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ARM 14, 085 (P351425)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351425 |
| 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-Addu |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | i-na a-hi-ti-ia ki-a-am esz-me | From my brother, as I have heard, |
| 6 | um#-ma-a-mi _udu hi-a_ na-wa-a-am | the following: “Sheep and goats are slaughtered. |
| 7 | [sza] _tur#-mesz_ ia-mi-na | of small ones, there are |
| 8 | [i]-na# la-as-qi2-im i-ka-la | from the deficit he will weigh out. |
| 9 | [1(disz) {lu2}up]-ra#-pi2-i-yu-um | 1: Uprapiyum |
| 10 | [il-li]-kam#-ma | came, and |
| 11 | [um-ma]-szu#-ma _udu hi-a_ na-wa-a-am sza-a-ti | Thus he: that sheep and goats |
| 12 | [i-ka-la] u3 um-ma-a-mi | he will weigh out, and my mother |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x]-szu#?-nu i-pa-hu-ru | their ... will receive. |
| 2 | [i-na-an]-na# a-na wa-ar-ka-at | Now, in the future |
| 3 | na#?-[wi?-i?]-im# sza-a-tu pa-ra-si-im | that nawî-demon |
| 4 | asz-pu#-ur wa-ar-ka-tam i-pa-ra#-su-nim-ma | After that, he will write to me, and |
| 5 | [t,e4]-ma#-am# ga-am-ra-am | a full report |
| 6 | [a-na] s,e#-er be-li2-ia# | to my lord |
| 7 | [a-sza]-ap#-pa-ra-am | I shall send. |
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