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ARM 14, 084 + A 02478 + M 05343 (P351424)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 084 + A 02478 + M 05343 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351424 |
| 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_ mi-szu-la-tam a-na pu-hu-ur | 2 men, half of them, as a substitute |
| 5 | _tur#-mesz_ ia-mi-na asz-szum t,e4-mi-szu-nu le-qe2-e-em | There are no small ones, take (them) on account of their report. |
| 6 | asz-pu-ur-ma la-ma be-li2 da-amx(PI)-da-a-am | I wrote, and before my lord |
| 7 | sza {lu2}s,a-bi-im esz3-nun#-na{ki} i-du-ku | of the troops of Ešnunna killed |
| 8 | i-na# 2(disz) _lu2#_ sza asz-pu-ru 1(disz) _lu2_ i-tu-ra-am-ma | from the two men about whom I wrote, one man returned and |
| 9 | [ki-a-am iq-be2-em] um#-ma-a-mi | Thus said the following: |
| 10 | [... a-na] sa#?-da-di-im pa-nu-szu-nu | ... their faces towards the mountain range |
| 11 | [sza-ak-nu] x | are placed ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [a-na sa?-da]-di#-im# pa#-nu#-szu#-nu sza#-ak-nu it-ta-ak-lu-u2 | They are placed as a pledge. They have bowed down. |
| 2' | [asz-szum li-ib]-bi-im sza a-wa-tim a-ma-ri-im | Concerning the heart of the words of the sage |
| 3' | {lu2}ma#-ki-i isz#-pu-ru-nim um-ma szu-nu-ma | the governor wrote to me, saying: "They |
| 4' | ul-la am-ra-nim _lu2-tur munus-tur_ u3 _sze_-um sza kap-ra-tim | After I have brought the child, the girl, and the barley of the kaprātum offerings |
| 5' | a-na dan-na-tim{ki} ka-mi-i-<<x>>-is3 | to Dannātum, Kami’is |
| 6' | ki-ma {lu2-mesz}ma-ki-i szu-nu-<ti> it,-ru-du-nim | as those mukīnû-officials have come to me, |
| 7' | a-wa-tum u2-s,e2-em-ma qa-tam a-na qa-tim-ma | (Sum) The word of the lord is a hand of sulphur (Akk) I bring the word of a word to the hand |
| 8' | i-sza-ta-tim asz-szi u3 a-na s,e2-er sa-am-me-e-tar | Išstātum is because of her and to the sea. |
| 9' | a-na ma-ri{ki} asz-pu-ur-ma ma-tum usz-ta-an-s,i2-ir-ma | I sent to Mari, and the land had been plundered and |
| 10' | {lu2-mesz}ma-ku-u2 <<x x>> i-mu-ru-ma <<x x>> | The makû-officials saw |
| 11' | it#-ta-al-ku-ma t,e4-ma-am u2-te-ru-szu-nu-szi-im | They went and gave them orders. |
| 12' | um-ma-a-mi _gu2_ buranun usz-ta-an-s,i2-ir | my mother, the neck of the Euphrates he had cut off. |
| 13' | _lu2-tur munus-tur_ u3 _sze_-um ka-mi-is3 ki-ma t,e4-ma-am | a child, a girl, and the barley of the kāmis-tax as a report |
| 14' | an-ne2-e-em u2-te-ru-szu-nu-szi-im a-na a-ba-at-tim#{ki} | this they have returned to Abattim. |
| 15' | e-pe2-szi-im qa-tam isz-ku-nu | They set up a hand for the work. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 a-na pu-ru-us-<se2>-e-em sza a-wa#-[tim] | and to the witnesses of the words |
| 2 | le-qe2-e-em 2(disz) _lu2 kaskal-a_ at,-ru-[ud-ma] | I sent two men on the road and |
| 3 | u3 1(disz) _{gesz}ma2-tur_ 2(disz) _lu2_ u2-sza-ar-ki#-[ib] | and 1 small boat, 2 men he made slip |
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