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ARM 14, 042 (P351382)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	ARM 14, 042
ID	P351382
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	asz-szum _zi3-da_ pi2-hi i-[si-im-ma-ni-im]	Concerning the flour of the pile of Isimmanum
6	_tu-tul2 hi-a_ ka-ab-ru#-[tim]	soup made with kabrû-flour
7	a-di e-nu-ut pa-ha-ri u3 _lu2# ad-kup4#_	until the time of the assembly and the scribe
8	a-na ter-qa{ki} szu-uk-szu-di-im	to Terqa, the governor
9	be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am la-ma t,up-pi2 be-li2-ia#	My lord wrote me before the tablet of my [lord]
10	i#-ka#-asz-sza-dam asz-szum _zi3-da_	concerning the flour
11	[pi2-hi] i-si-im-ma-ni-im _tu-tul2 hi-a_ ka-ab-ru-tim#	“Battle of the Isimmanīmâ, the kabbru-bowls,
12	[a-na ter]-qa{ki} szu-uk-szu#-[di]-im# [a]-na# {d}suen-mu-sza-lim	to Terqa, the šukszudim-official, to Sîn-mušallim
13	[u3? bur]-{d}nu-nu dan-na#-tim asz-ku#-un#	and the great bowl of Nūnu I established
14	[u3 szu-u2] la#-ma t,up-pi2-ia ik-szu-dam	And he, before my tablet had been completed
15	[i?-na?-an?-na?] a-na bur-{d}nu-nu	Now to Bur-Nunu
16	[ki-a-am aq-bi um-ma a-na]-ku#-ma	I said thus: "I
17	[_zi3-da_ pi2-hi i-si]-im#-ma-na-am	flour from a reed bundle
18	[_tu-tul2{muszen} hi-a_ ka]-ab#-ru-tim	a kind of bird
reverse
1	[a-di e-nu-ut pa-ha-ri] u3 _lu2 ad-kup4#-[mesz]_	until the time of the assembly and the builders
2	[a-na ter-qa{ki} x x] x-szi-id	to Terqa ... ...
3	[...]-tim{ki}	...-tim
4	[...]-bi#-la-tim	...-bilatum
5	[... _tu]-tul2#{muszen} hi-a_	... a bird
6	[... ha-mu]-ra#-pi2	... may ... be released for you.
7	[...] ter#?-qa?{ki}-ma	... Terqa
8	[...] x
9	[... isz?-pu?]-ra#-am	... wrote to me
10	[...]-di	...-di
11	[...] x as-su2-ur-ri-ma	... I returned and
12	[...] x x [x x]-ma	... ... and
13	[...] x ki-[a-am isz-pu]-ra-am [um-ma-a-mi]	... wrote me thus:
14	[t,e4-em]-ka# lu-u2 s,a-bi-it# a-na# szu#-te-er-si#-i-im#	Your report should be heeded, so that I may send it to you.
15	[a]-ha#-am la ta-na-ad-di i-na-an-na	Do not divide equally! Now
16	szum-ma be-li2 a-di sa-ga-ra-tim{ki}	If my lord as far as Sagaratum
17	la u2-sza-qa-am u3 ha-mu-ra-pi2 a-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki}	and Hammurapi to Sagaratum
18	la i-tu-ur-ra-am {d}suen-ri-me-ni	Sîn-rimēni did not return.
19	1(disz) _{gesz}ma2_ li-sza-as,-bi-tam-ma	1 boat may he sail, and
20	sza i-ba-asz-szu-u2 li-il-qu2-szum	that there is, may he take him.
21	_{gesz}ma2 hi-a_ i-na ter-qa{ki} i-ba-asz-sze-e	there is a boat in Terqa.
left
1	_{gesz}ma2# [hi-a]_ i-na qa-ti-ia a-na#	a surplus boat from my hand to
2	i-ba-[asz-sze-e ...] x x [...]	There is ... ...
3	u2-[...]	... ...

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