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ARM 14, 041 (P351381)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351381 |
| 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 _tu-tul2{muszen} hi-a_ be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | Concerning the pigeons, my lord wrote me |
| 5 | _lu2 szu-gir-mesz_ asz2-ta-al-ma um-ma-a#-mi | I asked the šūgir-officials, and they said: |
| 6 | i-ba-asz-szu-u2 i-na-an-na | there is. Now |
| 7 | _lu2 szu-gir-mesz_ be-li2 li-it,-ru-dam#-ma | May my lord send a messenger, and |
| 8 | _tu-tul2{muszen} hi-a_ li-ba-ru | (If) a pigeon is full of saliva: |
| 9 | _muszen hi-a_ i-na qa-tim | a bird in the hand |
| 10 | i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | there is |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3# u4-um t,up-pi2 an-ne2-e-em | And the day this tablet |
| 2 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | to my lord |
| 3 | u2-sza#-bi-lam sa-ma-an sza# be-li2#-ia | I have sent to you the message of my lord. |
| 4 | u3 pi2-il-si2-{d}iszkur | and Pilsi-Adad |
| 5 | sza zi-im-ra-ha-mu | of Zimraḫamu |
| 6 | _lu2_ bu-zu-ul#-le-e-em{ki} | the man of Buzullem |
| 7 | a-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} ik-szu-du-nim# | to Sagaratum he conquered |
| 8 | ki-ma ka-sza-di-szu-nu-ma | like their conqueror |
| 9 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia asz2-tap-ra-am | I wrote to my lord. |
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