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ARM 14, 086 (P351426)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	ARM 14, 086
ID	P351426
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	u4-um tup-pi2 an-ne2-em a-na s,e#-er be-li2-ia	When this tablet to my lord
5	u2-sza-bi-lam ku-sa3-an _dumu_ szi-ip#-[ri]-im#	Kusan, son of the messenger
6	_lu2_ kar-ka#-mi#-isz7{ki} {disz}{d}utu#-[re]-di	the man of Karkamish: Šamaš-rēdi
7	u3 1(disz) {lu2}tap-pu-szu sza be-li2-ia	and one messenger of my lord
8	isz-tu kar-ka#-mi#-isz7{ki} a-na s,e-er	from Karkāmiš to the border
9	be-li2-ia i-la-ku-nim 4(disz) {lu2-mesz}up-ra-pi2-a-yu{ki}	my lord they shall come. 4 Uprapiayu men
10	i-na hu-mu-s,i2-im sza 1(disz)! a-ia-lim	in the ḫuṣumūnum of one Ayalim
11	[isz]-hi-<<x>>-t,u2-szu-nu-ti-ma	he ... them and
12	[{disz}]{d}utu-re-di u3 {lu2}tap-pa-szu	Šamaš-rēdu and his messenger
13	i-du-ku u3 _lu2_ kar-ka-mi-isz7{ki}	did kill, and the man of Karkameš
14	u2-s,e2-e-em	he brought out.
15	a-nu#-um#-ma _lu2_ sza-a-ti a-na s,e-er	Now, that man to the flock
reverse
1	be-li2#-ia at,-t,a3-ar-da-asz-szu#	I have sent him to my lord.
2	sza-ni-tam _lu2-mesz_ sza a-na sa-ag-bi	Secondly, the men who to the head
3	{disz}i-ba-al-pi2-el3 me-er-hu-um	Ibal-pî-El, the merḫūm
4	e-li na-we-e-em sza be-li2-ia	above the oath of my lord
5	isz-ku-nu {lu2-mesz}up-ra-pa-a-yi{ki}	the Uprapaeans
6	i-mu-ru-ma _udu hi-a_-szu-nu	saw, and their sheep
7	im-ha-s,u2 t,e4-ma-am an-ne2-em	This report
8	i-na a-hi-ti-ia-ma esz15-me-e-ma	In my brother’s side, the ešmēma
9	a-na be-li2-ia asz2-tap-ra-am	I have written to my lord
10	u3 _lu2-mesz_ sza ba-za-ha-tim	and the men of Bazaḫatum
11	a-na _a-sza3_ 2(disz)-am3 bi-ri	for a field of 2 iku
12	a-na _giri3_ na-ka-si-im asz-pu-ur-ma	to the foot of the naksim I wrote and
13	2(disz) pe2-li-i sza lu-ur-mi#-im i-mu#-ru-nim	2 pēlī-vessels of lurmum-plant they saw.
14	a-nu-um-ma pe2-li-i szu-nu-ti	Herewith, they are deceiving me.
15	a-na be-li2-ia usz-ta-bi-lam	I have sent to my lord.
16	u3 i-na bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-li-[im]	and in Bad-Yaḫad-Līm
17	a-na szu-lum sa-al-hi-i-im te-re#-[tim]	for the well-being of the saḫhum-disease, the extispicies
18	u2-sze-pi-isz-ma te-re-tum	he had the extispicy performed,
19	lu-pu-ta asz-pu-ur-ma	I wrote and
20	_udu hi-a_ sza i-na ha-am-qi2-im	the sheep that in the libation
21	i-ka-la a-na qe2-er-be2-tim	he will hold. In the middle
22	im-ha-s,u2-nim an-ni-tam la# [an-ni-tam]	This is not this.
23	be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma#	my lord should write to me, and
24	_udu hi-a_ a-na aq-da-ma-tim#	sheep for the aqdamātu-festival
25	lu-sze-bi-ra-am	let me send.

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