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ARM 14, 103 (P351443)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 103 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351443 |
| 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-e-em a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia# | When this tablet to my lord |
| 5 | u2-sza-bi-lam ia-wi-{d}iszkur sza be#-[li2-ia] | I sent. Yawi-Addu of my lord |
| 6 | _dumu_ ha-ia3-ma-el3 sza be-li2 a-na s,e-er# | son of Haia-mā-El, which my lord to the flock |
| 7 | {disz}a-tam-ri-im isz-pu-ru-szu um-[ma-a-mi] | Atamrīm wrote to me, saying: |
| 8 | ra#?-s,a#?-ma#?-a{ki} a-li i-na zu-mu-ur a-lim#[{ki}] | Raṣāma, the city in the midst of the city |
| 9 | [pu-t,u2]-ur# [ik-szu]-dam# u3 2(disz) _dumu_ szi-ip#-[ri-im] | he released, he reached, and 2 sons of the craftsmen |
| 10 | [_lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki}] it#-[ti]-szu ik-szu#-du#-[nim] | the man of Ešnunna with him gathered |
| 11 | [{disz}ia-wi-{d}iszkur t,e4-ma]-am# asz2-ta-[al-ma] | I asked Yawi-Addu for a report and |
| 12 | [ki-a-am iq-be2-em um-ma-szu]-u2-ma | thus said his mother: |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x-si-im ki-[...] | ... the earth |
| 2' | [...] a-di ma-ri#?[{ki?}] | ... as far as Mari |
| 3' | [u3 a-na s,e]-er a-tam-ri-im | and to the land of Atamru |
| 4' | isz-ta#-na-ap-pa-ra-am um-[ma-a-mi] | he keeps sending me, thus: |
| 5' | i-na zu-mu-ur a-lim{ki} pu-ut,-ra-[am-ma] | in the district of the city release, and |
| 6' | at-la-ak# ku-usz-dam u3 a-tam-rum ak-[...] | I am going, I am asleep, and I am sleeping ... |
| 7' | a-na s,e-er _{lu2}sukkal_ isz-pu-ur um-[ma-a-mi] | to the vizier sent, saying: |
| 8' | a-lam{ki} u2-hi-isz szum-ma sza# pa-t,a3-ri#-[im] | the city of Alam he provided for. If that of the slain |
| 9' | szu-up-ra-am-ma _gu2_ a-lim{ki} lu-um-hu-[ur-ma] | send me, and I shall inspect the city bank, and |
| 10' | lu-up-t,u-ra-am u2-la-szu-ma a-lam [...] | “Let me release him, so that ... |
| 11' | an-ne2-tim ia-wi#-{d}iszkur id-<bu>-ba-am-[ma] | This Yawī-Addu spoke and |
| 12' | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia asz-pu-ra-am u3# [asz-szum] | I wrote to my lord, and concerning |
| 13' | sza i-na s,a-bi-im in-ne-ep-[szu] | which were made in the army |
| 14' | _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip#-[ri-im szu-nu]-ti# a-na s,e-er be-li2-[ia] | these craftsmen to my lord |
| 15' | u2-ul at,-ru#-[ud] um#-ma a-na-ku-ma a-wa-tim | I did not hear, thus I: the words |
| 16' | da-al-ha-tim la i-im-ma-ru asz-szum [ki-a-am] | they did not see a flood because thus |
| 17' | a-na ter-qa{ki} at,-ru-us-su2-nu-ti-[ma ki-a-am] | I sent them to Terqa, and thus |
| 18' | aq-bi-szu-nu-szi-im um-ma a-na-[ku-ma] | I said to them: "I myself |
| left | ||
| 1 | _lugal_ a-di _u4 3(disz)-kam_ i-ka-asz-sza-[dam ...] | The king will reach the 3rd day .... |
| 2 | _lugal#?_ gi-ir-ra-am sza e-bi-ir-[tim ...] | king of the four quarters of the world |
| 3 | i-il-la-kam-ma ip#-pa#-as2-sa#-ha#-am# [...] | He will come and he will remove ... |
| 4 | x x x u3 a-na ki-ib#-ri-{d}da-gan# [...] | and to Kibri-Dagan |
| 5 | ma-am-ma-an la id#-[...] | Nobody ... |
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