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MHET 2/4, 520 (P509899)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 520 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509899 |
| Museum no. | BM 017481 |
| 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 | _2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ te-nu-na | 2 eše2 2 iku field, meadow of Tenuna |
| 2 | _a-sza3_ i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen | field of Ikūn-pî-Si’an, |
| 3 | _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}suen | son of Ibni-Sin |
| 4 | _ki_ i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen | from Ikūn-pî-Si’an, |
| 5 | _dumu#_ ib-ni-{d}suen | son of Ibni-Sin |
| 6 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 7 | {disz}u2-tul2-isz8-tar2 a-bi _erin2_ | Utul-Ištar, son of the troops |
| 8 | a-na er-re-szu-tim | for extispicy |
| 9 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for the oxen for 1 year |
| 10 | _ib2-ta-e3_ | went out |
| 11 | _u4 buru14-sze3 a-sza3_ a-na pi2-i szu#-ul-pi2-szu | at harvest time the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 12 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| 13 | _1(bur3) GAN2-e 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 1 bur3 field, 8 gur of barley (according to) the ban2 of Šamaš |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e_ | the yield of the field he shall measure out. |
| 2 | _sza3-ba gu2-un a-sza3_-szu | within the yield of his field |
| 3 | _1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | 1 1/6 shekels of silver he received. |
| 4 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}suen _dumu_ {d}suen-eri-ba-am | before Ibni-Sin, son of Sîn-eribam |
| 5 | _igi_ ku-ub-bu-tum _dumu_ {d}nanna-tum | before Kubbutum, son of Nannatum |
| 6 | _igi_ a-wi-il-{d}suen _dumu_ ta-ri-bu | before Awīl-Sîn, son of Taribu |
| 7 | _igi_ ARAD-{d}marduk _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_ | before Warad-Marduk, son of the scribe |
| 8 | _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(u) 9(disz)-kam_ | The month of Nisannu, the day 19 |
| 9 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e sipa zi sze-ga {d}utu {d}marduk-bi-da-[ke4] ur5-ra kalam-ni bi2-in-du8-a_ [...] | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, the faithful shepherd who obeys Šamaš and Marduk, the one who has imposed his country |
Sources & licences
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