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MHET 2/4, 507 (P509886)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 507 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509886 |
| Museum no. | BM 086426 |
| 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 | _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2 a-gar3_ si-la#?-ni | 4 iku field, absinu-field, meadow of Silānu; |
| 2 | i-ta#? u2-s,i2-bi-tum u3 i-ta a-wi-il-{d}suen# | between Uṣibitum and Awīl-Sîn |
| 3 | _a-sza3# [...]-isz-me-a-ni _dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu | field ...-ishmeanni, son of Warad-ilīshu |
| 4 | [_ki_ ...]-isz-me-a-ni | from ...-ishmeanni |
| 5 | [be-el] _a-sza3_-im | the owner of the field |
| 6 | [...] x x x x x x x | |
| 7 | [... a]-na# er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2#-[un_] | ... for harvesting, as a talent |
| 8 | [a-na] _mu 1(disz)-kam ib2-ta-e3_ [...] | for 1 year he will go out ... |
| 9 | _u4# buru14-sze3_ | at the harvest time |
| 10 | _a-sza3_ a-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi2#-[i-szu] | the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 11 | i-sza-ad-da-du-[ma] | he shall measure out, and |
| 12 | _1(bur3) GAN2_ [...] | 1 bur3 field ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _igi_ ib#-ni-[...] | Before Ibni-... |
| 2' | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}suen [...] | before Ibni-Sîn |
| 3' | _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_ | The month of Nisannu, the day 15 |
| 4' | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal#-e# alan-a-ni masz2 igi-du8 alan-a-ni ma x da bi e2-nam-til-la-sze3 in-ne-in#?-ku4#_ | the year in which Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, his statue with a goat and an eye-stone his statue beside the Enamtila he entered. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ib-ni-[...] | Ibni- |
| 2 | _dumu_ x x | son of |
| 3 | [...] sza | ... of |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | ib-ni-[...] | Ibni- |
| 2 | [...] x | |
| 3 | [...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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