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ARM 14, 054 (P351394)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351394 |
| 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 <<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 ka-asz2-pu-inanna be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | Concerning the money that my lord wrote me about, |
| 5 | um-ma-a-mi _lu2_ szu-u2 wa-ar-ki | the following: that man after |
| 6 | {disz}bur-{d}nu-nu it-ta#-na-al-la-ak | Bur-Nunu has gone |
| 7 | u3 _dumu_-szu isz-tu ma-ri{ki} | and his son from Mari |
| 8 | in#-na-bi-tam-ma it-ti-szu wa-szi-ib | he took, and with him he sat. |
| 9 | [_lu2_] sza-a-tu u3 _dumu_-szu | that man and his son |
| 10 | a-na ne-pa-ri-im | to the envoy |
| 11 | sza sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} | of Sagaratum, |
| 12 | a-na pa-ni-ia szu-ri-ib-szu | bring him into my presence. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | an-ni#-tam# be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | This my lord wrote to me. |
| 2 | i-[na-an]-na ki-ma na-asz-pa-ar-ti be-li2-ia | Now, according to the letter of my lord |
| 3 | a-na bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-li-im | to Dur-Yaḫdulim |
| 4 | asz-pu-ur-ma ka-as2-pu-inanna | I wrote and sent to you |
| 5 | it-ru-nim-ma a-na ne-pa-ri-im | they entered and to the stele |
| 6 | sza sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} usz-te-ri-ib-szu | of Sagarātum he made him enter. |
| 7 | u3 asz-szum _dumu_-szu as2-ni-iq-szu2-ma | and concerning his son I imposed upon him, and |
| 8 | ki#-a-am i-pu-la-an-ni um-ma-a-mi | Thus he answered me, saying: |
| 9 | [1(disz)] _dumu_-ri a-na _{gesz}apin hi-a_ sza di-ir{ki} | 1 son for the plough of Dīr |
| 10 | mu-ul#-lu u3 1(disz) _dumu_-ri it-ti ha-ia3-su-mu-u2 | and one son with Haia-sumû |
| 11 | mi-im-ma ma-ri-im# | anything valuable |
| 12 | a-na s,e-ri-ia u2-ul il-li-kam | he did not go to my country. |
| 13 | an#-ni-tam ka-as2-pu-inanna | This is the money that I sent to you. |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-pu-la-an-ni | he has performed against me |
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