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ARM 14, 073 (P351413)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351413 |
| 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-Adad |
| 3 | _ARAD2#_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 4 | asz#-[szum {d}]_iszkur#-lugal lu2 babila-ki_ | Concerning Adad-šarru, the man of Babylon |
| 5 | [...] x be-li2-ia | ... my lord |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | be#-li2# x [...] | My lord |
| 2' | _lu2_ sze-tu li-[...] | May a man ... his grain. |
| 3' | asz-szum _lu2_ szu-u2 i-na# [...] | Because that man in ... |
| 4' | ka-lu-u2 x x x li-ib-bi# [...] | The kalû priestess ... the heart ... |
| 5' | pa-ri-id um-ma szu-nu-ma i-ba-asz-szi-i | “They are the one(s) who are there. (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) (is said): |
| 6' | ma-a-tum sza _lu2-diri-ta-mesz_-szu | the land of his enemies |
| 7' | i-na qa-tim i-na-ad-di-nu e-zu-ub | they will give, and he will die. |
| 8' | la ni-ti _dumu_ szi-ip-ri-im sza ni-s,i-ir-ti | “It is not me, the son of the craftsman of the niṣirtu-priestess, |
| 9' | be-li2-szu sze-mu-u2 sze-ep _lugal_ sza-ni-i-im | his lord heard, the foot of another king |
| 10' | i-s,a-ab-ba-at-ma a-na _dumu_ x x | shall seize and to the son of |
| 11' | i-ta-ar i-na-an-na i-na qa#-tim# | he will return. Now, in the hand |
| 12' | a-na mi-nim ta-na!(AN)-ad-di-na-ni-ti | Why have you given me so much?” |
| left | ||
| 13' | be-li2 li-isz-ta#-[al-ma] | my lord should ask, and |
| 14' | ma-hi-ir _lu2_ sza-a-tu li#-[...] | That man may . . |
| 15' | sza _ARAD2_-ia a-na s,e-er be-li2-[ia as2-tap-ra-am] | of my servant I sent to my lord. |
| 16' | be-li2 sza _lugal_-ru-ti-szu [li-pu-usz2] | my lord may do for his kingship. |
Sources & licences
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