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MHET 2/1, 078 (P481331)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/1, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481331 |
| Museum no. | BM 017314 & BM 017314A |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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 _1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ | for 1 eše3 field area |
| 2 | sza ta-wi-ir-tim | of Tawwirtum |
| 3 | sza ta-asz-ku-un-isz8-tar2 | of Taškūn-Ishtar, |
| 4 | _da_ er3-ra-i-mi-ti | beside Erra-imitti |
| 5 | u3 _da_ be-le-su2-nu | and beside Belessunu |
| 6 | sza _ki_ ma-nu-um _at-ta-ni_ | which with the land of Attanu |
| 7 | {d}utu-tab-ba-szu i-sza-mu | Šamaš-tabbāši will listen. |
| 8 | u3 a-na ni-ip-la-tim | and to the niplūtum |
| 9 | i-di-nu la-ma-si2 | gave, Lamasi |
| 10 | ma-nu-um a-na geme2-{d}utu | whatever to Geme-Utu |
| 11 | _dumu#-munus#_ {d}utu-tab#-ba-szu | daughter of Šamaš-tabāzu |
| 12 | [u3 be]-le#-su2-nu _dam-a-ni_ | and Belessunu his wife |
| 13 | [...]-x#-ma | ... ... and |
| 14 | _di#-ku5#_ i-na _e2_ | judge in the house |
| 15 | di-nam u2#-sza-hi-zu-szi-na-ti#-i-ma | a lawsuit against them, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na ni-isz _dingir_ | for the life of the god |
| 2 | be-le-su2-nu i-di-nu-u2-ma | their master gave, and |
| 3 | ni-isz {d}utu i-na pa-ni pa-pa-hi-im | by the life of Šamaš in front of the cella |
| 4 | be-le-su2-nu iz-ku-ur-ma | their lord smote and |
| 5 | ba-aq-ri-i-sza | her ... |
| 6 | u3# [ru-gu-me-sza na-as2]-hu | and her rugumesha nashhu |
| 7 | [... u2-ul i-ta]-ar-ma | ... he will not return and |
| 1' | [...] x# x# | |
| 2' | [...] x# | |
| 3' | {disz}{d}[...] | PN |
| 4' | {disz}sin-i-qi2-sza-am | Sîn-iqišam, |
| left | ||
| 1 | _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ i#-ku#-un#-pi4#-sza | son of Nur-ilīšu, son of Ikun-piša |
| 2 | [...] {disz}e-la-li {disz}{d}utu-na-s,ir | ... Elali, Šamaš-nāṣir |
| 3 | [...] {d#}nanna-ma-an-szum2! | ... Nanna-manšum |
| 4 | _[mu] {gesz#}gu-za ku3-babbar u3 ku3-sig17_ a-pil-sin a-na _e2-gal_ u2-sze-ri-bu | the year: “The throne, silver and gold, the apilsinnu-payment, to the palace they brought. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-ra-tum [...] | ...-ratum |
| 2' | [...]-x#-dingir [...] | ...-dingir |
| 3' | [...]-ta#-ni [...] | ... his ... |
| 4' | [...]-re-me-ni [...] | ... his ... |
| 5' | [...]-ra-tum [...] | ...-ratum |
| 6' | [...]-din-nam [...] | ...-dinam |
Sources & licences
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