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ARM 14, 062 (P351402)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351402 |
| 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#-na# pa-ni-tim {disz}ka-a-li-i-lu-ma {lu2}bar-ha-an{ki} | in the presence of Kaliluma, the Barhanean |
| 5 | il2-li-kam ki-a-am iq-be2-e-em | came, he said thus: |
| 6 | um-ma-a-mi s,a-bu-um la sza-at,-ru-tum | The following (says) the ṣabum-officials: they are not recorded. |
| 7 | sza i-na pa-an te-bi-ib-tim iz-za-am-szu | who stands in front of the throne, |
| 8 | i-na bar-ha-an{ki} i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | there is in Borhan. |
| 9 | pa-ni-tam ka-a-li-i-lu-ma | before Kaliluma |
| 10 | _lu2_ sza-a-ti u3 i-din-{d}isz-ha-ra _lu2-nu-banda3_ | that man and Iddin-Išhara, the overseer |
| 11 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia | to my lord |
| 12 | at,-t,a3-ar-dam be-li2 u2-sa3-an-ni-iq-szu-nu-ti# | I have sent, my lord, to them. |
| 13 | u3 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am | and he wrote me thus: |
| 14 | um-ma-a-mi _lu2_ az-zi-mi-szu | the following: “The man who his prayer |
| 15 | szu-ut,-t,e4-ra-am-ma | write me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ar-hi-isz a-na s,e-ri-[ia tup?-pa?-ka] | quickly to me your tablet |
| 2 | szu-bi-lam# | send me! |
| 3 | an-ni-tam be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am# | This my lord wrote to me. |
| 4 | {disz}ri-ip-i-{d}da-gan {lu2}[x x] | Rīpi-Dagan, the |
| 5 | {disz}be-la-lum _lu2-dub#-sar#_ | Belalu, scribe |
| 6 | {disz}x-[x]-nu-um _lu2 didli_ | -num, another man |
| 7 | {disz}qi2-isz-ti-i3-li {lu2}sa-mi-ih | Qišti-ilī, the samiḫ priest |
| 8 | {disz}ki-bi-ir-e2-a _lu2 didli_ | Kibir-Ea, another man |
| 9 | {disz}ia-az-ra-ah-el3 _lu2-dam-gar3_ | Iazraḫ-el, merchant |
| 10 | {disz}ga-ha-szum _lu2 didli_ | Gahašum, another man |
| 11 | {disz}ia-ri-ha-a-bu-um _lu2 didli_ | Iarim-ḫābum, another man |
| 12 | _szunigin_ 9(disz) _lu2-mesz_ bar-ha-an{ki} | total: 9 people of Borhan |
| 13 | te#-er-di-tum ma-ha-ar 1(u) _lu2#-mesz_ ka-a-li-i-lu-ma | the extispicy in front of 10 men, |
| 14 | [u3] _lu2-nu-banda3_ u2-sa3-an-ni-iq#-ma | and the superintendent shall remove, and |
| 15 | _lu2-mes_ an-nu-tim u2-sza-asz2-t,i2-ru-ni-szum | these men I wrote to him |
| 16 | be-li2 a-na tup-pa-tim li-ri-di-szu-nu-ti | May my lord give them to the tablets. |
Sources & licences
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