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ARM 14, 031 (P351371)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351371 |
| 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 | u4-um t,up-pi2 an-ne2-em a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | Today my tablet to my lord |
| 6 | u2-sza-bi-lam ba-zi-lum sza be-li2-ia | I have sent. The life of my lord |
| 7 | {disz}be#?-lu-e-en | Beluen |
| 8 | u3 {d}suen-ma-lik | and Sin-mālik |
| 9 | _lu2_ ur-si-im{ki} | the man of Ursim |
| reverse | ||
| 10 | a-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} | to Sagaratum |
| 11 | ik-szu-du-nim# | he defeated me |
| 12 | {disz}ba-zi-lum t,e4-ma-am# | Bazilum, report |
| 13 | asz2-ta-al-ma ki-a-am | I asked, and thus |
| 14 | iq-be2-em um-ma-a-mi | he said to me, thus: |
| 15 | 2(disz) me _{gesz hi-a}li_-u2 sza {gesz}su-pa-lim 2(disz) {gesz}ur-nu | 200 ḫīlu-trees of supālim-wood, 2 urnu-wood |
| 16 | sza 5(disz) gi-am3 u3 8(disz) {gesz hi-a}su2-pa-lu sza 4(disz) gi-am3# | of 5 reeds and 8 beams of ḫī-aplālu-trees of 4 ri’am |
| 17 | i-na kar-ka-mi-isz7{<ki>}-ma ik#-ka#-lu-u2 | in Karkamiš they will eat |
| 18 | ki-ma ka-sza-di-szu#-nu#-ma | like their conquerors |
| 19 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia asz-pu#-ra-am | I wrote to my lord. |
| 20 | _iti_ {d}nin-bi-ri _u4_ 1(u) 2(disz)-am# | The month of Ninbiri, the day 12 |
| 21 | t,up-pi2 an-ne2-em a-na s,e-er | This tablet to the shepherd |
| left | ||
| 22 | be-li2-ia u2-sza-bi-lam | my lord I sent. |
Sources & licences
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