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MHET 2/2, 248 (P481505)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/2, 248 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481505 |
| Museum no. | BM 016892 |
| 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(bur3) 3(esze3) _iku a-sza3 sza3-ba_ x x x x x x | 2 bur3 3 eše3 iku field in the middle of ... |
| 2 | 1(esze3) _iku a-sza3 a-gar3 murub4#_ | 1 eshe3 iku field, meadow in the middle |
| 3 | _e2 gibil us2-sa-du_ sze-le-bu#-[um] | New house, next to Šelebum |
| 4 | _sza3_ hal-hal-la{ki} | in Halhalla |
| 5 | 4(disz) _sar e2 du3-a_ | A built-up house plot of 4 sar |
| 6 | i-na _abul_ {d}a-a-ka-la-tim | in the city wall of Ayakallatum |
| 7 | 1(disz) _sag-nita2_ {d}marduk-a-bi-i3-li2 | 1 male slave (named) Marduk-abī-ili |
| 8 | 1(disz) _sag-nita2_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu | 1 male slave, Ibni-Amurrum, |
| 9 | 1(disz) _sag-nita2_ i3-li2-ha-s,i2-ri | 1 male slave, Ili-haṣiri, |
| 10 | 1(disz) sag-geme2_ szi-ik-ba-sa-al | 1 female slave, Šikbasal |
| 11 | 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ u3 szu-si _sag-geme2_ | 15 shekels of silver and the capital of the slave woman |
| 12 | 4(disz) _gu4-hi-a_ lu-ul-li-id | 4 oxen I will slaughter. |
| 13 | 6(disz)# _ab2-hi-a_ | 6 abhiya, |
| 14 | 1(disz) _ab2 gu hal_ | 1 talent of tin, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza {d}suen-ta-ia-ar | of Sîn-tayyar, |
| 2 | a-na ri-isz-{d}utu a-hi-szu | to Rīš-Šadân his brother |
| 3 | ki-ma zi-tim id-di-nu-szum | they gave him as a gift. |
| 4 | a#-na _lal2 e2-gal_ sza x x x x [...] | to the palace honey that ... ... |
| 5 | {disz}ri-isz-{d}utu u2-ul _a#-sza3#_ ba? x | Rīš-Utu did not have a field |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}za-ba4-ba4-na-s,ir _ugula-e2_ | before Zababa-nāṣir, the household overseer |
| 7 | _igi_ a-hi-ma-ra-as,! _ugula-e2_ | before Ahi-maraṣ, foreman of the house |
| 8 | _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir#! _ugula-e2_ | before Sîn-magir, foreman of the house |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}marduk-mu#-sza#-lim# _ugula-e2_ | before Marduk-mušallim, the house overseer |
| 10 | _igi_ szu-i3-li2#-szu# x x x | before Šū-ilishu ... |
| 11 | _igi_ sza/ta x [...] | before ... .... |
| 12 | _igi_ bur-{d}iszkur# | before Bur-Addu |
| 13 | _igi_ x x [... e2]-idim-an-na-[ma-an-szum2] | before ... E-idim-ana-manshum |
| 14 | _iti# _szu-numun#-[a ... u4 n(disz)-kam]_ | The month of Dumuzi, ... the day n |
| 15 | _mu ma-da gu2 {i7}idigna#_ | year: “The land on the bank of the Tigris |
Sources & licences
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