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MHET 2/2, 240 (P481497)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/2, 240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481497 |
| Museum no. | BM 017335 |
| 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 | 2(esze3) 4(iku) _iku# [a-sza3_ ...] x x x x x | 2 eshe3 4 iku field ... |
| 2 | i-na ta#-[wi-ir-tim] sza# lugal#-sag#-il2#-la# | in the battle of Lugal-sagila |
| 3 | a [...] x x | ... ... |
| 4 | i-ta [...] x x x | ... ... |
| 5 | _sag-bi_ [...] | Its head ... |
| 6 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-[kam_ ...] | Its second head ... |
| 7 | u3# [...] x [...] | and ... ... |
| 8 | _ki_ [...]-ba#-am [...] | ... ... |
| 9 | {disz}hu-za-la-tum _lukur [{d}utu]_ | Huzalatum, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 10 | _dumu#-munus_ ak-sza#-[ia] | daughter of Akshaya |
| 11 | i-na _kar ku3-babbar_-sza _in-[szi-in-sa10]_ | at the quay of her silver he bought. |
| 12 | _sa10 til-la-[bi-sze3]_ | as its full price |
| 13 | 2(disz) _ma-na 1(u) gin2 [ku3-babbar_ ...] | 2 minas 10 shekels of silver |
| 14 | _mu ma-da_ e#-[mu-ut-ba-lum] | the year in which the land of Emutbalum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(iku) _iku a-sza3 a-gar3_ lugal#-[sag-il2-la] | 4 iku of field, meadow of Lugal-sagila |
| 2 | i-ta _a-sza3_ {disz}mat-ta-[tum ...] | from the field of Mattatum |
| 3 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ {disz}ta-ri-bu-um# | and adjacent to the field of Tarībum |
| 4 | 2(iku) _iku a-sza3_ i-na ta-wi-ir-tim# | 2 iku of field in Tawirtim |
| 5 | sza {d}lugal-sag-il2-la# | of Lugal-sagila |
| 6 | i-ta _a-sza3_ mu-ut-ta-tum _lukur {d}utu_ | from the field Muttatum, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 7 | _dumu-munus_ lu2-{d}szubur | daughter of Lu-Šubur |
| 8 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ ma-an-na-szi _lukur {d}[utu]_ | and from the field as much as the nadītu of Shamash |
| 9 | _dumu#-munus_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am# | daughter of Sîn-eribam |
| 10 | _sag-bi e gal_ | its top is high, |
| 11 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam a-sza3_ ma-at-ta-tum _lukur {d}[utu]_ | Its second head is the field Mattatum, nadītu of Shamash. |
| 12 | _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am | daughter of Sîn-eribam |
| 13 | 1(bur3) 4(iku) _iku a-sza3_ | 1 bur3 4 iku field |
| 14 | _a-gar3_ {d}lugal-sag-il2-la | the meadow of Lugal-sagila |
| 15 | _mu ma-da_ e-mu-ut-ba-lum | the year in which the land of Emutbal |
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