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MHET 2/4, 521 (P509900)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 521 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509900 |
| Museum no. | BM 013254 |
| 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) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab#-sin2#_ | 2 eše3 3 iku field, furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ x x x x x x | the meadow ... |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ geme2-{d}ma-mu _lukur_ {d}utu# | field Geme-Mamu, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 4 | _[dumu]-munus_ [sig-an]-nu#-ni#-tum | daughter of Sîn-annunitum |
| 5 | _ki_ geme2-{d}ma-mu _lukur_ {d}utu | from Geme-Mamu, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 6 | be-el-ti _a-sza_ | the lady of the field |
| 7 | {disz}ip-qu-{d}na-bi-[um] _szu-i_ | Ipqu-Nabium, the barber |
| 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-a_ | went out |
| 11 | _u4 buru14#-sze3# a#-sza3_ pi2-i# szu#-ul-pi2-szu# | At harvest time, the field, according to the wording of a sealed document |
| 12 | [... i-sza-ad-da]-du-[ma] | ... he will keep wandering about and |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _iti_ [...] | Month ... |
| 2' | _[mu]_ am-mi#-[s,a-du]-qa2 _lugal-e bad3_ am-mi#-[s,a-du]-qa2# [...] _[ka] {i7}buranun{ki}-a-ta#? bi2-in-du3#-a#_ | the year (in which) Ammi-ṣaduqa the king built the wall of Ammimishaqa from the mouth of the Euphrates |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] ri-isz [...] | ... love ... |
| 2 | [...] dingir ba x | ... god ... |
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