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ARM 14, 055 (P351395)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351395 |
| 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 | {disz}ia-ta-rum _dumu_ la-ka-a-[...] | Iatarum, son of Laka- |
| 6 | 1(disz) ih-bu-ut-ma a-na a-hu-na-a[{ki}] | 1 he fled and to Ahunaya |
| 7 | a-na s,e-ri-szu asz-pu-ur | I sent to his country. |
| 8 | _lu2#-dumu_ sza# asz-pu-ru ik-szu-dam-ma | the son whom I sent arrived, and |
| 9 | [ki-a]-am iq-be2-em um-ma-a-mi | thus said the following: |
| 10 | [{disz?}]bu#-nu-ma#-{d}iszkur | Bunuma-Addu |
| 11 | [_lu2?_ ni-ih]-ri#-ia{ki} | the man of Nihriya |
| 12 | [...] x | |
| 13 | [...]-um# | ...-um |
| 14 | [...] zi?-qa?-an#?-nim [x x] | ... the ziggurat(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x {lu2?}ia]-ri-hu-um | x, the iriḫum-official |
| 2 | [a-na tu]-ut#-tu-ul{ki} a-na e-re-bi-im# | to Tuttul, to enter |
| 3 | il#-li-ku-ma la-na-su-wu-um | went and Lanasuwum |
| 4 | a-na bu-nu-ma-{d}iszkur ki-a-am iq-bi | to Bunuma-Addu thus said: |
| 5 | um-ma-a-mi i-nu-ma be-li2 a-na ia-am-ha-ad{ki} | Thus (says) my lord: When to Yamhad |
| 6 | i-lu-u2 asz-szum _amar-amar-re_ a-na li-ib-bi | a lament concerning the calf to the heart |
| 7 | a-lim{ki} a-na e-re-bi-im is,-s,a#-ba#-at#-ma | The city was seized to enter and |
| 8 | la#-ma _lu2-szu2-gi-mesz_ a-lim{ki#} [...] 5(u) s,a-bu-um | Before the exorcists of the city 50 ṣābum |
| 9 | it-ti-ka i-ru-bu [...] | They entered with you |
| 10 | u2-la-szu-ma u2-ul [...] | “If he does not ... |
| 11 | i-na s,a-bi#-im# [...] | ... in the army ... |
| 12 | um-ma bu#?-[nu-ma-{d}iszkur-ma?] | Thus Bunuma-Addu |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | [...] x an#-ne#-em | ... this |
| left | ||
| 1 | id#-bu-bu-nim-ma# a-na# s,e#-er be-li2-ia# | spoke to me, and to my lord |
| 2 | asz2#-tap-ra-am t,e4-ma-am an-ne2-em la-na-[su-wu-um] | I wrote to you this report: Lanasum |
| 3 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia isz-pu-ra-a-am# | to my lord sent |
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