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ARM 14, 066 (P351406)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	ARM 14, 066
ID	P351406
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	i-na pa-ni-tim i-nu-ma te-bi-ib-tim	in the past, when the tebībtum
6	{lu2-mesz}na-asz-pa-ri a-na qa-ti-ia u2-ul id#-di-nu#	The messengers did not give them to me.
7	wa-ar-ki te-bi-ib-tim i-na _mu 3(disz)?-kam_	After the extispicy in the 3rd year
8	3(disz) _lu2-mesz_ i-tu-ru-nim-ma it-ti-ia	3 men returned and with me
9	iz-zi-zu	he stood.
10	_lu2-mesz_ szu-nu tup-pa-ti-ia	those men, my tablets
11	[a-na] s,e#-er be-li2-ia u2-sza-la-mu	to my lord they shall provide.
12	i-na-an-na i-nu-ma a-na _amar-amar-re#_ sza di#?	Now, when to the calf who
13	a-na# s,e#-er# be-li2#-ia al#-li-kam	to my lord I will come.
14	1(disz) _lu2_ il#-li-kam#	1 man came
15	u3 2(disz) _lu2-mesz_ ik-ka-lu-u2	and two men eat
16	um-ma a-na-ku-ma s,e-he-er _lu2#_	Thus I: the troops of a man
17	i-na szu-ru-ub-tim	in the middle
reverse
1	qa-at {lu2}sza-pi2-ri-szu u2-ul i-s,a-ba#-at	the hand of his šapirū-official shall not seize
2	asz-pu-ur-ma ni-szi-szu-nu a-na ki-ir#-hi-im#{ki}	I wrote and their people to Kirhim
3	u2-sze-er-ib u3 ki#-a-am aq-bi	he brought in, and thus I said:
4	um-ma a-na-ku-ma ki-ma wa-ar-ki-ia	Thus (says) m[y] father:
5	a-na ma#-ri{ki} la il#-li-ku-nim	to Mari they did not come
6	szum-ma a-na _lu2_ szu-ut _sag-ARAD2#-mesz_	If to a man who the slaves
7	sza i-na ba-ab _e2-gal_-szi la ip-pa-ra-ku-u2	that in the gate of her palace they shall not release
8	la u2-ma-li-szu-nu-ti a-wa-tam isz3-mu-ma	he heard a word about them, and
9	a-na ba-ab _e2-gal_-lim it-ta-al-ku-nim	to the gate of the palace they went.
10	um-ma szu-nu-ma la-ma a-na {lu2}szu-tam _sag-ARAD2#-mesz_	thus they: “Let them not be sent to the šūtam-officials, the slaves.
11	u2-ma-lu-ni-ti i-na ba-ab _e2-gal_-lim	they filled. In the gate of the palace
12	ki-ma _lu2-diri_-ta _mesz_ i ni-is,-[s,a-bi-it]	like a criminal we have captured.
13	u3 szu-um-ni i-na tup#?-pa-tim# la# [s,a-bi]-it#	And if he is not captured on a tablet,
14	i-na-an-na s,a-bu-um _ba-til_ [u3 _zah3_]	Now, the troops are finished and rescued.
15	i-na szu-ut _sag-ARAD2#-mesz_ sza a-lim#?{ki?}	from the slaves of the city
16	ma-du-tum-ma i-ba-asz-szu-[u2]	there is much
17	szum-ma ni-t,e4-el2 be-li2-ia pu-[uh]	If the deceit of my lord is severe
18	_ba-til_ u3 _ba-gir_ a-na _lu2_ szu-ut _sag#-mesz_	to the man who the eunuchs
19	li-ma-lu-szu-nu-ti#	let them be sated.
left
1	ak-ki-ma sa3-ra-tim la-am-du-ma	I have sworn by (my) good deeds and
2	ih-mu-t,u2-nim-ma a-na ba-ab _e2-gal_-lim iz-zi-[zu]	he defeated me and to the gate of the palace stood.
3	szum-szu-nu i-na tup-pa-at _lu2_ szu-ut _sag-mesz_	their names on the tablet of a man who the heads
4	li-is,-ba-tu	may they seize

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