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MHET 2/2, 257 (P481519)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/2, 257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481519 |
| Museum no. | BM 078765 & BM 078766 |
| 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(disz) _sar e2 ha-la_ {disz}ri#-[isz-{d}utu] | 1 sar, the share of Rīš-Šamaše |
| 2 | 1(disz) _sag-geme2_ du-mu-uq-x-[...] | 1 female slave, Dumuq- |
| 3 | _ha-la_ ta-ba-tum [...] | the share of Tabatum ... |
| 4 | sza ni-szi-ni-szu _lukur# [{d}utu]_ | of his people the nadītu of Šamaš |
| 5 | i-zi-bu-szu-nu-szi-[im] | stood with them |
| 6 | is-tu pe2-e a-di _ku3-sig17_ zi-zu | from the well to the gold, your life |
| 7 | a-na _u4-kur2-sze3_ a-hu-um a-na a-hi#-im# | in the future, a brother to another brother |
| 8 | u2-ul i-ra-ga-am | shall not raise a claim. |
| 9 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}amar-utu | year: “Šamaš, Aya, Marduk, |
| 10 | u2 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | and Hammurapi |
| 11 | _in-pa3-de3-mesz#_ | they have sworn |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi#_ {d}nanna-tum ra-bi-a-nu-um | before Nannatum, the great one |
| 2 | _igi_ na-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ bur-sin | before Nabi-šamaš, son of Bursin |
| 3 | _igi_ ka-lu-mu-um _dumu_ {d}nin-szubur#-na-s,ir | before Kalumum, son of Ninšubur-nāṣir |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,ir _dumu_ sin-i-din-nam | before Šamaš-nāṣir, son of Sin-iddinam |
| 5 | _igi_ sin-a-ha-am#-i-din-nam | before Sin-aham-iddinam |
| 6 | _dumu_ sze-le-bu-um | son of Šelebum |
| 7 | _igi_ mu-ha-du#-um | before Muḫadum |
| 8 | _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-[ni] | son of Ilšu-bani |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,i-[ir] | before Šamaš-naṣir |
| 10 | _mu an {d}inanna_ [...] | year: “Enlil, Ištar, . . |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) _sar e2_ i-na a#-bi#-sza# | 1 sar, the house of her father |
| 2 | _ha-la_ {disz}ri-isz-{d}utu 1(disz) _sag-geme2_ du-mu#!-[...] _mu-[ni]_ | Share of Rīš-Šamaše, 1 slave woman, son of ..., his name |
| 3 | _ha-la_ ta-ba-tum [...] | the share of Tabatum ... |
| 4 | sza ni-szi-ni-szu _lukur {d}utu_ | of his people the nadītu of Šamaš |
| 5 | i-zi-bu-szu-nu-szi-im | stood with them. |
| 6 | im-ta-ag-ru-u2-ma i-zu-zu | they have turned and they have sinned. |
| 7 | zi-zu ga#-am-ru | Your life is long |
| 8 | a-na _u4-kur2-sze3_ a-hu-um a-na a-[hi-im] | in the future, a brother to a neighbor |
| 9 | u2-ul i-ra-ga-am# | shall not raise a claim |
| 10 | _mu#_ {d}utu {d}a-[a {d}amar-utu] | year: “Šamaš, Aya, Marduk |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [_igi_ {d}utu-na-s,ir _dumu_] {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Šamaš-nāṣir, son of Sîn-iddinam |
| 2' | [_igi_ sin-a-ha-am-i-din]-nam# _dumu_ sze-le-bu-um# | Witness: Sin-aham-iddinam, son of Selebum |
| 3' | _igi_ mu-ha-du-um _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | before Muḫadum, son of Ilšu-bani |
| 4' | _kiszib_ mu-ha-du-um | seal of Muḫadum |
| 5' | _mu an {d}inanna {d}na-na-a-a [...] mu-na-an-dim2 | the year in which An, Ištar and Nanaya fashioned |
| top | ||
| 1 | _kiszib_ na-bi-{d}utu | Seal of Nabi-šamaš |
| left | ||
| 1 | _kiszib_ {d}utu#-[...] | Seal of Utu- |
| right | ||
| 1 | _kiszib_ ka-lu-mu#-[um] | Seal of Kalumum |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna-tum# | Nanna-tum |
| 2 | _dumu_ na-ra-am-[...] | son of Naram- |
| 3 | _ARAD_ sza2 {d}x [...] | servant of |
| 4 | u3# dingir {d}mar-tu | and the god Amurru |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}utu ($ between figures $) | Utu |
Sources & licences
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