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ARM 14, 111 (P351451)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351451 |
| 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 | i-na pa-ni-tim a-na ha-al-s,i2-im szi-ip-t,a3-am | In the past, to the haruspex it was written. |
| 5 | ki-a-am ad-di-in um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I said: "I |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ u3 _ku3-sig17_ sza _dingir-mesz_ sza-ri-iq ma-an-nu-um at-ta | The silver and gold of the gods are precious. Who are you? |
| 7 | sza _ku3-babbar_ u3 _ku3-sig17_ sza a-na _sze_-em <<u3 szi>>-mi-im | of silver and gold that for the barley |
| 8 | mi-im-ma na-szu-u2-ma u2-sa-ha-ru sza ki-ma | whatever he brought, he shall return. |
| 9 | [x x] x x s,a-ab-ta#?-ku#?-ma | ... I am seized |
| 10 | [...] x pi2-ka-ma-el3 | ... Pika-ma-El |
| 11 | [... _ku3]-sig17_ 1(disz) sze-bi-ir-tam | ... gold, 1 šebirtam |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 15 | [{disz}za-ki]-ra#-ha!-am-mu | Zakira-hammu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [isz]-ri-iq-ma x x _ku3-sig17_-ma [...] | he smote and ... gold and .... |
| 2 | lu#?-u2? x x x le-qe2 <<le-qe2>> | May he(?) take, may he/she take |
| 3 | u3 a-na-ku ki-a-am a-pu-ul-szu-nu-ti um-ma#-[a-mi] | And as for me, I wrote to them as follows: |
| 4 | _ku3-sig17_ i-na ha-la-as, qa-at-tu-na-an{ki} | gold in the district of Qattunān |
| 5 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi e-nu-ut qar-ni-li-im | There is no horn of a lion. |
| 6 | i-na ha-al-s,i2-im sze#-tu ma-asz-ha-at | In the threshing floor barley is heaped up. |
| 7 | _ku3-sig17_ szu-u2 sza qar-ni-li-im qa-du an-ni-tam | that gold, belonging to Qarnilum, together with this |
| 8 | a-pu-ul-szu-nu-ti za-ki-ra-ha-am-mu isz3-me-ma pi2-ka-ma-el3 | “They heard the cry of a zakiraḫamu-demon, and they prayed to Pika-ma’el: |
| 9 | a-na s,e-ri-ia it,-ru-dam um-ma szu-ma mi-im-ma _ku3-sig17_ szu-u2 | he sent to my country, saying: “He is that of gold. |
| 10 | u2-ul i?-wu#-um a-nu-um-ma pi2-ka-ma-el3 | he does not know. Now, Pika-mal |
| 11 | be-el _ku3-sig17_ usz-ta-re-ek-kum | the lord of gold has made you submit, |
| 12 | i-na-an-na a-nu-um-ma sze-bi-ir-tam sze-ti | Now, herewith, send me a copy. |
| 13 | [ak]-nu-kam-ma a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia usz-ta-bi-lam | I sealed and sent to my lord. |
| 14 | [{disz}pi2]-ka#-ma-el3 be-el _ku3-sig17_ | Pika-mal, lord of gold |
| 15 | [a]-na# s,e-er be-li2-ia usz-ta-re#-em# | to my lord I have directed. |
| 16 | [...] | |
Sources & licences
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