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ARM 14, 061 (P351401)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351401 |
| 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 | i-nu-ma be-li2 isz-tu zi-ib-na-tim{ki} | when my lord from Zibnatum |
| 5 | a-na ter-qa{ki} u2-sze-sze-ru | to Terqa they shall bring |
| 6 | a-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} ak-szu-dam#-ma | I conquered Sagaratum and |
| 7 | _dumu-mesz_ a-lim{ki} u2-sa3-an-ni-iq | the citizens of the city he made pass by, |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma sza# i-na pa-an te-bi-ib-tim | Thus (says) I, who in the presence of the sea |
| 9 | a-ha-szu u2-lu-u2 _dumu#_-szu u2-za-am-mi-szu | his brothers or his sons shall extinguish him |
| 10 | li#-sza-asz2-t,e4-er-[szu] u2-la-szu-ma | may he write to him, or if he does not, |
| 11 | [a-na _mu 1(disz)]-kam# mu 2(disz)-kam# lu2_ szu-u2 in-na-mar-ma | for 1 year, 2 years that man will be seen and |
| 12 | [i-ma-at u2]-ul# i-ba-lu-ut, | He will die, he will not live. |
| 13 | [...]-[szu]-nu#-szi-im | ... ... them |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia u2]-sza#-bi-lam | I have sent to my lord. |
| 2' | [...] _gesz-nu-kiri6_ | ... orchard |
| 3' | {disz}[i3?]-li2?-an-nu _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ | Ilī-annu, gardener |
| 4' | {disz}ARAD2#?-{d}utu _dam-gar3_ {disz}ARAD2-ku-bi _dam-gar3_ | Arad-Šamaš, merchant, Arad-Kūbe, merchant |
| 5' | [{disz}]qi2-isz-ti-{d}ma-am-ma _lu2 didli_ | Qišti-Mama, another man |
| 6' | {disz}ia-hi-ia _lu2-gir2_ | Iaḫiya, the herald |
| 7' | [{disz}]nu-s,a-bu be2-eh-rum | Nuṣābu was the guarantor |
| 8' | [{disz}]ri#-im-inanna _lu2 diri-ga_ | Rīm-Inanna, the exorcist |
| 9' | _szunigin_ 8(disz) _lu2-mesz_ te-er-di-tum | total: 8 men of Terditum |
| 10' | a-na t,up-pa-tim be-li2 li-ri-id-di-szu-nu-ti | My lord should give them to the tablets. |
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