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MHET 2/2, 318 (P481587)
Business / Contracts, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/2, 318 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481587 |
| Museum no. | BM 016987 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| 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 | [_ibila_ geme2-{d}utu] _lukur# {d}utu_ | heir of Geme-Šamaš, nadītu of Šadâm |
| 2 | [_dumu-munus_] i-din-{d}nin-szubur | daughter of Iddin-Ninšubur |
| 3 | [sza]-at-{d}a-a _lukur {d}utu_ | Shat-Aya, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 4 | [_dumu]-munus_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | daughter of Ilu-shubani |
| 5 | [re]-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza | the foremost of her descendants |
| 6 | [...] _sar e2 du3-a_ i-na ga-gi-im | ... a built-up house plot in a field |
| 7 | [_da] e2_ i-na-sza-er-szi-it | next to the house he shall remove it |
| 8 | _dumu#-munus_ {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir bi-ri-tum | daughter of Marduk-nāṣir, a slave |
| 9 | u3 _da e2_ ta-[ad*-di*-in*]-nu _dumu-munus_ sin-ga-mil | and adjacent to the house you gave, daughter of Sin-gamil |
| 10 | _sag-bi e2_ [ta*-ad*-di*-in*]-nu _dumu-munus_ sin-ga-mil bi-ri#-[...] | The top of the house you gave, the daughter of Sin-gamil ... |
| 11 | _sag-bi_ [...] x | Its head ... ... |
| 12 | {disz}geme2-be-el-tim# [...]-re-me-ni | Geme-beltim |
| 13 | mi-im-ma sza geme2-{d}utu ir-szu-u2 | everything that Geme-šamaš has acquired |
| 14 | u3# i-ra-asz-szu-u2 | and they shall bear |
| 15 | sza# sza-at-{d}a-a-ma | of Šāt-Aya |
| 16 | [n] 1(gesz2) 1(asz) _gur zi3-da szuku_ | n 71 gur of flour, prebend |
| 17 | [n] 2(gesz2) 2(asz) _gur kasz_ ma-asz-ti-tum | n 122 gur of mist beer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [n] 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar siki*-ba_ | ... 1 shekel of silver, wool |
| 2 | 6(disz) _sila3 i3-ba_ i-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | 6 qû of oil for 1 year |
| 3 | [...] {disz}dingir-szu-ba-ni a-ba sza-at-{d}a-a | ... Ilu-šubani, who is Šat-Aya? |
| 4 | a-na geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ i-din-{d}nin-szubur | to Geme-Šamaš daughter of Iddin-Ninšar |
| 5 | i-na-ad-di-in | he will give |
| 6 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Aya, Marduk, |
| 7 | u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 it-mu-u2 | and Hammurapi heard. |
| 8 | _igi_ dingir-pi4-{d}a-a _sanga# {d}utu_ | before Ilī-pî-Aya, sanga priest of Šamaš |
| 9 | _igi_ sin-ba-ni _igi_ bur-nu-nu | before Sin-bani, before Burnunu |
| 10 | [_igi_] {d}nanna-tum _ugula lukur# {d}utu_ | before Nanna-tum, foreman of the nadītu of Šamaš |
| 11 | [_igi_] u2-s,ur-me-e-{d}utu# [...] | before Uṣurmē-šamaš |
| 12 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 13 | [...]-i-bi-[...] | ... Ibbi- |
| 14 | [...] i-x [...] | ... ... |
| 15 | [...] x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] x x x x | |
Sources & licences
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