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MHET 2/3, 426 (P509809)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/3, 426 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509809 |
| Museum no. | BM 016838 & BM 016838A |
| 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 | _2(iku)# GAN2 1(u) sar a-sza3 u2#-[sal i7 zimbir_ ...] | 2 iku surface area, 10 sar, field grass-fed, river Sippar ... |
| 2 | i-ta _e gu-la_ sza i-ta a-tap#-[pu]-um# [...] | From the Great Oval which is adjacent to the canal ... |
| 3 | i-ku-un-pi4-sin _dumu_ sin-ta-ia#-ar | Ikūn-pisin, son of Sîn-tayyar |
| 4 | u3 i-ta _i7 zimbir#{ki#}_ | and from the Sippar canal |
| 5 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ ia-ru-x-u2# | Its first head is Yaru-. |
| 6 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam_ a-tap-pu-um | Its second head is Tappum. |
| 7 | sza i-ku-un-pi4-sin _dumu_ {d}suen#-ta#-ia#-ar# | of Ikūn-pisin, son of Sîn-tayyar |
| 8 | u3 _a-sza3_ sin-szesz-i-din-nam _dumu#_ tu-za-lum | and the field of Sin-ah-iddinam, son of Tuzalum |
| 9 | _a-sza3_ {d}suen-szesz-i-din-nam _dumu_ tu-za-lum | field of Sîn-aḫa-iddinam, son of Tuzalum |
| 10 | pu-ha-ti-szu | his rivals |
| 11 | _1(iku) GAN2 6(disz)? sar a-sza3 u2-sal# i7_ zimbir#{ki} | 1 iku 6(?) sar field, grass-fed, canal of Sippar |
| 12 | _{d}utu-szu2-a_ | Šamaš-šēziba |
| 13 | i-ta _e gu-la_ | from the Great Oval |
| 14 | u3 i-ta _i7 zimbir#{ki}_ | and from the Sippar canal |
| 15 | _sag#-bi 1(disz)-ka_ nam#-kar a-ta2-nu-um | Its head is one: namkar-offering of Atanum |
| 16 | _sag#-bi 2(disz)-kam a-sza3_ a-hu-um-li-szi-ir | its second head: field Aḫum-lishir |
| 17 | _dumu#_ ip-qu2-sza | son of Ipquša |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[n(iku)] GAN2 u3#? 4(disz)# sar a-sza3_ | n iku and 4 sar field |
| 2 | _u2-sal i7 zimbir{ki}_ | vegetable garden of the Sippar canal |
| 3 | _{d}utu-szu2-a_ | Šamaš-šēziba |
| 4 | i-ta _e_ sza i-ku-un-pi4-sin _dumu_ sin-ta-ia-[ar] | from the house of Ikūn-pissin son of Sin-tayyar |
| 5 | u3 i-ta _i7 zimbir{ki}_ | and from the Sippar canal |
| 6 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ nam-kar a-ta2-nu-um | Its head is the first: namkar-offering of Atanum |
| 7 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam a-sza3_ be-la-[...] _dumu_ ta-ri-bu-um | its second head: field Bel-..., son of Tarībum; |
| 8 | _szunigin 2(ik) GAN2 1(u) sar a-sza3_ | total: 2 iku surface area at 10 sar field |
| 9 | _a-sza3_ i-ku-un-pi4-sin _dumu_ sin-ta-ia#-[ar] | field Ikun-pisin, son of Sin-tayyar |
| 10 | {disz}i-ku-un-pi4-sin _dumu_ sin-ta-ia-ar | Ikūn-pišši, son of Sin-tayyar |
| 11 | _a-sza3_ ki-ma _a-sza3_ a-na szesz-i-din#-nam# | the field like a field to Šeš-iddinam |
| 12 | _dumu_ tu-za-lum id-di-in u2-pi-ih | son of Tuzalum gave, he removed |
| 13 | i-na mi-it-gu-ur-ti-szu-nu | in their equal share |
| 14 | a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im u2-pi-ih | the brother to the brother he shall remove |
| 15 | pu#-uh-hu szu-ur-du-u2 le-qu2-[u2] | They must take a šurdû-vessel. |
| 16 | [li]-ib-ba-szu-nu t,a3-ab | their heart is glad. |
| 17 | [...] a [...] | ... ... |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | _igi#_ a#-h#u-um _dumu_ ma-na-tim | before Aḫum, son of Manātum |
| 2 | _igi_ i#-din#-{d}utu _dumu_ a-hu-wa-qar | before Iddin-šamaš, son of Ahu-waqar |
| 3 | _igi_ x x-na-tum _dumu_ a-du-an-ni-am | before ...-natum, son of Adunam |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | _igi#_ ta?-ri-bu-um nu# x | before Tarībum |
| 2 | _igi_ sig-{d}a-a _dumu_ x-sza-x | before Sîn-aya, son of ... |
| 3 | _igi_ dumu-ki _dumu_ sig-{d}a-a x [x] | before Dumuki, son of Sîn-aya |
| 4 | _igi_ sig-{d}a-a _dumu_ gur-ru-du-um | before Sîn-aya, son of Gurrudum |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _2(iku) GAN2 1(u) sar a#-sza3#_ | 2 iku 10 sar field |
| 2 | _u2-sal_ i7 zimbir#[{ki} ...] | the meadow of the Sippar canal |
| 3 | _da e gu-la_ sza [i-ta ...] | next to the Great Oval, which ... from ... |
| 4 | [i-ku]-un-pi4#-[sin _dumu_ sin-ta-ia-ar] | Ikūn-pisin, son of Sin-tayyar |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen# | ... Ikūn-pî-Suen |
| 2' | [...] i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen# [...] | ... Ikūn-pî-Suen |
| 3' | [dumu] {d}suen-ta-ia-ar [...] | son of Sîn-tayyar |
| 4' | [a]-sza3 ki-ma _a-sza3_ a-na {d}suen-a-ha#-am-i#-din#-nam# | the field like a field to Sîn-aham-iddinam |
| 5' | [...] tu-za-lum id-di-in u2-pi2#-ih# | ... tuzalum he gave, he removed |
| 6' | i-na mi-it-gu-ur-ti-szu-nu | in their equal share |
| 7' | [a]-hu-um a-na a-hi-im u2-pi2-ih pu-uh-hu# szu-ur?-du?-u2? | “A brother to a brother, a šūrdû-demon |
| 8' | [le?-qu2?]-u2? li-ib-ba-szu-nu t,a3-ab | they should take, their heart is good |
| 9' | [u4] kur2-sze3 a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im u2-ul# [...] | In the future, a brother will not ... against the brother |
| 10' | u2#-ul i-ra-gu-um [...] | He will not raise a claim |
| 11' | [_mu_] {d}utu {d}marduk sa-am-su2-i-lu#-[na] | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Samsu-iluna |
| 12' | it-mu-u2 | they heard. |
| 13' | [_igi_ sin]-i-din-nam ra-bi-a-an hal-hal-la | Before Sîn-iddinam, chief of the halhala priests. |
| 14' | [_igi_ ... lu]-usz-ta-mar-{d}iszkur | before ... Luštammar-Adad |
| 15' | [_igi_ ...]-ur-tim _dumu-munus_ im-gu-ia | Before ...-urtim, daughter of Imgûya |
| 16' | [_igi_ ...]-hu-um _dumu_ ba-la-tim | Witness: ...hum, son of Balatum |
| 17' | [_igi_ ...] sza/ta an hu gi-la{ki} _dumu_ e-li#-[...] | before ... of An, ḫu of Gila son of Eli- |
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