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ARM 14, 050 (P351390)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351390 |
| 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 | 1(disz) _lu2_ {d}a-mi-i-ba-al szum-szu | 1 man, Amī-ibal, his name |
| 6 | _lu2_ na-sze-er{ki} isz-tu i-la-an-s,u2-ra-a{ki} | the man of Našer from Ilan-ṣurāya |
| 7 | it-ta-al-kam 1(disz) _lu2_ i-na bi-ir-tim | one man in the middle |
| 8 | sza i-na i-la-an-s,u2-ra-a{ki} wa-asz-bu | who dwells in Ilanṣurā, |
| 9 | sza# a-na {lu2-mesz}pa-t,e4-er ta-ri-im | which to the prisoners of war |
| 10 | il#-li-kam is,-ba#-[as]-su2 um#-ma#-a-mi | came, seized him, saying: |
| 11 | pa#-t,e4-er u3 {d}a-[mi-i-ba-al] | and Amī-ibal |
| 12 | ki#-a-am i-pu-ul-szu2 | thus he performed |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um#-ma#-a-mi isz-tu _mu 4(disz)-kam_ | the following: From the 4th year |
| 2 | a-na ma-a-at szu-bar-tim ah-bu-ur-ma# | I turned into a foreign land, and |
| 3 | i-nu-ma a-tam-rum isz-tu esz3-nun-na{ki} | when Atamrum from Ešnunna |
| 4 | i-le-em ni-ku-ra-tim ap-la-ah-ma | I am afraid of the Nikkurātum gods, and |
| 5 | a-na li-ib-bi i-la#-an-s,u2-ra-a{ki} | to the heart of Ilanṣuraya |
| 6 | e-ru-ub-ma it-ti ah-hi-ia wa-asz-ba-ku# | I entered and with my brothers I settled. |
| 7 | u2-ul a#-na be2-eh-ri-im mu-ul-<lu>-la-a-ku | I will not be able to enter. |
| 8 | u2#-ul mi-im-ma pa-an-nu-um an-na-[bi]-it# | I have not heard anything before this. |
| 9 | [i-na]-an-na a-na hi#-ba-as#? be-li2-ia [x x] x | Now to my lord |
| 10 | [...] a-na s,e-[x x x?] | ... to ... |
| 11 | [...] x x x x x x | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
Sources & licences
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