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ARM 14, 072 (P351412)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351412 |
| 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-Adad |
| 4 | _ARAD2#_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | [asz]-szum# _lu2-diri-ta-mesz babila-ki_ | Concerning the governors of Babylon |
| 6 | [u3?] {d}_iszkur-lugal_ be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am | and Adad-šarru, my lord, wrote me |
| 7 | [_lu2_ sza]-a-tu as2-si-ma ki-a-am aq-bi-szum | that man I asked, and thus I said to him: |
| 8 | [um-ma a]-na-ku-ma mi-im-ma-a ki#?-nu?-um#? an-nu-um | Thus (says) I: “All this is true(?) |
| 9 | [...]-tim#? ki-i _e2-gal_-lam ta-da-as,-ma | ... like a palace you will measure out and |
| 10 | [um-ma] at#-ta-a-ma isz-tu _babila-ki_ | Thus you, from Babylon: |
| 11 | an-na-bi-tam um-ma szu-ma e-zu-ub | This (is) the saying: “His is the Ezub-demon. |
| 12 | la _babila-ki_ sza-ap-la-nu-um | not Babylon, the lower |
| 13 | _babila-ki_ 5(disz) bi-ri _a-sza3_ at-ta <<at-ta>>-al-kam | Babylon. 5 ikû field, you are the one who roams around. |
| 14 | mi-im-ma i-nu-ma s,a-bu-um i-le-em | whatever when the troops he has |
| 15 | u2-ul ak-ka-li | I did not eat. |
| 16 | lu-ul-li-ik ma-ha-ar be-li2-ia | I will go before my lord. |
| 17 | lu-ta-ap-lam-ma | let me see, and |
| 18 | szum-ma ha-bi-ir-ku-nu | If you are a merchant, |
| reverse | ||
| 19 | i-na qa-tim ta-na-ad-di-na | you will give in the end. |
| 20 | id-na-ni-in-ni5 i-na-an-na | he gave to me, now |
| 21 | asz-szum tup-pi2 be-li2-ia asz-szum _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti | Concerning my lord’s tablet concerning those men |
| 22 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia t,a3-ra-di-im | to my lord is good. |
| 23 | il#-li-kam {d}_iszkur-lugal_ wa-ki-il-szu-nu | came, Adad-šarru their supporter |
| 24 | [a-na s,e-er] be#-li2-ia at,-t,ar-dam | I have sent to my lord. |
| 25 | [...] x-ak-la | ... ... |
| 26 | [...] _iti#_ 8(disz) _kam sze-ba i3-ba_ | ... 8 months, barley and oil |
| 27 | [_tug2?]-ba#_ u3 [...] x-am i-na _e2-gal_-lim | garments and ... in the palace |
| 28 | im-ta-na#-[ah-ha-ar] i-na-an-na | he has received. Now |
| 29 | wa-ar-ka-at# [_lu2_ sza]-a-tu | After that man |
| 30 | be-li2 li-ip-[ru]-us2# [szum]-ma# _lu2_ szu#-u2 | my lord may ask. If that man |
| 31 | isz-tu _babila-ki_ in-na#-bi#-tam | from Babylon he fled. |
| 32 | u3 szum#-ma it-ti s,a-bi-im [i]-le#-em-ma | and if with a slave he shall prove, and |
| 33 | it#-ta-ak-la be-li2 a-wa-ti-[szu] | My lord, his words |
| 34 | li#-isz-me-ma an-ni-tam la an-ni-[tam] | He should hear that this is not the case. |
| 35 | [be]-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma | my lord should write me, and |
| 36 | sza# qa-be2-e be-li2-ia lu-pu-usz2# | I shall do what is said of my lord. |
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