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ARM 14, 104 + A 00472 (P351444)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 104 + A 00472 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351444 |
| 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 _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma# | Thus Yaqim-Addu, your servant: |
| 3 | u4-um tup-pi2 an-ne2-e-em a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia u2-sza-bi#-[lam] | On this day I will send this tablet to my lord. |
| 4 | 3(disz) _lu2-mesz_ ba-ab-na-ah-la-iu{ki} sza isz-tu e!(IA)-li | 3 people from Bābnaḫlau, who from Ezida |
| 5 | {disz}dan-nu-ta-ha-az pa-ni-i-im a-na ma-ri{ki} sza a-na esz3-nun-na{ki} | Dannu-taḫaz before me to Mari which to Ešnunna |
| 6 | il2-li-ku-u2 isz-tu s,a-bi-im _igi_ a-tam-ri-im it-ta-bi-tu-nim-ma | they went, and from the troops before me they captured me, and |
| 7 | a-na s,e-ri-ia ik-szu-du-nim t,e4-ma-am asz2-ta-al-szu-nu-ti-ma | I gave them orders to go out to my country. |
| 8 | ki-a-am id-bu-bu-nim um-ma-a-mi i-nu-ma a-na ra-s,a-ma-a{ki} | thus they spoke to me, saying: “When to Raṣamāya |
| 9 | s,a-bu-um ik-szu-du ki-ma ka-<sza>-di-im-ma s,a-bu-um a-lu-iu-um{ki} | he conquered. Like a kašadû-demon, the king of Alūnum |
| 10 | u2-s,e-em-ma 7(disz) me s,a-ba-am elam-ma{ki} 6(disz) me _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} i-du-uk# | 7 hundred troops of Elam, 600 men of Ešnunna he killed. |
| 11 | u4-mi _u4 1(u)-kam_ ip-ru-su-ma _lu2-szu-gi-mesz_ a-na s,e-er a-tam-ri-im | on the 10th day they sent him, and the šugītu-officials to the foot of the mountain. |
| 12 | [il-li]-ku# ki-a-am [id-bu-bu]-szum um-ma szu#-[nu-ma ...] | They went and spoke to him thus: "They ...." |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | be-li2 i-ta-na-ad-da-ar sza x [...] | My lord keeps wandering about. |
| 2' | u3 a-lim{ki} sze-tu szu-zu-bi-im be-li2 li-pu-[usz] | and the city with its barley rations my lord should do. |
| 3' | u3 ki-ma sza i-na pa-ni-tim-ma asz-szum szu-ba-at-{d}en-lil2# | and as before concerning Šubat-Enlil |
| 4' | a-na be-li2-ia# [asz-pu]-ra#-am a-lum szu-ba-at-{d}en-lil2[{ki}] | I wrote to my lord. The city of Šubat-Enlil |
| 5' | {lu2}s,a-ba#-[am x x x x] a-na li-ib-bi a-lim{ki} e-re-[bi-im] | the ṣabām-official to the heart of the city entered |
| 6' | u2-ul [ad-di-in um-ma-a]-mi# a-lum a-al _lu2-sukkal_ | I did not give, saying: "Woe, the vizier!" |
| 7' | mi-im-[ma {lu2}s,a-bu-um] u2-ul i-ir-ru-ub | whatever the ṣābû-official does not enter |
| 8' | t,e4-ma#-[am sza _lu2-mesz_ szu]-nu#? id-bu-bu-nim | News of those men: |
| 9' | a-[na be-li2-ia asz-pu-ra]-am u3 _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti | I wrote to my lord, and those men |
| 10' | [... a]-na# s,e-er ba-ah-di-li-im | ... to Baḫdi-Lîm |
| 11' | [...]-pa#-am _bad3-ki_ sa-ga-ra-tim{ki} | ...-pam, Dur-Sagaratum |
| 12' | [...]-szu u2-ka-am-mi-is3-ma | (Sum) ... his ..., he smote him (Akk) His ... he made it tremble |
| 13' | [...]-ak#-s,u2-ur as-su2-ur-ri ma-qa#-at | “... I have smashed, I have torn out, it is a heap of dust. |
| 14' | [a-lim{ki} sze-tu be-li2 i-sze]-em-mi-ma szi-ir be-li2-ia i-na-az#-zi-iq | (In) the city the barley of my lord will be heard and the price of my [lord] will be paid. |
| 15' | [asz-szum? ki-a-am? a-na] _sze#_-em sza e2-kal2-lim za-ba-lim | Concerning the barley of the Ekallim, the Zabalim |
| 16' | [a-hu-um u2-ul na]-di# _e2-gal_ sza-lim ha-al-s,u2-um | a brother is not known; the palace is well; the estate is well. |
| 17' | [a?-lum? sa-ga-ra]-tum#{ki} u3 bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-li-im sza-al-ma# | The city of Sagaratum and Dūr-Yaḫdulim is well. |
| 18' | [_iti_ la]-ah#-hi-im _u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam_ ni ma? ab bi a-na s,e-er be-li2-[ia] | The month of Lahhum, the 27th day, ... to my lord |
| 19' | [u2]-sza-bi-lam | he sent. |
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