MHET 2/4, 491 (P509870)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 491 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509870 |
| Museum no. | BM 081298 |
| 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 | _e2_ ru-ug3-bu# [...] | The house of the people . . |
| 2 | _ki_ sig-{d}isz#-ha-ra# | from Sîn-Išhara |
| 3 | _dumu_ dingir-szu-illat-su2 | son of Ilšu-tillassu, |
| 4 | {disz}isz8-tar2-ra-bi a-bi _erin2_ | Ištar-rabi, son of the troops |
| 5 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam#_ | for 1 year |
| 6 | u-sze-s,i2 ki#-is,-ri | he brought out the kiṣri |
| 7 | sza#-ti-sza 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | of her own 2 shekels of silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _i3-[...]_ | ... oil |
| 2 | _igi_ {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | before Šamaš and Aya |
| 3 | _iti_ du-mu-zi_ | Month of Dumuzi, |
| 4 | _mu ki lugal HI a-sze3_ | the year: “With the king ... water’ |
Sources & licences
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