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MHET 2/6, 878 (P479404)
Legal, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 878 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479404 |
| Museum no. | BM 097136 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | _2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2 kislah_ | 2/3 sar 5 shekels: the house of the kislah; |
| 2 | _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur_ {d}utu | adjoining the house of Geme-Šamaš, nadītu of Šadâm, |
| 3 | _dumu-munus_ li-pi2-it-{d}esz18-dar | daughter of Lipit-Ištar |
| 4 | u3 _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu-ma | and adjacent to the house of Geme-šamaš |
| 5 | _sag-bi e2_ u-bar-lulu | the top of the house he covered |
| 6 | _egir-bi e2_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ szu-mi-ki | after the house of their owner, son of Shumiki |
| 7 | _ki_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ szu-mi-ki | with their lord, son of Shumiki |
| 8 | {disz}u-bar-lu-lu _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu | Ubar-lulu, son of Nur-ilišu |
| 9 | _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 10 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 11 | _1(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ | 11 2/3 shekels 15 grains of silver |
| 12 | _in-na-an-la2_ | he shall pay. |
| 13 | [_sza3]-ga-ni al-du10_ | his heart is satisfied. |
| 14 | _inim-bi al-til_ | Its word is finished. |
| 15 | _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_ | In the future, a man against another |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_ | shall not make a claim |
| 2 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal_ | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, and Samsu-iluna, the king, |
| 3 | _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | they have sworn |
| 4 | _igi_ sin-ha-s,i2-ir _dumu_ e-ri-ib-sin | before Sin-haṣir, son of Erībsin |
| 5 | _igi_ sin-i-din-nam _dumu_ sig-{d}sza-la | before Sîn-iddinam, son of Šula |
| 6 | _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ ni-id-na-at-sin | before Ilšu-bani, son of Nidnat-sin |
| 7 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ mat-ta-tum | before Ibbi-šamaš, son of Mattatum |
| 8 | _igi_ sin-mu-sza-lim _dub-sar_ | before Sin-mushallim, scribe |
| 9 | _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 12 |
| 10 | _mu gibil 2(disz)-kam-ma_ | the 2nd year of |
| envelope | ||
| 1' | [_ki_ be]-el-szu-nu# [_dumu_ szu-mi-ki] | with Belessunu, son of Shumiki |
| 2' | [{disz}]u-bar-lu-lu# [_dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu] | Ubar-lulu, son of Nur-ilišu |
| 3' | [_in]-szi#-in#-[sa10_] | he bought. |
| 4' | [_sa10] til#-la-bi#-[sze3_] | as its full price |
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