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ARM 14, 122 (P351462)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 122 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351462 |
| 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 ki#?-x-sza _lu2_ [esz-nun-na{ki}] | ... the man of Ešnunna |
| 6 | u3 mu-ut-hu-mu-s,i2-im a-lik i-di-szu# sza# be#-li2#-ia# | and Muthumuṣum, the messenger of my lord |
| 7 | ik#-szu-du-nim t,e4-ma-am asz2-ta-al-szu-nu-ti-ma | I gave them orders. |
| 8 | [{disz}]mu-ut-hu-mu-s,i2-im | Mutḫu-muṣim |
| 9 | ki#-a-am iq-be2-e-em um-ma-a-mi | Thus said my mother: |
| 10 | 2(disz)? _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri _lu2_ elam-ma{ki} | 2(?) sons of the workmen of Elam |
| 11 | [a-na li]-ib#-bi# ma-tim ik-szu-du-nim-[ma a-na-ku?] | to the heart of the land he conquered, and I |
| 12 | [a-na pa-ni-szu]-nu u2-s,i2-ma usz2-ki-in x [...] | I went out in front of them and established ... ... |
| 13 | [...]-ik#-szu-du-ma ha-am-mu#-[ra-pi2] | ... ... and Hammurapi |
| 14 | [a-na pa-ni]-szu#-nu u2-ul u2-[s,i2-ma] | I did not go out before them and |
| 15 | [_dumu-mesz_ szi-ip]-ri# elam-ma{ki} | sons of the workmen of Elam |
| 16 | [...]-um#-ma szu-nu-ma | ... and they |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na mi-nim] ha#-am-mu-ra-pi2 | Why Hammurapi |
| 2 | [a-na pa]-ni#-ni5 la u2-s,e2-em-ma# | I did not go out before us, and |
| 3 | [la] usz2#-ki-in-ma <<x>> _gu4_ u3 im-me#-[ra?-am?] | he did not establish, and ... oxen and sheep |
| 4 | la# iq-qi2 wa-ar-ka-nu-um-ma i-na sza#-[ni-im] | After that, in another case |
| 5 | u4-mi#-im u2-sa-al-li-mu-szu-nu-ti-ma | The day I made them whole, and |
| 6 | i-[nu]-ma a-na wu-u2-ur-tim na-da-nim i-ru-bu# | When they entered the womb |
| 7 | {disz}mu-ut-hu-mu-s,i2-im i-na zu#-um-ri-szu-nu | Mutḫu-muṣim in their body |
| 8 | ip#-ru-su-ma mu-ut-hu-mu-s,i2-im | he smote him, and he killed him. |
| 9 | ki-a-am iq-bi-szu-nu-<<szu>>-szi-im | thus said to them: |
| 10 | um#-ma-a-mi u2-ul s,a-bu-um sza be-li2-ia# | The following (says): "It is not the army of my lord." |
| 11 | _igi lu2-sukkal_ elam-ma{ki} wa-szi-ib am-mi-nim# [...] | Before the vizier of Elam who resides, why ...? |
| 12 | i-ia-ti ta-<ap>-ru-sa-ni-in-ni5# | You have seen me. |
| 13 | um-ma szu-nu-ma u2-ul te-er-ru-ub# [i-na sza-ni-im] | Thus they: "You will not enter another country." |
| 14 | u4-mi-im mu-ut-hu-mu-s,i2-im [...] | (Sum) The storm, the one who shook the earth, ... (Akk) ..., the storm that shakes the earth |
| 15 | um-ma-a-mi asz-szum u3 mu-ut-hu-mu-s,i2#-[im] | my mother concerning Muthumuṣum |
| 16 | ki-a-am iq-bi-szu-nu-szi-im# um-ma-a-mi# [...] | Thus he said to them: “. . ." |
| 17 | _lugal_ dan-nu-ma _lu2_ babila2{ki} ta-ap#? [...] | the mighty king, the man of Babylon |
| 18 | i-ia-ti i-na wu-u2-ur-tim ta-ap-ru#-[sa-ni-in-ni5] | you have sent me in a message. |
| left | ||
| 1 | lu#-u2 ti-de-e a-wa-tim! [an]-ne2-e-tim# a-na be#-[li2-ia] | May you know these words to my lord! |
| 2 | u2-ta-ar-ma be-li2 a-na _lu2-sukkal_ elam-ma{ki} i-sza#-pa#-[ar-ma] | my lord shall return and write to the vizier of Elam |
| 3 | [i]-ma-ra-s,a-ak#-ku-nu-szi-im# an#-ne2-tim id-bu-ba-[am-ma] | These words he spoke to you and |
| 4 | a-na s,e#-er [be]-li2-ia asz-pu-ra#-[am] | I wrote to my lord. |
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