MHET 2/4, 514 (P509893)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 514 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509893 |
| Museum no. | BM 080573 |
| 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 | _1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 1 eše 1 iku field, furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ sa-am-bu-ul-la | the meadow of Sambulla |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ i-na#-sza3-er-sze-et# _lukur_ {d}utu | the field Išarra-eršet nadītu of Utu |
| 4 | _dumu-munus_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu _di-ku5_ | daughter of Warad-ilišu, judge |
| 5 | _ki_ i-na-sza3-er-sze#-et _lukur_ {d}utu | from Ina-ša-eršet nadītu of Utu |
| 6 | be-le-et _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 7 | {disz}ki-in-pi4-{d}utu x x x | Kin-pî-Šamaš |
| 8 | _dumu_ {d}utu-szar-ri-[...] | son of Šamaš-šarru- |
| 9 | _a-sza3#_ a#-na er-re-szu#-[tim] | the field for cultivation |
| 10 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu [n(disz)-kam]_ | for the talents for the year n |
| 11 | u2#-sze-[s,i] | he brought out. |
| 12 | _u4# buru14#-[sze3_ ...] | At harvest time ... |
| 13 | _[a]-sza3#_ i-sza-[ad-da-du-ma] | the field he shall cultivate, and |
| 14 | [_1(bur3)] GAN2-e_ [...] | 1 bur3 field area ... |
| 15 | [...] _gu2-un a-[sza3_ ...] | ... the yield of the field ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na _ka2 ga2-gi-a i3-ag2#-[e]_ | at the gate of the granary he shall measure out. |
| 2 | _3(disz) ezem_ {d}utu 1(disz) pi2-hu# [...] | 3 festivals of Šamaš, 1 festival of ... |
| 3 | _1(ban2) zi3-da-ta_ u3 _1(disz) uzu_ [...] | 1 ban2 of flour and 1 ... meat |
| 4 | i-pa-aq-qi2-is | he shall take. |
| 5 | _sza3-ba gu2-un a-sza3_-sza#? [...] | Within it, the yield of its field ... |
| 6 | _2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ u3 1(disz) x [...] | 2 shekels of silver and 1 ... |
| 7 | ma-ah-ra-at | received. |
| 8 | _igi_ {d}utu {d}a-a | before Šamaš and Aya |
| 9 | _igi_ ARAD-{d}i-ba-ri _dub-sar_ | before Warad-Ibari, scribe |
| 10 | _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(u) 7(disz)?-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 27(?) |
| 11 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {gesz}dur2-gar ku3-sig17-ga-[a ...] u3 alan-a-ni hub2 ab-szu2-[szu2-a ...] e2-nam-til-la-sze3 in-na-an-ku4-[ra]_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, a gold throne ... and his monumental statue he erected. ... into the Enamtila he brought.’ |
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