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ARM 14, 038 (P351378)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351378 |
| 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#-bi#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma ia-qi2-im-{d}iszkur | Thus Yaqim-Addu |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma# | your servant |
| 5 | be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am um-ma be-li2-ma | My lord wrote to me thus: |
| 6 | i-na pa-ni-tim asz-szum sze-te-tim <sza> ar#-wi-i | In the past, because of the cold of the winter, |
| 7 | sa3-ka-pi-im asz-pu-ra#-am#-ma# | I wrote to you sa-ka-pim and |
| 8 | u2-ul ta-pa-al#-[an-ni5] | you will not listen to me. |
| 9 | _lu2_ szi-pi2-ir x [...] | the builder ... ... |
| 10 | u2#-ul il-li-[kam? x x x] | did not come ... |
| 11 | i#-na pa-ni-tim asz-szum# [x x] | in the past because ... |
| 12 | sza _ur_-tim x x x [x x] | of the mountain ...... |
| 13 | 1(disz) _lu2_ i-na _dumu-mesz lu2 szu-gir!-mesz#_ | 1 man among the sons of the šugir-officials |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | il-li-kam-ma i-na 1(disz) _{gesz}ma2#-tur_ | came and with one small boat |
| 2 | usz-ta-ar-ki-ba-am#-<ma> as2-ki-pa-am# | “I have turned back to you, and I have sinned— |
| 3 | i-na-an-na wa-ar-ki t,up-pi# | Now, after the tablet |
| 4 | sze-te-em a-sa3-ki-pa-am | The šētê of Asakipam, |
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