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MHET 2/3, 463 (P509843)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/3, 463 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509843 |
| Museum no. | BM 080429 |
| 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(iku)# GAN2 a-sza3 u2-sal i7_ zimbir{ki} | 1 iku field, grass-fed, canal of Sippar |
| 2 | _sag# 1(disz)-kam u2-sal_ a-wi-li-ia | the first head, grass of Awilīya |
| 3 | _dumu_ ta-ri-bu-um | son of Tarībus |
| 4 | _sag# 2(disz)-kam_ a-tap an-na-a-x [...] | The 2nd, the canal ... ... |
| 5 | i-ta _a-sza3_ a-wi-li-ia | from the field of my man |
| 6 | _ki_ ma#-an-na-szi _lukur_ {d}utu | with Manaši, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 7 | _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-sza-du-ni | daughter of Sîn-šaduni |
| 8 | {disz}a-wi-li-ia _dumu_ ta-ri-bu-[um] | Awiliya, son of Tarībum |
| 9 | _in#-sa10-in-sze3_ | he bought. |
| 10 | _[sa10]-til-la-bi-sze3_ | for its full price |
| 11 | _2(disz)# 1/3(disz)# gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 2 1/3 shekels of silver |
| 12 | _in#-na-la2_ | he weighed out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] _nu-ga2-ga2-a_ | ... he will not raise ... |
| 2 | _u4# kur-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_ | On the day that a man to another man |
| 3 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na | the year (in which) Šamaš, Marduk and Samsu-iluna |
| 4 | it-mu-u2# | they heard |
| 5 | _igi_ sig#-an#-nu-ni-tum ... | before Ša-Annunītum |
| 6 | _igi_ u-bar-rum ra-[...] | before Ubarrum, ... |
| 7 | _igi_ sig-{d}a-a [...] | before Sîn-Aya |
| 8 | _igi_ x-[...]-hu-um [...] | before ...ḫum |
| 9 | _igi_ sig-[...] | in front of ... |
| 10 | _iti du6-[ku3 u4 n-kam]_ | The month of Tashritu, the day n |
| 11 | _mu gibil us2-sa_ | a new year follows |
Sources & licences
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