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MHET 2/4, 509 (P509888)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 509 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509888 |
| Museum no. | BM 079495 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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 | _1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-ta _a-sza3_ e-la-li _dumu#-[munus]_ an#-pi4-{d}utu | 1 eše3 field area adjacent to the field Elali daughter of Apī-Šamaš |
| 2 | sza a-bu-wa-qar _dumu_ li-wi-ra i-sza-mu | of Abum-waqar son of Liwira he shall hear |
| 3 | u3 i-ta ARAD-{d}er3-ra _aga-us2_ | and from Warad-Erra, soldier |
| 4 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma e_ qa-a-nu | Its first part is above the 'finger.' |
| 5 | _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-ta e nam-ka!-ar _a#-gar3_ | a field of 3 iku, adjacent to the road to the meadow |
| 6 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ ib-ni-{d}mar-utu | and adjacent to the field of Ibni-Marduk |
| 7 | _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ ha-s,a-ri | 1 eše3 3 iku field, meadow of Haṣari; |
| 8 | sza3 na-gi#-i bi-ri-it _i7_ | in the district between the river |
| 9 | _a-sza3_ {munus}a-ma-at-{d}ma-mu _lukur_ {d}utu | field of Amat-Mamu, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 10 | _dumu_ a-wi-il-{d}na#-bi-um | son of Awil-Nabium |
| 11 | a-na qa2-bi-e a-wi-il-{d}iszkur _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu# | at the command of Awīl-Adad son of Ibni-šamaš |
| 12 | {disz}i-din-{d}e2-a _di-ku5_ _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu | Iddin-Ea, judge, son of Ibni-šamaš |
| 13 | a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_ | for harvesting, as a talent |
| 14 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam ib2-ta-e3_ | for 1 year he shall leave. |
| 15 | _u4 buru14-sze3 1(bur3) GAN2-e_ | at harvest time, 1 bur3 of field |
| 16 | _8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 8 gur of barley, the ban2 of Šamaš |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na _ka2 ga2-gi4-a i3-ag2-e_ | at the gate of the reed worker he shall measure out. |
| 2 | _3(disz) ezem {d}utu 1(disz) pi2-hu 1(ban2) zi3-da 1(disz) uzu_ | 3 festivals of Šamaš, 1 offering, 1 ban2 flour, 1 meat |
| 3 | i-pa-aq-qi2-id-si2 | he shall entrust. |
| 4 | _igi_ gi-mil-{d}marduk _di-ku5 dumu_ s,il2-li2-{d}utu | before Gimil-Marduk, judge, son of Ṣilli-šamaš |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}suen-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum | before Sîn-nāṣir, son of Šangi-Annunitum |
| 6 | _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam_ | The month of Nisannu, the day 26 |
| 7 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e asz-me i3-mah-a szu-nir-ra u4-gin7 e2-babbar-ra-sze3 in-ne-en-ku4-ra_ | the year in which Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, heard that he had become great, he entered the Ebabbar like a storm. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] AG la x | ... not ... |
| 2 | x ra ni UD? | ... ... |
| 3 | x sza? an | of An, |
| 4 | [...] a#-na# x | ... to ... |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}AG la [...] | Nabû not |
| 2 | bu dingir x [...] | ... god ... |
| 3 | HI ti HI ti#? [...] | ... ... |
| 4 | ARAD im-ni-[...] | servant of Imni- |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] {d}AG x x | Nabû |
| 2 | [...] x ra ni | ... his own |
| 3 | [_dumu_ a]-wi-il-dingir-[...] | son of Awīl-dingir-... |
| 4 | ARAD e-ti-x | servant of Eti. |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | gi-mil-{d}marduk# | Gimil-Marduk |
| 2 | _dumu_ s,il-li2-[{d}utu] | son of Ṣilli-šamaš |
| 3 | ARAD x [...] | servant of . |
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