MHET 2/3, 412 (P509798)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/3, 412 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509798 |
| Museum no. | BM 017326 & BM 017472 |
| 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 du3-a_ | A built-up house plot of 1 sar |
| 2 | i-na zimbir{ki}-gal | in Sippar |
| 3 | da _e2_ tu-un-nu-um-ma | next to the house of Tunnum, and |
| 4 | u3 da _e2_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ su2-pa-pi2-ia | and next to the house of Warad-Amurrum, son of Suppiya |
| 5 | u3 ARAD-{d}suen _dumu_ bu-di-ma | and Warad-Sin, son of Budima |
| 6 | _sag-bi# 1(disz)-kam sila_ | Its head is 1 sila. |
| 7 | _[sag-bi] 2(disz)-kam e2_ wa-qar-rum _lukur_ {d}utu | its second head: the house of Waqarrum, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 8 | _[dumu-munus]_ a-wi-il-dingir | daughter of Awil-ilī |
| 9 | [_ki_ ib-ni]-{d}utu | from Ibni-šamaš |
| 10 | [_dumu_] er3-ra-ga-mil | son of Erra-gamil |
| 11 | [{disz}] {d}utu-i-na-ia | Šamaš-inaya |
| 12 | _dumu_ be-li2-i-mi-ti | son of Belī-imitti, |
| 13 | _[in]-szi#-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 14 | _sa10# [til]-la-bi-[sze3]_ | as its full price |
| 15 | _4(disz) gin2 [ku3-babbar] in#-n#-an#-la2_ | he paid 4 shekels of silver. |
| 16 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _inim-[bi al-til]_ | Its word is finished. |
| 2 | _u4 [kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2]-ra#_ | In the future, a man against another |
| 3 | _inim [nu-um-ga2-ga2]-a#_ | does not make a claim |
| 4 | _mu_ [{d}utu {d}marduk] sa#-am#-su2-i-lu-na _lugal_ | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Samsu-iluna, the king. |
| 5 | [u3] {iri}zimbir{ki} it-mu-u2 | and Sippar they heard |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}utu-s,il2-li2 _dumu_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu | before Šamaš-ṣillī, son of Warad-Amurrum |
| 7 | _igi_ u2-s,i2-bi-tum _dumu_ erisz-ti-e2-a | before Uṣibitum, son of Erišti-ea |
| 8 | _igi_ u2-qa2-[a]-pi4-esz18#-dar# _dumu_ sin-lu-ud-lu-ul | before Uqa-pî-Ištar, son of Sin-lud-lul |
| 9 | _igi_ [...] x x _dumu_ ap-pa-an-dingir | before ..., son of Appan-ili |
| 10 | _igi_ {d}suen-ga-sze-ir _dumu_ {d}utu-ti-la-ti | before Sîn-kāšer son of Šamaš-tillati |
| 11 | _igi_ ta#-ri#-bu-um _dumu_ ip-qu2-sza | before Tarībum, son of Ipquša |
| 12 | dumu-er-s,e-tim _dumu_ li-pu-usz-sza3-dingir | Dumu-erṣetim, son of Lipuš-ša-ilum |
| 13 | _igi_ e-ri-sum2-ma-tum _dumu_ im-gur-sin | before Erisummatum, son of Imgursin |
| 14 | _igi_ {d}marduk-ha-s,i-ir _dumu_ s,il2-li2#-{d}utu | before Marduk-haṣir, son of Ṣillī-šamaš |
| 15 | _igi_ im-gur-sin dub-sar | before Imgur-sin, the scribe |
| 16 | _iti kin-{d}inanna u4 n+5(disz)#-kam_ | The month of Elūnum, the day n+5 |
| 17 | _mu {uruda}ki-lugal-gub i7 hur-sag_ [...] | year: “Ki-lugal-gub, the Hursag canal |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _ki_ ib-ni-{d#}[utu] _dumu_ er3-ra-[ga-mil] | from Ibni-šamaš son of Erra-gamil |
| 2 | {disz}{d}utu-i-na-ia | Šamaš-ināya |
| 3 | _dumu_ be-li2-i-mi-ti | son of Belī-imitti, |
| 4 | _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 5 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 6 | _4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na#-an-la2_ | he paid 4 shekels of silver. |
| 7 | _sza3-ga-ni al-[du10]_ | his heart is satisfied. |
| 8 | _inim#-bi al-[til]_ | Its word is finished. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_ | In the future, a man against another |
| 2 | _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_ | shall not make a claim |
| 3 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk sa-am-su2-i-lu-na | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Samsu-iluna |
| 4 | u3 _iri#_ zimbir{ki} it-mu-u2 | and the city of Sippar they heard |
| 5 | _igi_ [{d}utu]-s,il2-li2 _dumu_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu | before Šamaš-ṣillī, son of Warad-Amurrum |
| 6 | _igi_ [u2]-s,i-bi-tum _dumu#_ erisz-ti-e2-a | before Uṣibitum, son of Erišti-ea |
| 7 | _igi#_ [u2]-qa2#-a-pi4-esz18-dar _dumu_ {d}suen#-lu#-ud#-lu-ul | before Uqa-api-ištar, son of Sîn-lud-lul |
| 8 | [...]-s,il2#-li2 _dumu#_ [...] | ...-ṣilli, son of ... |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | <_kiszib3_> u2-[...] | Seal of ... |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | <_kiszib3_> e-x-[...] | Seal of ... |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | <_kiszib3_> [...] szu x x x | Seal of ... |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | <_kiszib3_> u2-qa2-a-pi4-esz18-dar | seal of Uqā-pî-Ishtar |
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