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ARM 14, 071 (P351411)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351411 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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-Adad |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-[ma] | your servant |
| 5 | be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am# [um-ma-a-mi] | My lord wrote me thus: |
| 6 | a-nu-um-ma# tup-pi2 i-si-iq#-[ti ...] | Herewith, my tablet is missing ... |
| 7 | x [x] x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [a]-na# [s,e]-ri#-ia il-li-kam#-[ma s,a-ba-am sza ha-la-as,] | He came to my camp and captured the people of the districts. |
| 2' | ma-ri#{ki} u3 ter-qa{ki} i-na# [e-s,e2-di-im] | Mari and Terqa in the meadow |
| 3' | u2-ne#-eh# i-nu-ma s,a-bu-um _babila#_[{ki} ...] | When the troops of Babylon |
| 4' | i?-x x ru-uk um-ma a-na-ku-ma u3 x [...] | ..., saying: "I and |
| 5' | _ud_ 3(disz)? _kam#_ lu-uh-bu-ul _ud_ 4(disz)? _kam_ a-na e-s,e-di-im# | On the 3rd? day: 'Let me go out,' on the 4th? day for harvesting. |
| 6' | qa-tam asz-ku-un a-di-ni x sze-ri-ih-szu u2-ul i-x [...] | I deposited (it) in a sealed document. Until now ... his šeriḫ-offerings ... ... |
| 7' | tup-pi2# ni-id-<na>-at-{d}suen ik-szu-dam-ma | The tablet of Nidnat-Sîn arrived, and |
| 8' | s,a-bu#-um szu-u2 ip-t,u2-ur mi-im-ma u2-ul i-s,i2#-[id ...] | He is a herdsman; he has opened up everything, but he did not harvest ... |
| 9' | szum-ma i-in be-li2-ia ma-hi-ir lu-uk-ka-li#-ma# | If the eye of my lord is favorable, I will ensure it. |
| 10' | _sze_-em sza _e2-gal_-lim lu-sze-s,i2-id# | I shall harvest the barley of the palace. |
| 11' | u3 szum-ma a-al-la-kam an-ni-tam la an#-[ni-tam] | And if you go, this is not this. |
| left | ||
| 1 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am# [a-di me-he-er tup-pi2-ia] | May my lord write to me as soon as I have completed my tablet. |
| 2 | sza a-la-ki-ia u3 la a-la-ki#-[ia] | of my travelling and of my not travelling |
| 3 | i-tu-ur-ra-am s,a-ba-am lu#?-[...] | (Sum) He has returned, I want to ... (Akk) He returned, let me ... |
Sources & licences
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