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ARM 14, 046 (P351386)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351386 |
| 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 | i-nu!(TI)-ma i-na ma-ri{ki} wa-[asz]-ba#-ku | when I was stationed in Mari |
| 6 | _igi_ be-li2-ia a-ha-am-nu-ta# ki-a-am | in the presence of my lord, together, thus |
| 7 | iq-bi um-ma-a-mi su#-ga#-gu-ut | He said: “Sugagut |
| 8 | bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-li-im | of Bad-Yaḫdulim, |
| 9 | u2-ul e-ep-pe2-esz15 | I shall not do. |
| 10 | du-pu-ra-ku sza sza-ka-nim li-isz-ku-nu | May they set up the steles that are there. |
| 11 | i-na-an-na asz-szum t,e4-mi-im# | Now, concerning the report |
| 12 | sza a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | which to my lord |
| 13 | asz-pu-ra-am | I sent. |
| 14 | {disz}ma-asz-hu-um _lu2-nu-banda3_ | Mašhum, the overseer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-bu-ul-la-tim ka-li | all the cult centers |
| 2 | u3 a-ha-am-nu-ta i-na ma-ri#{ki}-ma# | and Aḫamnuta in Mari |
| 3 | a-lum bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-li-im na#-di | The important one, the wall of Yaḫdulum he built. |
| 4 | i-na-an-na {disz}a-ha-am-nu-ta# | Now Aḫamnūta |
| 5 | be-li2 li#-na-ah-hi-id#-ma | my lord may praise, and |
| 6 | a-na bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-li-im | to Dur-Yaḫdulim |
| 7 | li#-it-ta-al-kam szum-ma# a#-ha-am-nu-ta# | Let him go, if you yourselves |
| 8 | la i-ma-ga-ar 1(disz) _lu2_ tak2-lam | he shall not return. One man is dead. |
| 9 | sza bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-li-im u2-sza-al-la-mu | of Dūr-Yaḫdum-Lîm he made complete, |
| 10 | be-li2 li-we-e-ra-asz-szu-ma | my lord should bring him, and |
| 11 | li-it,-ru-da-asz-szu | may they keep him alive. |
Sources & licences
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