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ARM 14, 027 (P351367)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351367 |
| 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 | tu#-sza#-ma a-[na qa]-at#-tu-na-an{ki} | to Qattunān |
| 5 | al-li-ik u3 t,up#-pi2 be-li2-ia asz-szum _{gesz}ma2_ | I went and my lord's tablet concerning the boat |
| 6 | sza a-na _na4#_ le#-qe2-e-em is,-ba-tu | who to take stone seized |
| 7 | a-na ia-sa3-ad-di-il3 il-li-kam | to Yasaddi-il came. |
| 8 | mi-im-ma a-na qa-at-tu-na-an{ki} u2-ul al-li-ik | everything to Hattunān I did not go. |
| 9 | _{gesz}ma2_ sza# a-na _na4_ le-qe2-e-em qa-tam a-na qa-tim | a boat that to stone take, the hand to hand |
| 10 | usz-ta#-as,-bi-it ia-ta-rum | I have seized Yatarum |
| 11 | qa#-du s,a-bi-szu u3 _lu2-mesz_ ga-ni-ba-ta-i{ki} | together with his troops and the men of Ganibatâ |
| 12 | [a]-na# _na4_ le-qe2-e-em at,-ru-ud | to stone I took. |
| 13 | u3# 1(disz) _{gesz}ma2_ sza 2(u) _a-gar3_ a-na i#-ma#-ar#{ki} | and 1 boat of 20 hectares of meadow to Imar |
| 14 | usz#-ta-as,#-bi-it | he has caused to seize |
| 15 | isz-tu# _[gesz]-ma2#_ szi-i | from that boat |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ga-ni#-ba#-ta#{ki} i-ti-qu2 | Ganibata passed by |
| 2 | t,up-pi2 be-li2-ia asz#-szum _esir_ | my tablet of lord concerning the brickwork |
| 3 | a#-na _{gesz}ma2_ szu-ur-ku-bi-im | to the boat of Šur-Kubim |
| 4 | ik#-szu-dam# szum-ma-an la-ma s,a-ba-at _{gesz}ma2_ | he sealed. If he is not the owner of the boat |
| 5 | t,up-pi2 be-li2-ia i-ka-asz-sza-dam# | The tablet of my lord will be delivered. |
| 6 | _esir_ sza ki-ma i-na qa-ti-ia i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | the bitumen that is in my hand, |
| 7 | usz-ta-ar-ki-ba-an i-na-an-na | “Now, |
| 8 | asz-szum u4-um ha-da-nim sza ti-bu-tim | Concerning the joyful day of the flood, |
| 9 | sza {d}halib qe2-er-bu a-na qa-at-tu-na-an{ki} | of Ḫālib in the middle to Qattunan |
| 10 | u2-ul al-li-ik um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I did not go, saying: "I |
| 11 | a-na qa-at-tu-na-an{ki} a-al-la-ak-ma | to Qattunān I went and |
| 12 | s,a-bu-um ti#-bu-ti a-na {d}halib u2-ha-ar-ma | the ṣābû-priest of Tibbatu to Ḫalib returned, and |
| 13 | be-li2 mi-nam a-pa-al asz-szum# ki#-a-am | My lord, why is there a gap because of this? |
| 14 | at#-ta-ak-la u4-um t,up-pi2 an-ne2#-[em] | I have waited for the day that this tablet |
| 15 | a#-na s,e-er be-li2-ia u2-sza-bi-lam | to my lord I sent. |
| 16 | na#?-pi2-isz-tam i-na zi-ib-na-tim{ki} | life in Zibnatum |
| 17 | ap-qi2-id-ma ma-ah-ri-it s,a-bi-im# | I entrusted, and before the troops |
| left | ||
| 1 | at,-t,ar-dam# a-na#-ku ur-ra-am a-ka-asz-sza-dam# | I have sent, but in the future I will send. |
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