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ARM 14, 081 (P351421)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351421 |
| 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# [_ARAD2_-ka-a]-ma# | Thus Yaqim-Addu, your servant: |
| 4 | _lu2-mesz_ sza ba-za-ha-tim a-di la#-[as3-qi2]-im2#? | the men of Bazaḫtim, until I have acquired |
| 5 | a-na wa-ar-ka-tim pa-ra#-[si]-im# | in the future, may it be changed. |
| 6 | asz-pu-ur-ma u3 t,e4-ma-am ki-a-am u2-te-ru-nim | I wrote and they returned the report to me as follows: |
| 7 | um#-ma-a-mi _udu hi-a_ sza {lu2}ha-na-_mesz_ x x x | the following: “The sheep of the mayors |
| 8 | i-ka-la ha-s,i-ra-tum la-as3#?-qa?-am ik-szu-da | He holds the ḫaṣirātu-vessel, he is bound. |
| 9 | asz-szum# be-li2 i-na pa-ni-tim i-ia-ti u3 {lu2}me-er-he-e-em | Because my lord in the presence of me and the Merheans |
| 10 | u2-na-<hi>-da-an-ni-ti wa-ar-ka-tam ip#-ru-su#-nim be-li2 | After that, my lord |
| 11 | {lu2}me-er-he-e-em li-hi-it,# as-su2-ur#-re-e-ma | “May the merḫēm priestess be calm, and |
| 12 | _dingir_ <a>-yi-i-di-in hi-t,i2-tum ib-ba-asz-szi-ma be-li2 | the god who knows sin he created, and my lord |
| 13 | ki-a-am i-qa-ab-bi um-ma-mi# wa-ar-ka-tam am-mi-nim | Thus (says) the mother: "What is the later part of it?" |
| 14 | la ta-ap-ru-<us2>-ma a-na s,e-ri#-ia# la ta-as3-pu-ra-am | You did not send me a message, you did not write to me. |
| 15 | a-nu-um-ma a-na# s,e#-er be-li2-ia asz-pu#-ra-am | Now, I have written to my lord. |
| 16 | be-li2 lu i-de ha-al-s,i# ha-la-as,# me-er#-hi-i-im | My lord should know that he is a fugitive, a criminal. |
| 17 | sza-ni-tam su-um-hu-ra-pi2 sza-pi2#-[t,u2]-tam# | Secondly, Sumḫurāpi is a šapiṭu-demon. |
| 18 | i-na ha-la-as, sa#-ga-ra-tim#[{ki} i-pe2]-esz15#-ma | in the district of Sagaratum he built, and |
| 19 | 1(disz) szu-szi _GAN2 a-sza3#_ [i]-na# e2-ak-ka#-[ka]{ki#} | 60 hectares of field in Eakka |
| 20 | s,a-bi-it u3 i-tur2-as2-du [...] | he is captured and he shall return ... |
| 21 | isz-sza-ki-in-ma# i?-na#? zi-ib#?-na#-[tim{ki}] | he placed, and in Zibnatum |
| 22 | a-lik pa-ni-[szu? x x x] x [x x] | marched before him ...... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na#-an-na# [...] | Now ... |
| 2 | ki#-a-am isz-[pu-ra-am um-ma-a-mi] | Thus he wrote me: |
| 3 | a-na _a-sza3_-ia la#? [...] | to my field not ... |
| 4 | pa-na-nu-um x x x x x [...] | Before ... |
| 5 | i-na t,u2-bi _a-sza3#_ is,-ba-at [i?]-tur2#?-as3#?-du#? isz#-sza#-ki#-in#-[ma] | on account of the goodness of the field he took, he reduced?, and |
| 6 | i-na t,u2-bi-ma# _a#-sza3_ is,-ba-at | in good fortune the field seized |
| 7 | i-na-an-na a-na-ku mi-nu-um _{lu2}dumu_-sza _geme2_-sa3 | Now, what is the son of her slave woman? |
| 8 | u2-lu-ma sza-gi-il-tam a-pu-ul-szi-ma | “Oh, the šagiltam-demon, I have carried her away, and |
| 9 | an-ni-tam isz#-pu#-ra-am# ki-ma pa-nu-ut-tu-um-ma | This he wrote to me, as before |
| 10 | i-na t,u2-bi _a-sza3_ is,!-ba-tu-u2 a-na-ku i-na t,u2-bi-ma | from the satisfaction of the field they seized, I in the satisfaction |
| 11 | a-s,a-ba-at u3 i-nu-ma aq-ba-a-hu-um | I will seize, and when I speak to you |
| 12 | a-na e2-ak-ka-ka{ki} il-li-ik-ma | to Eakka went, and |
| 13 | _esz2-gar3_ 3(disz) _{gesz}apin hi-a_ sza _a-sza3_ u2-ma-al-li | a plot of 3 ploughs of the field he filled. |
| 14 | mi-im-ma-a _a-sza3_ szu-u2 a-na i-si-iq-ti-<ia> | whatever that field for your cultivation |
| 15 | e-si-iq 1(disz) li-im 4(disz) me _GAN2 a-sza3_ | he took away. 1 thousand 4 hundred gin2 field |
| 16 | wa-ta-ar-tum sza {lu2}we-du-u2-tum | a slave of a weditu |
| 17 | u2-lu! mu-usz-ke-nu-um i-ri-szu | or a muškēnum-priest, his wife |
| 18 | u3 a-nu-um-ma be-li2 aq-ba-a-hu-um _ARAD2_-su2 | And now, my lord, I spoke with his servant: |
| 19 | li-sza-al# ki-ma _a-sza3_ sze-tu {lu2}[sza]-pi2-t,u2-um | may he ask like the barley of the ša-piṭûm |
| 20 | a-lik pa-ni-ia s,a-bi-it i-na-an-na# [...] | The one who came before me was captured. Now ... |
| 21 | i-gi-sa#-am# e-li i-gi-se-e-em | “It is an igi-sam, it is above the igu-sêm |
| 22 | a-na be-li2-ia u2-re-ed-de-em# | to my lord I will return. |
| 23 | u3 {munus}pa-ar-tum a-na s,e-er _munus_ x [...] | and a pregnant woman to the side of a woman ... |
| 24 | {munus}dam-hu-ra-s,i2-im be-el-ti# [...] | Damḫuraṣim, my lady |
| 25 | [szi?]-ba-at-ma la szi-na-ti# [...] | She is pregnant, but she is not pregnant? ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | ma-ha-ar be-el#-ti-ia szu-mi | In the presence of my lady, my name |
| 2 | ah-ta-na-sa3-as-ma i-na li-ip-ta-ti-sza | I have sinned against her, and in her lips |
| 3 | sza-pa-ra-am an-ne2-e-em be-el-ti | This letter, my lady, |
| 4 | isz-pu-ra#-am# e-li ma-ah-ru-tim | he wrote to me, above the previous ones |
| 5 | a-na-ku sza qa-bi#-sa e-pe2-esz15 | I will do what is said. |
| 6 | asz-szum _a-sza3_ sze-tu a-na be-li2-ia# | Concerning the barley of the field to my lord |
| 7 | asz-pu-ra-am be-li2 lu i-de# | I have written to you, my lord; you should know (this). |
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