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ARM 14, 106 (P351446)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351446 |
| 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 | Today my tablet to my lord |
| 5 | u2-sza-bi-lam a-ga-ap-ta-hi | he sent to me. The Aptaḫi |
| 6 | _lu2-tur_ zi-bi-ia | the son of Zibbia |
| 7 | sza s,u2-ba-at-inanna{ki} ik-szu-dam | of Ṣubāt-Inanna he sealed. |
| 8 | t,e4-ma-am asz2-ta-a-al-szu#-u2-ma | I asked him for a report |
| 9 | ki-a-am# [ib]-bu#-ba-am# [um-ma] szu-ma | he spoke thus: |
| 10 | la-ma [... esz3]-nun-na{ki} | before ... of Ešnunna |
| 11 | x [...]-tu? x | ...-tu |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | sza [...] | of ... |
| 2' | a-sa3-am x x x x x x [...] | Asam ... |
| 3' | um-ma-szu-nu-ma la-ma _lu2_ esz3-nun#-na#[{ki}] | their mother, before the man of Ešnunna |
| 4' | i-ka-asz-sza-dam a-la-ni# an-nu!(NI)-tim i? ni?-il#?-[qe2?-ma] | he will be able to carry out these tasks, we will take and |
| 5' | i ni-ku-ul | we shall eat. |
| 6' | wa-ar-ka-nu-um-ma _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} | later the man of Ešnunna |
| 7' | ik-szu-dam-ma 5(disz) <me?> s,a-ba-am szar-ra-ia i-du-[uk] | he reached, and 5 (?) captives of my king he killed. |
| 8' | u3 ka-di-isz#-hu-hu _lu2 gal mar-tu_ | and Kadišhuhu, the Amorite chief |
| 9' | sza#-al-la#-su2 u2-te-er u3 ha-lu-ma-da-ar | he returned his booty, and he destroyed it. |
| 10' | _lu2 gal# mar#-tu_ sza sza-du-um-szar-ri sza# a-zu-hi-nim{ki} | the Amorite leader of Šadum-šarri of Azuhinim |
| 11' | di#-ik# wa#-ar-ki# da-ak da-amx(PI)-de#-e-em | “Let me go straight to where I want to go! |
| 12 | _lu2-mesz_ sza szar#-ra-ia# | the men of my king |
| 13' | a-na szu#-uz2-ku-ur _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} il2#-li#-ku | to Shuzkur the man of Ešnunna went |
| 14' | um-[ma] szu#-u2-ma ni-isz _dingir_-lim hu-sa3-nim-ma# | Thus says he: "The gods of Ḫusanum |
| 15' | a-[na ha-al]-s,i2-ka lu-ru-ub | to your district I shall enter. |
| 16' | [{disz}szar-ra]-ia _lu2_ ra-s,a-ma-a{ki} | Šarriya, man of Raṣama |
| 17' | [{disz}sza-du]-um#-szar-ri _lu2_ a-zu-hi-nim#{ki} | Šadum-šarri, man of Azuhinum |
| 18' | u3 a-wi-ki-ri-isz _lu2_ x-x-sa3-an{ki} | and Awīrīš, man of ...-san |
| 19' | a-na _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} it-ta-ba-al-ka#-tu# | to the man of Ešnunna he has taken |
| 20' | u3 s,i2-li-li-lum _lu2 gal mar-tu_ | and Ṣillī-ilum, the great Amorite |
| 21' | sza bi-na-inanna qa-du-um s,a-bi-szu | of Bina-Inanna together with his troops |
| left | ||
| 1 | it#-ti ha-at-nu-ra-pi2 pa-an _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} wa-[bi-il] | with Ḫatti-rapi before the man of Ešnunna he carried off. |
| 2 | t,e4#-ma-am an-ne2-em id-bu-ba#-am-ma a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia# | This report he spoke, and to my lord |
| 3 | asz-pu-ra-am wa-ar-ki tup-pi2-ia-ma _lu2_ szu-<u2> a-na s,e-er | I wrote to you. After my tablet that man to go out |
| 4 | be-li2-ia i-ka-asz-sza-dam | my lord will reach. |
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