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ARM 14, 053 (P351393)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351393 |
| 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 | [u4]-um# t,up-pi2 an-ne2-em a-na [s,e-er] be#-li2-ia | Today my tablet to my lord |
| 6 | u2-sza-bi-lam {disz}s,a-bi-hu-um {lu2}ha-na | Ṣabiḫum the mayor |
| 7 | _lu2-tur_ {lu2}me-er-hi-im | the child of a merchant |
| 8 | 1(disz) _lu2_ {gesz}sza-at-qa-tim pa-ad | 1 man of šatqātum wood, bent, |
| 9 | a-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} | to Sagaratum |
| 10 | ik-szu-du-nim | he conquered |
| 11 | asz-szum _lu2_ sza-a-tu _lu2-tur_ {lu2}me-er-hi-im# | Concerning that man, the child of a merchant |
| 12 | asz2-ta-al-ma ki-a-am | I asked, and thus |
| 13 | iq-be2-em um-ma-a-mi | he said to me, thus: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _lu2_ nu-um? pu-hu-ur-ma am-[...] | A man who is not(?) a stranger, and ... |
| 2 | sza a-wa-at be-li2-ia a-na kur-da{ki} | of the word of my lord to Kurda |
| 3 | iz-bi-lu u3 am-sza-li | Izbilu and Amšali |
| 4 | i-nu-ma be-li2 isz-tu li-ib-bi | When my lord from the heart |
| 5 | ma-a-tim u2-sze-sze-ra-am asz-szum _lu2_ sza-a-tu | concerning that man |
| 6 | s,a-ba-tim {lu2}me-er-he-em u2-na-hi-id | the ṣabātum-officials he entrusted to him. |
| 7 | [i]-na#-an-na _lu2_ sza-a-tu la-na-su-wi-im | Now that man Lanasuwim |
| 8 | [i-na] tu#-ut-tu-ul{ki} is,-ba-tam-ma | in Tuttul seized, and |
| 9 | [a-na a-lim]{ki} sza is3-qe2-em u2-sza-re-esz7-szu | to the city which he took they made him enter. |
| 10 | [...]-ir{ki} a-na s,e-er {lu2}me#-[er]-hi#-im | ...-ir to the army |
| 11 | [{disz}s,a-bi]-hu#-um {gesz}sza-at-[qa-tim] | Ṣabiḫum, the šatqatum |
| 12 | [...] x-ma a-na [...] | ... and to |
| left | ||
| 1 | [... {lu2}me]-er#-hi-im | the Merḫum |
| 2 | [... wa-ar]-ki t,up-pi2-ia | ... after my tablet |
| 3 | [... i-ka]-asz-sza-du-nim | ... will reach me. |
Sources & licences
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