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ARM 14, 056 (P351396)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351396 |
| 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 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 | u4-um tup-pi be-li2-ia asz-szum su2-un#-[nu-uq] | On the day of my lord's tablet, because of the protection |
| 5 | _e2_ zu-ha-at-ni a-na sa-ga-ra#-tim#[{ki}] | the house of Zuḫatni to Sagaratum |
| 6 | ik-szu-dam bur-{d}nu-nu a?-x x [...] | Ikšudam Bur-Nunu |
| 7 | a-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} il-li-kam#-ma# | to Sagaratum came, and |
| 8 | as2-si-szu-ma ki#-a-am aq-bi-szum# | I called him and said to him thus: |
| 9 | um#-ma# a-na#-[ku-ma asz]-szum# su2-un-nu#-uq _e2_ [...] | Thus (says) I: Because of the protection of the house ... |
| 10 | [...] x e-eb-x x x [x x] | ... ... |
| 11 | [...]-ia# _dam_ zu#-ha#-at#-[ni] | ...ia, wife of Zuḫatni |
| 12 | [... bad3{ki}]-ia-ah-du-li#-im# x [...] | ... Dūr-Yaḫdulim |
| 13 | te#-ra-a-am# bur#-{d}nu-nu a-na _dam#_ zu#-ha-[at-ni] ta-ri-im# | Return, O Bur-Nunu, to the wife of Zuḫātni! It is a gift. |
| 14 | il#-li-ik#-ma# ki-a-am iq-bi-szi#-im | went and said to her thus: |
| 15 | um#-ma-a-mi# [_e2_]-ki# ku-un-ki-[ma] | My mother, your house is yours, |
| 16 | at-la-ki-i [u3 _munus_] szi-i a-na pa-[ni] | and that woman before |
| 17 | [{disz}]bur#-[{d}]nu-nu ki-a-am iq-bi [um-ma-a-mi] | Bur-Nunu said thus: |
| 18 | [...] x-li-ma | ... ... and |
| 19 | [...]-ha-ar-tim mu-[...] | ...-hartim ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] mi-im-ma am#-[...] | ... everything ... |
| 2 | [...] e-li-ia mi-im#?-ma#? i-li#-[...] | ... above me, everything(?) ... |
| 3 | an-na-nu-um at-ta#-al-la-ak#-ma# _lu2_ dam-qu2-um# | I went here, and a good man |
| 4 | _munus_ szi-i a-wa-tim# a-na pa-ni bur-[{d}nu-nu] | that woman, a word before Bur-Nunu |
| 5 | id-bu-ub-ma bur-{d}nu-nu il-li-kam-ma# id#-[bu-ba-am] | spoke, and Bur-Nunu came, and spoke |
| 6 | a-wa-tam sza iq-bu-nim a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | the word which he spoke to my lord |
| 7 | asz-pu-ra-am | I sent. |
| 8 | _munus_ szi-i a-na pi2-sza [i]-da#-an-ni-in | that woman to her mouth he shall give |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ it-ti-sza# u3 it#-ti# _dam_ hi-id-di-im x [x x] | the silver with her and with the wife of the bride ... |
| 10 | be-li2 qa-tam li-dan-ni-in-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza-a-tu | May my lord give me a firm positive answer and that silver |
| 11 | li-sze-lu-nim# | may they bring to me |
Sources & licences
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