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Archibab 1, 1 (P504440)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Archibab 1, 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P504440 |
| Museum no. | BM 016981 |
| 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 | {disz}a-ha-su2-nu | Aḫassunu |
| 2 | _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-an-dul3-li2 | daughter of Šamaš-andulli |
| 3 | u3 {d}zar-pa-ni-tum-la-ma-si2 _sag-geme2_ | and Zarpanitum-lamassi, the slave woman |
| 4 | _ki_ {d}utu-an-dul3-li2 a-bi-sza | from Šamaš-andullī, her father |
| 5 | u3 ra-ma-tum _ama-a-ni_ | and Rāmatum his mother |
| 6 | {disz}ARAD2-{d}suen _dumu_ sza-{d}utu | Warad-Sîn, son of Ša-Suen |
| 7 | a-na asz-szu-tim u3 mu-tu-tim | for a wife and a husband |
| 8 | i-hu-us-si2 _5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | he weighed out, 5 shekels of silver |
| 9 | te-er-ha-sa3 _in-na-an-la2_ | he smote her, |
| 10 | li-bi {d}utu-an-dul3-li2 a-bi-sza | the heart of Utu-andulli, her father |
| 11 | u3 ra-ma-tum um-mi-sza u2!-t,i3!-ib | and Rāmatum, her mother, he cured |
| 12 | _u4-kur2-sze3 u4_-mi {disz}ARAD2-sin# | In the future, on the day that Warad-Sin |
| 13 | a#-na a-ha-su2-nu asz-sza-[ti-szu] | for their share, his wife |
| 14 | u2-ul asz-sza-ti at-ti# | You are not my wife |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-qa2-bi-i-ma _1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar i3-la2#-[e_] | shall say and 1/2 mina of silver he shall weigh out. |
| 2 | u3 a-ha-su2-nu a-na ARAD2-sin mu-ti-sza# | and their share to her husband's slave |
| 3 | u2-ul mu-ti at-ta | You are not a husband, |
| 4 | i-qa2-bi-i-ma i-ha-szu-szi-i-ma | he will say, and they will kill her, and |
| 5 | a-na me-e i-na-du-szi | to water he shall carry. |
| 6 | {disz}{d}zar-pa-ni-tum-la-ma-si2 | Zarpanitu-lamassi, |
| 7 | a-na ARAD2-{d}suen asz-sza-at | to Warad-Sîn, the slave |
| 8 | a-na a-ha-su2-nu a-ma-at | “It is the word of |
| 9 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Aya, Marduk, |
| 10 | u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | and Hammurapi |
| 11 | _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | they have sworn |
| 12 | _igi_ ta-ia-ru-um | before Tayarum |
| 13 | _igi_ im-gur-sin | before Imgursin |
| 14 | _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | before Ilšu-bani |
| 15 | _igi_ i-pi2-iq-er-s,e2-tim | before Ipiq-erṣetim |
| 16 | _igi#_ {d}bu-ne2-ne2-i-din-nam | before Bunene-iddinam |
| 17 | _igi#_ {d}utu-ma-an-szum2 | before Utu-manšum |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi#_ a-di-du-um | before Adīdum |
| 2 | _mu gu-za_ {d}na-bi#-um# | year: “The throne of Nabû’ |
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