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MHET 2/4, 526 (P509905)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 526 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509905 |
| Museum no. | BM 092674 |
| 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) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 1 eše3 3 iku field, furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ szu-u2-na-ak-bu | the field Šunakbu |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ ip-qa2-tum _dumu_ {d}utu-li-wi-ir | field Ipqatum son of Šamaš-liwwir |
| 4 | _ki_ ip-qa2-tum | from Ipqatum |
| 5 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 6 | {disz}ARAD-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum | Urdu-Ulmaššitum |
| 7 | {disz}{d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, | Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 8 | u3 ip-qa2-tum _dumu_ {d}utu-li-wi-ir | and Ipqatum, son of Šamaš-liwwir |
| 9 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim# | the field for cultivation |
| 10 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _tab-ba_ | for the oxen for the team |
| 11 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for 1 year |
| 12 | _ib2-ta-e3-e#-mesz#_ | they shall return. |
| 13 | a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim | A man as much as a man |
| 14 | ma-na-ah-ta i-sza-ka-nu | they will place a tribute. |
| 15 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 16 | _a-sza3_ pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-i-szu | the field of the mouth of his seal |
| 17 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _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 |
| 2 | _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e-mesz_ | the yield of the field he shall measure out |
| 3 | ma-na-ah-ta-szu-nu i-ip-pa-lu-ma# | their debts will be paid, and |
| 4 | _sze_-am ba-szi-a-am | barley rations |
| 5 | mi-it-ha-ri-isz i-zu-zu | they divided equally. |
| 6 | _igi_ ARAD-{d}marduk _ugula gidri_ | before Warad-Marduk, foreman of the scepter |
| 7 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu | before Ibni-Amurrum |
| 8 | _igi_ ARAD-e2-idim-dingir-na | before Warad-Eidim-ilāna |
| 9 | _igi#_ szu#-mu-um-li-ib-szi | before Sumum-libši |
| 10 | _igi_ x-la-tum | before ...lātum |
| 11 | _igi_ x [...] | before ... ... |
| 12 | _igi_ a-wi-il-{d}na-bi-um | before Awīl-Nabium |
| 13 | _iti szu-[numun_ ...] | The month of Dumuzi ... |
| 14 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-[du-qa2 ...] bad3 am-mi-s,a#-[du-qa2 ...] ka {i7}buranun#{ki} [...] in-bi#-en#?-dim2_ | the year (in which) Ammi-ṣaduqa the wall (of) Ammeṣa-duqa The mouth of the Euphrates he fashioned |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ARAD-x-[...] | ARAD- |
| 2 | _dumu#_ [...] | son of ... |
| 3 | [...] | |
Sources & licences
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