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MHET 2/2, 159 (P481416)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/2, 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481416 |
| Museum no. | BM 017295 |
| 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 | 1(u)# 2(disz)# _sar e2 du3-a_ | 12 sar, built house |
| 2 | _{gesz}kesz2-da {gesz}ig sag-kul gub!-ba_ | a bolt and a door with a head on it |
| 3 | _kusz3_ sza ku-ru-um a-di sza AZ tu li da dagal? | the cubit of the kurû-vessel, as far as the AZ-ṭl₂-vessel; |
| 4 | u3 mu-s,u2-u2-szu | and his clothing |
| 5 | _da# e2_ zi-im-ru-u2 u3 _e2_ ha-ia-x-x [...] | adjacent to the house of Zimrû and the house Ḫaya-... |
| 6 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam e2_ {d}suen-ib-ni | Its first head is the house of Sîn-ibni. |
| 7 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam e2_ {d}x-[...] x x x | Its second head is the temple of ... |
| 8 | _ki#_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dumu#_ [i-din-sin] | from Rīš-Šamaše son of Iddin-sîn |
| 9 | {disz}s,il2-li2-{d}utu _dumu#_ [...] | Ṣillī-šamaš son of |
| 10 | _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 11 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3#_ | as its full price |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | he paid back the silver. |
| 13 | _sza3-ga-ni al-du10_ | his heart is good |
| 14 | _{gesz}gan#-na ib2-ta-bal#_ | he took away the throne |
| 15 | _[inim-bi] al-til_ | Its word is over. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4-kur2-sze3# lu2 lu2-ra_ | In the future, a man against another |
| 2 | _inim nu#-um#-ga2-ga2-a | will not raise a claim |
| 3 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Hammurapi, |
| 4 | u3 _iri_ zimbir{ki} _in-pa3_ | and the city of Sippar he chose |
| 5 | [_igi_] qi2-isz-nu-nu _igi_ bur-{d}suen _dumu-mesz_ [...] | before Qišnunu, before Bur-Sin, sons of ... |
| 6 | _igi_ dingir-pi4-sza _dumu_ li-pi2-it-sin | before Ilu-piša, son of Lipit-sin |
| 7 | _igi_ lugal-{d}utu _dumu_ dingir-szu-na-s,i-ir | before Lugal-šamaš, son of Ilu-zunaṣir |
| 8 | _igi_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ be-li2-sipa | before Sin-iqisam, son of Beli-sipa |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}utu-illat-su3 _dumu_ sin-la-sza-na-an# | before Šamaš-tillassu, son of Sin-lašanan |
| 10 | _igi#_ [e]-ri-ba-am _dumu_ {d}utu-ra-bi | before Erībam, son of Šamaš-rabi |
| 11 | _igi_ sin-illat-su2 _dumu_ sin-ib-ni | before Sin-illatsu, son of Sin-ibni |
| 12 | _igi_ ARAD-{d}suen _dumu_ sin-illat-su2 | before Warad-Sîn, son of Sin-illatsu |
| 13 | _igi_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _dub-sar_ | before Nanna-manšum, scribe |
| 14 | _mu bad3#_ ra-pi2-kum{ki} | year: “The wall of Rapikûm. |
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