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MHET 2/4, 494 (P509873)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 494 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509873 |
| Museum no. | BM 017316 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 5(disz) gin2 e2 ki-gal2_ | 1 sar 5 shekels, the storehouse; |
| 2 | sza _1(disz) dub_ szi-ma-tim | of 1 tablet of šimatum, |
| 3 | _1/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2 ki-gal2_ x x x | 1/3 sar 5 shekels: the house of Kigal ...; |
| 4 | _szu#-nigin# 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2 ki-gal2_ | total: 1 1/2 sar, the temple of Kigal; |
| 5 | _da sila_ u3 _da e2_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_ | adjacent to the street and next to the house of Ibni-Adad the diviner |
| 6 | _dumu_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 | son of Adad-manšum |
| 7 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam sila_ | Its head is 1 sila. |
| 8 | _egir-bi e2_ ARAD-{d}ma-mu _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_ | after the house of Warad-Mamu, son of the scribal school |
| 9 | _ki_ i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ a-li-lu-mur | from Ilī-iqišam, son of Ali-lumur |
| 10 | {disz}gu-hu-lum _dumu_ {d}na-bi-um-e2-gal-li | Guḫulum, son of Nabium-egalli |
| 11 | _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 12 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 13 | _6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2# ku3#-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | 6 1/2 shekels of silver he paid. |
| 14 | u3 _1/3(disz) [gin2 si]-bi_ isz-ku-un | and 1/3 shekel its horn he set. |
| 15 | _inim#-bi al#-[til sza3]-ga#!-a-ni al-du10 | Its word is finished, its heart is satisfied |
| 16 | u4# kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2#-[ra] | In the future, for another man |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk u3 am-mi-di-ta-na# [...] | the year (in which) Šamaš, Aya, Marduk and Ammi-ditana |
| 2 | _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | they have sworn |
| 3 | _igi_ {d}utu-szu-mu-un-dib _di-ku5_ | before Šamaš-šulmundib, judge |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ ta-ri-ba-tum | before Sîn-eribam, son of Tarībatum |
| 5 | _igi_ an-pi4-sza _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Apiša, son of Sîn-iddinam |
| 6 | _igi_ i-din-{d}nin-szubur _dumu_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi | before Iddin-Ninšubur, son of Sîn-nādin-szumi |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ [{d}]suen#-i-din-nam | before Sîn-māgir, son of Sin-iddinam |
| 8 | _igi_ i-na-pa-li-e _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2 dumu_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur | before Ina-palê, diviner, son of Ibni-Adad |
| 9 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}gibil6 _dumu_ ARAD-{d}gibil6 | before Ibni-gibil, son of Warad-Gibil |
| 10 | _igi_ i-lu-ni _dumu_ x ip-qa2-tum | before Iluni, son of Ipqatum |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ ib-ba-tum | before Sîn-iddinam, son of Ibbatum |
| 12 | _igi_ x-bi-{d}nin-szubur _dumu_ ba-asz-dingir | before x-bi-Ninšubur, son of Basši-ilī |
| 13 | _igi_ ARAD-i-ba-ri _dumu_ ARAD#?-{d}ma-mu | before Urad-ibari, son of Urad(?)-Mamu |
| 14 | _igi_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _dumu_ {d}iszkur-lu-zi-ir | before Sîn-nādin-šumi, son of Adad-lu-zir |
| 15 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}suen _dub-sar#_ | before Ibbi-Sîn, scribe |
| 16 | _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 25 |
| 17 | _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e {d}lamma-{d}lamma-a masz2 su2-ga2-ke4_ | year: “Ammi-ditana, the king, Lamma-Lamma, my exorcist, |
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