
| 28 | [be-li2 lu-u2] i-de | my lord should know. |
Sources & licences
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