MHET 2/4, 529 (P509908)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 529 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509908 |
| Museum no. | BM 080245 |
| 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) GAN2 a-sza3_ pa#-hu-s,um{ki} | 1 eše3 field area: Phuṣum |
| 2 | _sza3 1(bur3) GAN2-e ki-kal_ | from 1 bur3 field area, field |
| 3 | i-ta _a-sza3 dumu-mesz_ ib-ni#-{d}marduk | from the field of the sons of Ibni-Marduk |
| 4 | x x x [...] | |
| 5 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam#_ {i7}sa3-bi-um | its first head: the Sabium canal |
| 6 | _sag-bi# [2(disz)-kam]_ a x i-din-{d}utu | its top: 2nd tablet of Iddin-šamaš |
| 7 | _a-sza3_ x [...]-ba#-we-du _lukur_ {d}marduk | field ...-bawedu, nadītu of Marduk |
| 8 | u3 szu-mu-um#-li#-ib-szi | and Sumum-libši |
| 9 | _dumu_ pir-hi-i3-li2-szu | son of Pirhi-ilišu, |
| 10 | _ki_ szu-mu-um-li#-[ib]-szi# | from Shumum-libshi |
| 11 | _dumu_ pir-<hi>-i3-li2#-[szu] | son of Pir-chi-ilišu |
| 12 | {disz}{d}marduk-mu-ba-[li2-it, ...] x | Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 13 | _a-sza3_ a-na te#-ep#-[ti-im] | the field for cultivation |
| 14 | a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_ | for 2 years |
| 15 | u2-sze-s,i | he brought in. |
| 16 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _gu2-un a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | the yield of the furrow field |
| 2 | _1(bur3) GAN2-e 6(asz) sze gur_ | 1 bur3 field area: 6 gur of barley |
| 3 | _gu2-un a-sza3 ki-kal_ | the yield of the field of Kikal |
| 4 | _1(iku) GAN2-e 1(barig) sze i3-ag2#-e#_ | 1 iku field, 1 barig barley he will measure out |
| 5 | i-na sza-lu-usz-tim sza-at-tim | in the middle of the year |
| 6 | a-na _gu2-un_ i-ru-ub | for a talent he shall enter |
| 7 | a-di _a-sza3 ki-kal_ u2-pa-tu | as far as the field of Kikal they will open |
| 8 | _a-sza3 ab-sin2_ i-x x x x | the furrow ... |
| 9 | _igi_ i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen _sanga_ {d}utu# | before Ikūn-pî-Sin, sanga of Šamaš |
| 10 | _igi_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ dingir-szu x | before Bēlšunu, son of his god ... |
| 11 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}marduk _dub-sar_# | before Ibni-Marduk, scribe |
| 12 | _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 10 |
| 13 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e# alan-a-ni masz gaba tab-ba_ | The year in which Ammi-shaduqa, the king, erected his statue with a goat's breast. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ szu-mu-li-ib-szi | seal of Šumu-libši |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ i-ku-un-pi4-[{d}suen] | Seal of Ikūn-pî-Si’an |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ be-el-[szu-nu] | seal of their owner |
Sources & licences
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