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MHET 2/4, 508 (P509887)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 508 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509887 |
| Museum no. | BM 080267 |
| 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 | _5(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 sza3 1(bur3) GAN2_ | 5 iku field, field of 1 bur3 field |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ su-ha-a _bala-ri i7_ [...] | the meadows of Suhâ, the balāru canal, the canal ... |
| 3 | i-ta# _a-sza3_ {munus}ha-an-ba-tum _lukur_ {d}utu | from the field of Hanbatum, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 4 | _dumu-munus_ ib-ni-{d}sag-ku5 | daughter of Ibni-Sagku |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ i-na-sza3-er-sze-et _lukur_ {d}utu | he shall divide the field. The nadītu of Šamaš |
| 6 | _dumu-munus_ pir-hi-i3-li2-szu | daughter of Pirhi-ilišu |
| 7 | _ki_ i-na-sza3-er-sze-et _lukur_ {d}utu | from Ina-ša-eršēt the nadīlat-priest of Utu |
| 8 | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 9 | {disz}a-wi-il-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu | Awīl-Ištar, son of Ibni-Sîn |
| 10 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 11 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for the oxen for 1 year |
| 12 | u2-sze-s,i | he brought in. |
| 13 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[1(bur3) GAN2]-e# 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}[ban2]_ {d}utu# | 1 bur3 field area: 8 gur barley (measured by) the seah of Šamaš |
| 2 | [i-na _a2 ga2]-gi4#-a i3-ag2-e_ | he will measure out at the wage of the reed worker. |
| 3 | [_igi_ ...]-ni-tum _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | before ...-nitum, son of Sîn-iddinam |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}suen#-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum | before Sîn-nāṣir, son of Šangi-Annunitum |
| 5 | _igi_ [{d}utu-{d}]suen-i3-li2 _dumu_ dingir-szu#-ba#-ni | before Šamaš-sîn-ilī, son of Ilu-zubani |
| 6 | [_igi_ ...]-um#-wa-qar | Witness: ...umwaqar. |
| 7 | _iti NE-NE-gar# [u4-n(disz)-kam]_ | Month of Abu, nth day, |
| 21 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal#-[e] alan-a-ni masz2 igi du8-a# szu-a an-da-an-gal2-la_ | The year in which Ammi-shaduqa, the king, his statue with a goat's eye was installed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | a-wi-il#-[...] | Awīl- |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ {d}utu-{d}suen-i3-li2 | Seal of Šamaš-Sîn-ilī |
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