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MHET 2/3, 409 (P499876)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/3, 409 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499876 |
| Museum no. | BM 013913 |
| 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 | _[...] sar {gesz}kiri6_ | ... sar, orchard |
| 2 | _[us2-sa]-du#_ puzur4-{d}iszkur | adjoining Puzur-Adad |
| 3 | _[u3 us2]-sa-du_ {d}mar-tu-illat-su2 | and next to the property of Martu-tillassu |
| 4 | _[{gesz}]kiri6#_ a-pil-{d}utu _dumu_ szu-{d}ba-ba6 | the orchard of Apil-šamaš, son of Šulgi-Baba |
| 5 | u-bar-rum _dumu-ni_ | Ubarrum, his son |
| 6 | u3 {d}utu-ga-mil _dumu-e-ne_ | and Šamaš-gamil, their sons |
| 7 | _ki_ a-pil-{d}utu _dumu_ szu-{d}ba-ba6 | from Apil-šamaš, son of Šul-Baba |
| 8 | {disz}u-bar-rum _dumu-ni_ | Ubarrum, his son |
| 9 | u3 u-bar-{d}utu _dumu_ kal x usz bi tum | and Ubar-šamaš son of all ... ... |
| 10 | _lugal {gesz}kiri6-ke4_ | the king of the orchard |
| 11 | {disz}{d}mar-tu-illat-su2 | Martu-tillassu, |
| 12 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 13 | _2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 2/3 shekel of silver |
| 14 | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| 15 | _in-na-al-la2_ | he weighed out. |
| 16 | _u4 kur2-sze3 u4 nu-me-a la_ | in the future, at any time, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sag-nig2-ra {gesz}kiri6-ke4_ | the head of the orchard |
| 2 | {disz}a-pil-{d}utu _dumu_ szu-{d}ba-ba6 | Apil-šamaš, son of Shu-Baba |
| 3 | {disz}u-bar-rum _dumu-ni_ | Ubarrum, his son |
| 4 | {disz}{d}utu-ga-mil _dumu-e-ne_ | Šamaš-gamil, their sons |
| 5 | _ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 {gesz}kiri6-mu nu-ub-be2-a_ | “If he does not return, my orchard will not be planted. |
| 6 | _inim nu-ga2-ga2_ mu sa-am-su2-i-lu-na _lugal_ | did not make a claim, year: "Samsu-iluna was king." |
| 7 | _in-pa3_ | he found. |
| 9 | _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ i3-li2-i-na-a-a# | before Sîn-magir, son of Ilī-inaya |
| 10 | _igi_ ni-id-nu-sza _dumu_ pi-la-ak-ki | before Nidnuša, son of Pilakku |
| 11 | _igi_ i3-li2-i-ri-ba-am _dumu_ i3-li2-am-ta-har | before Ili-iribam, son of Ilī-amtahar |
| 12 | _igi_ {d}i-szum-mu-ba-li2-it, _dumu_ ha-bi-il-ki-nu-um | before Išum-muballiṭ, son of Habil-kinum |
| 13 | _igi_ s,il2-li2-i-szum _dumu_ ha-bi-szu | before Ṣillī-išum, son of Ḫabîszu |
| 14 | _[iti ab]-e3#-a u4 3(u)-kam_ | The month of Abea, the day 30 |
| 15 | _[mu sa-am-su2]-i-lu-na lugal [... szu]-nir# nig2 babbar-ra_ | year: “Samsu-iluna, the king, ..., erected a white statuette. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | _dumu_ PA [...] | son of ... |
| 3 | _ARAD_ [...] | servant of .... |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | _ARAD_ {d}[...] | servant of |
Sources & licences
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