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MHET 2/2, 137 (P481380)

Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	MHET 2/2, 137
ID	P481380
Museum no.	BM 017436 & BM 017436A
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	4(iku) 1/2(iku) _iku a-sza3 sza3 gar-ra_	4 1/2 iku the field of the garra field
2	1(bur3) _iku u2-sal_ i-ta {i7}szu11-ul-gi	1 bur3 iku grass from the Šulgi canal
3	i-ta _a-sza3_ su2-mu-we-di a-hi-szu	from the field Sūmuwedi, his brother
4	3(u) 1(disz) _sar {gesz}kiri6_ sza2 _{gesz}kiri6 gu-la_	31 sar of the orchard of the Great Orchard
5	i-ta su2-mu-we-di-ma#	from the side of Sūmuwedi
6	_sag#-bi-kam-ma_ {i7}ti-na-tim	It is the first. The Tigris
7	3(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _<sar> {gesz}kiri6_ sza2 _{gesz}kiri6 gal!?	33 1/3 (volume-)sar of the garden of the great garden
8	i-ta su2-mu-we-di	from the side of Sūmuwedi
9	2(disz) _sar e2_ i-ta _e2_ su2-mu-we-di	2 sar, the house next to the house of Sūmuwedi,
10	3(disz) _sar e2_ i-na _abul lugal_	3 sar, the house in the royal gate
11	_da e2_ ia-ah-su-ur-dingir	adjacent to the house of Yaḫsur-ilum,
12	1(disz) _sag-nita2_ ARAD-{d}utu _mu-ni_	1 male slave, Warad-Šamaš, his name
13	mi-im-ma an-ni-im	all this
14	_ha-la_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2	share of Lipit-Ištar
15	sza _ki_ su2-mu-we-di	from Sumu-wedi
16	{disz}ia-ah-su-ur-dingir	Iaḫsu-ur-ilī,
17	u3 sza-at-{d}a-a	and Šat-Aya
18	i-zu-zu	Izuzu,
19	zi#-zu# ga-am-ru	Your life is long
20	li#-ba-szu-nu t,a3-ab	their mood is good
reverse
1	isz-tu pi2-i a-da _ku3-sig17#_	From the mouth to the gold
2	a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im	brother to brother
3	u2-ul i-ra-ga-am	shall not raise a claim.
4	an-ni-a-am am-szi u2-ul i-qa2-bi [...]	This one does not say ...
5	{disz}sza-at-{d}a-a _lukur {d}utu_	Shat-Aya, nadītu of Šamaš
6	_dumu_ i-bi-{d}suen a-ha-su2-nu	son of Ibbi-Sîn, their brother
7	u3 na-ra-am-tum um#-ma-szu-nu	and Naramtum, their mother
8	sza bi-ri-szu-[nu]-ma	that between them
9	_mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu {disz}ha-am#-mu-ra-pi2 u3 _iri_ zimbir{ki} it-mu-u2#	year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Ḫammurapi and the city of Sippar erected.‭
10	_igi_ na-bi#-{d}[utu _dumu_] za-ka-ia	before Nabi-šamaš, son of Zakaya
11	_igi_ qi2-[isz-nu-nu _dumu_] {d}suen-sze-me	before Qišnunu, son of Sîn-šeme
12	_igi_ [{d}utu-tab-ba]-szu _dumu_ zi-ki-ir-i3-li2-szu	before Šamaš-tabba’s son of Zikir-ilishu
13	_igi_ [puzur4-nu-nu _dumu_] {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2	before Puzur-nunu, son of Nanna-manšum
14	_igi_ ARAD-{d}nanna _dumu_ sin-illat-su	before Warad-Nanna, son of Sin-tillassu
15	_igi_ i-din-{d}nin-szubur	before Iddin-Ninšubur
16	_dumu_ i-di-isz-{d}suen	son of Idiš-Sîn,
17	_igi_ {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir	before Marduk-naṣir
18	_dumu_ {d}utu-tab-ba-szu	son of Šamaš-tappāzu,
19	_igi_ a-pil2-i3-li2-szu	before Apil-ilīšu
20	_dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu	son of Warad-ilišu
left
1	_mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_	Year: Hammurapi, the king
obverse
1	_dub_ 4(iku) 1/2(iku) _iku a-sza3 sza3 a-sza3 gar-ra_	a tablet of 4 1/2 iku of field, in the field of Garra
2	1(bur3) _iku a-sza3 u2-sal_ i-ta {i7}szu11-ul-gi	1 bur3 iku field, grass-fed, adjacent to the Šulgi canal
3	i-ta _a-sza3_ su2-mu-we-di	from the field Sūmuwedi
4	2(u) 1(disz) _sar {gesz}kiri6 sza3 {gesz}kiri6 gu-la_	21 sar, orchard in the Great Orchard;
5	i-ta su2-mu-we-di	from the side of Sūmuwedi
6	_sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ {i7}ti-na-tim	Its head is the first of the Tīna’tim canal.
7	3(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _<sar> {gesz}kiri6_ sza2 x	33 1/3 (volume-)sar, orchard of
8	i-ta su2-mu-we-di	from the side of Sūmuwedi
9	2(disz) _sar e2_ i-ta _e2_ su2-mu-we-di	2 sar, the house next to the house of Sūmuwedi,
10	3(disz) _sar e2_ i-na _abul lugal_	3 sar, the house in the royal gate
11	i-ta _e2_ ia-ah-su#-ur#-dingir#	from the house of Yahsur-ilum
12	1(disz) _sag-nita2_ ARAD-[{d}utu ...]	1 male slave, Warad-Šamaš
13	mi-im-ma an-ni-im	all this
14	_[ha-la]_ li#-pi2-it-[isz8-tar2]	share of Lipit-Ištar
15	[sza _ki_] su2#-mu-we-[di]	from Sumu-wedu
reverse
1'	[_mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu] ha#-am-mu-ra-pi2#	year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Hammurapi
2'	[u3 {iri}]zimbir{ki} it-mu-u2	and Sippar they heard
3'	_igi_ na-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ za-ka-ia	before Nabi-šamaš, son of Zakaya
4'	_igi_ qi2-isz-nu-nu _dumu_ {d}suen-sze-me	before Qišnunu, son of Sîn-šeme
5'	[_igi_] {d}utu-tab-ba-szu _dumu_ zi-ki-ir-i3-li2-szu	before Šamaš-tabba’s son, Zikir-ilishu
6'	_igi_ puzur4-nu-nu _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2	before Puzur-nunu, son of Nanna-manšum
7'	_igi_ i-din-{d}nin-szubur	before Iddin-Ninšubur
8'	_dumu_ i-di-isz-{d}suen	son of Idiš-Sîn,
9'	_igi_ {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir	before Marduk-naṣir
10'	_dumu_ {d}utu-tab-ba-szu	son of Šamaš-tappāzu,
11'	_igi_ a-pil2-i3-li2-szu	before Apil-ilīšu
12'	_dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu	son of Warad-ilišu
13'	_mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_	Year: Hammurapi, the king
left
1	_kiszib_ na-bi-{d}utu	Seal of Nabi-šamaš
2	_kiszib_ qi2-isz-nu-nu	Seal of Qišnunu
3	_kiszib_ puzur4-[nu-nu]	Seal of Puzur-nunu

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