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ARM 14, 075 (P351415)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351415 |
| 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 _lu2-mesz_ ia-am-ha-di-i{ki} | Concerning the people of Yamḫadi |
| 5 | u3 za-al-ma-qa-i{ki} sza ip-ta-na-at,-t,a3-ru-nim | and Zalmaqāya, whom he had kept secret, |
| 6 | be-li2 isz-pu-ra-am i-na pa-ni-tim-ma | My lord wrote me before |
| 7 | a-na _lu2-mesz_ sza ba-za-ha-tim u3 a-li-sza-am | to the men of Bazaḫtim and Ališam |
| 8 | a-na {lu2}su-ga-gi-_mes_ u3 _lu2 nu-banda3-mesz_ | to the chariot fighters and the captains |
| 9 | dan-na-tim asz-ku-un um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I established strongholds, thus I: |
| 10 | {lu2}ia-a-am-ha-di-im{ki} u3 za-al#-ma-qa#-ia-am{ki} | Yamḫadim and Zalmaqayam |
| 11 | sza ki-ma e-li-isz i-la-ku | that he went up like a mountain, |
| 12 | sza#? tup#-pi2 be-li2#-ia# | of the tablet of my lord |
| 13 | [...] _lu2-mesz#_ | ... men |
| 14 | [szu-nu-ti ar-hi]-isz# ta-ra-ni-is-szu-<nu-ti> | They are quickly restoring them. |
| reverse | ||
| 15 | [i-na-an-na] e-zu-ub la 1(disz) me s,a-bi-im | Now, I have fled, but there are not 100 prisoners. |
| 16 | sza# [it-ta]-al#-ku-nim 1(disz) _lu2_ ia-am-ha-du-um{ki} | who came, 1 man of Yamḫadum |
| 17 | 1(disz) _ansze#_ [i]-re#-ed-di _kaskal_ sza ha-am-qi2-im | 1 donkey she-ass for the road of Hamqim |
| 18 | s,a-bi-it-ma i-la-ak | is captured and he will go. |
| 19 | i-na qa-ab-li-it mu-szi-im | in the middle of the night |
| 20 | _lu2#-mesz#_ sza# ba-za-ha-tim u2-te-er-ru-ni-isz-szu-ma | the men of Bazaḫātum brought him and |
| 21 | a-na s,e-ri-ia ir-du-ni-isz-szu _lu2_ sze-tu | to my country he gave him a man of barley |
| 22 | a-na ne-pa-ri-im u2-sze-ri-ib | he brought it into the reedbed. |
| 23 | pa-na-nu-um ba-za-ha-tu-ia i-na ha-am-qi2#-im | (Sum) I am the one who smites my face with a curse (Akk) My face is smeared with an curse |
| 24 | qe2-er-be2-tim ma?-ta-ri-im u3 e2-ka-pa-an | in the middle of the land and the storehouse |
| 25 | sza#-ak-na i-na-an-na | are here; now |
| 26 | ki-ma na-asz-pa-ar#-ti# be-li2-ia | like the message of my lord |
| 27 | 1(u) _lu2-mesz_ i-na gi-ir-ri-im sza bur?-di-hi-im | 10 men in the wagon of Burdiḫum |
| 28 | asz-ku-un ba-ha-za-tu-ia | I established my cult centers. |
| 29 | du-un-nu-na a-hu-um | Dunnuna, the brother |
| 30 | u2-ul na-di | I did not know. |
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