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MHET 2/4, 518 (P509897)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 518 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509897 |
| Museum no. | BM 016478 |
| 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_ | 4 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ ha-s,a-ri-i | the meadow of Ḫaṣarî |
| 3 | _a#-sza3#_ [ta]-ri-ba-tum _dumu_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, | field Tarībatum son of Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 4 | _ki_ ta-ri-ba-tum | from Tarībatum |
| 5 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 6 | {disz}i-lu-ni _dumu_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, | Iluni, son of Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 7 | u3 ta-ri-ba-tum be-el _a-sza3_ | and Tarībatum, owner of the field |
| 8 | a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_ | for harvesting, as a talent |
| 9 | a-na _tab-ba mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for a partnership enterprise of 1 year |
| 10 | _ib2-ta-e3-a-mesz_ | went out, |
| 11 | a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim | A man as much as a man |
| 12 | ma-na-ah-tam i-sza-ku-un-nu | they will place a deficit. |
| 13 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 14 | _a-sza3_ pi2-i szu-ul-pi-szu | the field of the mouth of his seal |
| 15 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[1(bur3) GAN2-e a-sza3 ...] 4(asz)# sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 1 bur3 field area, 4 gur barley, Šamaš's bow |
| 2 | _[i3-ag2]-e-mesz_ | they shall pay. |
| 3 | [...] x x a# szu | ... ... hand |
| 4 | [...] x | |
| 5 | [...] x x bi | ... ... |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...]-s,i2-tim | ...-ṣitum |
| 12 | [...] x mu | ... year |
| 13 | [...] x | |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | [...] | |
| 16 | [... _u4 n]-kam_ | ... nth day |
| 17 | [_mu_ am-mi]-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e sipa zi sze-ga {d}utu {d}marduk ur5-ra kalam-ma-na szu? bi2-in?-du8-a_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, the faithful shepherd, who obeys Šamaš and Marduk, the one who entrusted to his country, |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [...]-{d}suen | ...-Suen |
| 2 | [...] a x | ... ... |
| 3 | ARAD# AN {d}mar-tu | servant of Anu and Martu. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}suen-i-din-[nam] | Sîn-iddinam |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | [...] x | |
| 2 | [...] dingir | ... god |
| 3 | ARAD sza? x x | servant of . |
Sources & licences
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