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ARM 14, 123 (P351463)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351463 |
| 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# | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ia-qi2-im-{d}iszkur | Thus Yaqim-Addu |
| 4 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 5 | u4-um tup-pi2 an-ne2-e-em a-[na s,e-er] | On the day that this tablet goes out |
| 6 | be-li2-ia u2-sza-bi-lam# | my lord I sent. |
| 7 | {disz}mi-il-ki-{d}[...] | Milki- |
| 8 | 3(disz) _lu2_ sza si2-ik-ki-[im?] | 3 men of sikkim(?), |
| 9 | _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri _lu2_ [...] | sons of the work of a man ... |
| 10 | {disz}a-du-an#-ni-[...] | Adunni- |
| 11 | _dumu_ szi-ip-ri#-[im ...] | son of the scribal apprentice ... |
| 12 | u3 i3-li-x [...] | and Ili- |
| 13 | _ARAD2_ be-li2-ia# [a-lik i-di-szu-nu] | servant of my lord, who goes with them. |
| 14 | a-na# [sa-ga-ra-tim{ki}] | to Sagaratum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ik-szu-du-nim t,e4-ma-am] | sent me the report |
| 2 | asz2#-[ta-al-szu-nu-ti-ma] | I asked them, and |
| 3 | ki-[a-am iq-bu-nim-ma] | he said thus: |
| 4 | um-[ma-a-mi ...] | The following: ... |
| 5 | sza#? ha#-[...] | Who ... |
| 6 | a-na s,e-er# x [...] | to the sheepfold ... |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma _lu2-mesz_ [szu-nu-ti a-na s,e-er] | Now, these men to the flock |
| 8 | be-li2-ia at,-t,a3-ar#-[dam] | I have sent to my lord. |
| 9 | sza#-ni-tam 1(disz) {lu2}ha-[nu-um] | Secondly, 1 haruspex |
| 10 | sza# i-ba-al#-pi2#-[el3 ...] | that Ibāl-pî-El |
| 11 | ik-szu#-dam# u3 ki-[a-am iq-be2]-e-em | he reached, and thus said: |
| 12 | um-ma-a-[mi ...] u2-szi-ib-ma | my mother ... sat down and |
| 13 | _dumu-mesz_ [x x sza? _igi?_] ia#-gi#-ih#-{d}iszkur wa-asz-bu | sons of before Iagih-Addu, stationed |
| 14 | 6(disz) _ansze# hi-a_ ni?-qi#? u2-ma-al-lu-ma | 6 homers of niqî-dishes he filled, and |
| 15 | a-na# s,e#-ri#-[x u2]-sza#-bi-lu | they sent to the ... countryside. |
| 16 | u3 _dumu-mesz_ a-lim#[{ki} ip]-hu#-ru-ma | and the citizens of Amurru received, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | {disz}zi-im-ri-li-im ma-tam ka-la-sza e-li-ni | Zimrī-Lîm, all the land, he conquered. |
| 2 | usz#-ta-s,a-ba-at-ma u2-ha-la-qa-ni-ti _ku3-babbar_ | he shall seize and take back the silver |
| 3 | i nu-pa#-hi#-ir-ma a-na esz3-nun-na{ki} i nu-sza-bi-il# | We did not receive it and we did not send it to Ešnunna. |
| 4 | t,e4-ma-am [an]-ne2-e-em id-bu-bu-[nim] a-nu-um-ma _lu2_ sza#-a-ti | this report they spoke to me. Now that man |
| 5 | a-na s,e-[er] be-li2-[ia a-t,a3]-ar#-da-asz-szu | I have sent him to my lord. |
Sources & licences
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