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MHET 2/4, 503 (P509882)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 503 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509882 |
| Museum no. | BM 081012 |
| 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 | _2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 2 eše3 field area: furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ sza-li-im-be-li2#? | the meadow of Šalim-belī |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ {munus}sze-ri-<iq>-ti-{d}a-a# [...] | field of Sheri-iqti-Aya |
| 4 | _dumu-munus_ {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir# | daughter of Marduk-naṣir |
| 5 | _[ki]_ {munus#}sze-ri-<iq>-ti-{d}a-a# [...] | from Šerī-iqti-Aya |
| 6 | [be]-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 7 | {disz}{d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _dumu#_ [...] | Marduk-muballiṭ, son of |
| 8 | u3 lu2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu | and Lu-Ištar, son of Ibni-Suen |
| 9 | a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_ | for harvesting, as a talent |
| 10 | a-na _tab-ba_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for a partnership enterprise for 1 year |
| 11 | _[ib2]-ta-e3-mesz_ | went out |
| 12 | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2 | _[1(bur3)] GAN2-e 6(asz) sze gur#_ [...] | 1 bur3 field area: 6 kor barley ... |
| 3 | _gu2#-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e_ [...] | He will measure out the yield of the field .... |
| 4 | [...] ma-na-ah-ta#-szu-nu i-ip-pa-lu-ma | ... they will look at their ... and |
| 5 | [_sze_-am] ba#-szi-a-am mi-it#-[ha-ri-isz i-zu-zu] | They split the barley in half. |
| 6 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 1' | [_mu_ am-mi-s,a-du]-qa2 _lugal_ {d}marduk _en gir3!-ra szu-nir gal-gal#-la ku3-sig17# [ku3-babbar_ ...] | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, king of Marduk, lord of the sword, the great scepter of gold and silver |
Sources & licences
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