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ARM 14, 069 (P351409)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351409 |
| 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 | s,a-ab til-la-tim [sza i-na ha-la-as,] | a long-lasting army, which in the division |
| 5 | sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} wa#?-[asz?-bu?] | Sagaratum was dwelling |
| 6 | ud-da-ab-bi-bu s,a-[bu-um] | he constantly seeks out |
| 7 | sza _dumu_ [...] | of the son of ... |
| 8 | i-na bad3[{ki}]-ia-ah-du-li#-[im] wa-szi-ib# | in Dūr-Yaḫdu-Lîm stationed |
| 9 | s,a-bu-um sza {disz}ni-id-na-at-{d}suen | the slave of Nidnat-Sîn, |
| 10 | i-na bi-da-ah{ki} u3 s,a-bu-um | in Bidaḫ and Ṣabum |
| 11 | {lu2}qa#-ta-na-yu{ki} | Qatanayu |
| 12 | i-na sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} wa-szi-ib | in Sagaratum sat |
| 13 | u3 _szu_-um ib-sza-al-ma | and a hand he has, and |
| 14 | ka-lu#-szu ki-ma pa-ni-szu-ma | all of it, like his face |
| 15 | i-ma-asz-sza-ah | he shall remove. |
| 16 | ki# ma-s,i2 a-da-ab-bu-ub | I will speak with him as he wishes. |
| 17 | u3! ki ma-s,i2 dan-na-tim# | and in the place of strong rains |
| 18 | a-sza-ak-ka-an | I shall place. |
| 19 | u2-ul e-li-i-ma | he did not rise, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na-an-na szum-ma be-[li2] | Now, if my lord |
| 2 | la isz7-ta-al-ma# u3 [x (x)] x-szu-nu-ti | he did not look, and their ... |
| 3 | u2-lu i-na ia-li-hi-im{ki} | or in Yalihim |
| 4 | u2-lu i-na hu-ul-inanna{ki} | or in Halinanna |
| 5 | te-er-tum la in-na-pi2-isz-ma | The extispicy shall not be altered and |
| 6 | u3 la u2-szi-ib ha-al-s,um | and did not settle the haruspex |
| 7 | an-nu-um e-li sza-da-ag-dam# | This is above the šadagdam |
| 8 | i-ma-aq-qu2-ut | they will kill. |
| 9 | sza-ni-tam _sze_-um i-na ha-al#-s,i2#-im | Secondly, the barley in the district |
| 10 | e-li-im ma!-du!-um-ma i-ba-asz-szi | above, there is a lot |
| 11 | u3 _sze_-um szu-u2 ba-szi-il# | and that barley he carried |
| 12 | u3 _i7_ mi3-lu-um | and the canal Ilum |
| 13 | mi#-li-ik _sze_-em sza#?-tu#? be#-li2 | the ration of that barley, my lord |
| 14 | li-im-li#-[ik ...] | May he go ... |
| 15 | x x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [i]-na-ad-di-in-ma | shall give, and |
| 2 | u3 i-ma-ha-ru-szu | and they will reject him. |
| 3 | an#-ni-tam u3 la an-ni-tam | This and not this |
| 4 | [be]-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am | my lord should write me |
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