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MHET 2/4, 489 (P509868)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 489 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509868 |
| Museum no. | BM 079960 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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 | _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 4 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ KI ISZ SAG GI | the meadow with ..., the top of the reed |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ geme2-{d}asar-lu2-hi | field Geme-Asalluhi, |
| 4 | _dumu_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | son of Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 5 | _ki_ geme2-{d}asar-lu2-hi | from Geme-Asalluhi |
| 6 | _dumu_ i-bi#-{d}nin#-szubur# | son of Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 7 | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 8 | {disz}e-ri-ba-isz8-tar2 _dumu#_ {d}marduk#-na#-s,i-ir | Eriba-Ištar, son of Marduk-nāṣir |
| 9 | a-na er-re#-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_ | for harvesting, as a talent |
| 10 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for 1 year |
| 11 | _ib2-ta-e3-a_ | went out |
| 12 | _gu2-un mu 1(disz)-kam_-szu# | its 1st year |
| 13 | _2(asz) sze gur_ | 2 kor of barley |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x NI# [...] | ... ... |
| 2 | x x x x x | |
| 3 | x x x [...] | |
| 4 | x x x _sza3_ a x [...] | ... ... |
| 5 | i-ip-pa-al | he will measure out. |
| 6 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | before Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 7 | _dumu_ isz-me-{d}suen | son of Išme-Sin |
| 8 | _igi#_ x-na-s,i-ir | before ...-naṣir |
| 9 | _dumu_ dumu-{d}a-am-ma-a x x x | son of Mār-Ammâ |
| 10 | _iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam_ | The month of Abu, the day 11 |
| 11 | _mu_ am-mi-di-[ta-na] _lugal-e [...] x gu2_ {i7}zimbir#{ki}-na | year: “Ammi-ditana, the king, ... on the bank of the Sippar canal |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | i-bi-[...] | Before ... |
| 2 | _dumu_ isz-me-[...] | son of Išme- |
| 3 | ARAD [...] | servant of . |
| 4 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen?-na-s,ir? | Sîn-nāṣir |
| 2 | [_dumu_] dumu-{d}a-a? | son of Mār-Aya |
| 3 | ARAD {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ e-ri-ba-[isz8-tar2] | seal of Erība-Ishtar |
Sources & licences
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