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ARM 14, 074 (P351414)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351414 |
| 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 | _zi3-da_ sza i-na pa-ni-tim | flour that before |
| 6 | a-na pa-an s,a-bi-im til-la-tim | in the presence of the troops of the end |
| 7 | usz-t,e4-nu ka-al-ma-tum | “It has been written, it has been checked, |
| 8 | il-ta-pa-at _zi3-da#_ ma-du-um | he has weighed out the flour, as much as |
| 9 | i-ra-ab-bi-ib | he will share. |
| 10 | i-na-an-na a-na pu-ha-at | Now, in exchange for |
| 11 | _zi3-da_-szu i-na na-asz-pa-ki-im | his flour in the našpānum |
| 12 | i-ra-ab-bi-bu | they shall divide. |
| reverse | ||
| 13 | be-li2 {disz#}ia-si-im-su-mu-u2 | My lord, Iasimsumû |
| 14 | li-wa-e-er-ma | may he ask, and |
| 15 | _zi3-da_-szu a-na {lu2-mesz}a-bu _e2_-tim | his flour to the housemen |
| 16 | li-im-ma-di-id-ma _{lu2}lu2-mesz_ e2-kal2-lim | may he measure out, and the people of the Ekallim |
| 17 | li#-ku-ul-szu u3 _zi3-da#_-ni5 | may they eat him and his flour |
| 18 | sza# a-na _szuku {lu2}lu2-mesz_ i-t,e4-en-nu | who to the ration of the scribes has cut off |
| 19 | [a]-na na-asz-pa-ki-im li-isz-pu-ku-ma | let them write to you, and |
| 20 | re#-esz15 s,a-bi-im til-la-tim | the chief of the troops of the end |
| 21 | _zi3-da_-ni5# li-ki-il | may his flour be bound. |
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