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ARM 14, 077 (P351417)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 077 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351417 |
| 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-Addu |
| 3 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 4 | 2(disz) {lu2}za-al-ma-qi2-im{ki} ne-hi-ri-<<ia#?>>-yi#{ki} | 2 Zalmaqim, Neḫiri-ciaya |
| 5 | a-szar a-na x [x]-ti#?-ti-szu-nu a-na _e2?_ [x x]-tim# | where to their ... to the house of ... |
| 6 | na-da-nim [i]-la-ku x x x-szu#-nu-ti [...]-nu-ti?-ma? | They will go and ... their ... and |
| 7 | um-ma-a-mi# [ha]-la-a-ku-mu ha-ra-x [...] | My mother: "I shall share ... for you." |
| 8 | [...] ia#-az-ra-hu-um 4(disz) {lu2}ha-nu-u2 [...] | ... Yazraḫum, 4 men |
| 9 | [x x]-tu-szu-nu-ti-ma szu-usz2-szi sza hu-x [...] | ... their ... that ... ... |
| 10 | [x x] _kasz_-szu-nu isz-ku-nu-ma | ... their beer they poured and |
| 11 | [a]-na# du-un-nim{ki} im-qu2-tu-nim | to Dunnē fell |
| 12 | [isz]-tu# du-un-nim{ki} it-ta-al-ku-nim-[ma] | from Dunnē came, and |
| 13 | [a-na] e2-ak-ka-ka{ki} u2-sze-ri-bu-[szu-nu-ti] | to Eakka I brought them. |
| 14 | [{lu2}]za-al-ma-qa-yu{ki} | Zalmaqayu |
| 15 | [x x]-tu#-tum szu#-usz2#-szi | ... ... to her |
| 16 | [x x]-szu#-nu u2-pa-at,-t,i2-ru-ma | they will release their ... and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x] ab x x x zu-u2-ma-a-bi na-ap-si#?-[x x] | ... its limbs ... |
| 2 | [... szu-nu]-ti#-ma a-na s,e-ri-ia# | ... they are, and to my country |
| 3 | ir-di# [...]-im#? s,i2#?-bi-ta-szu-nu | ... their ṣibi(?) |
| 4 | u2-ul x [...] | ... not ... |
| 5 | i-na-an-na asz-szum# [...] | Now, concerning ... |
| 6 | i-na sa#-ga-ra-tim#[{ki}] | in Sagaratum |
| 7 | um-ma# a-na-ku-ma as-su2-[ur-ri ...] | Thus (says) I, the engraver ... |
| 8 | sza ki-ma i-la-kam u2-wa-ad-du# | who like a thief he will kill |
| 9 | u3 asz-szum _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri {lu2}za-al#-[ma-qa-yu{ki}] | and concerning the sons of the work of Zalmaqayu |
| 10 | i-na ma-ri{ki} wa-asz-bu {lu2-mesz}szu-nu-ti# | in Mari where they dwell, their people |
| 11 | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia u2-ul u2-sza-re-em-[ma] | to my lord I did not send and |
| 12 | a-na ne-pa-ri-im# sza bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-li#-[im] | to the fortress of Dūr-Yaḫdulim |
| 13 | usz-ta#-ri#-szu#-nu-ti t,e4-em {lu2-mesz}szu-nu-ti | I gave to them. News of their people |
| 14 | [an-ni-tam la] an-ni-tam be-li2 li#-isz-pu-ra-am | This is not this, my lord should write me. |
Sources & licences
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