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MHET 2/4, 530 (P509909)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 530 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509909 |
| Museum no. | BM 016512 |
| 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 | _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2#_ | 3 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ si-la-ni-i{ki} | the meadow of Silanī |
| 3 | i-ta _a-sza3_ ta-ri-bu-sza _dumu#_ [...] ni-id#-[...] | from the field Taribusha son of ... we ... |
| 4 | _a-sza3_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-isz8-tar2 | the field of Bēlšunu son of Etel-pî-Ishtar |
| 5 | _ki_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-isz8-tar2 | from Bēlšunu son of Etel-pî-Ishtar |
| 6 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 7 | {disz}ARAD-{d}na-bi-um | Warad-Nabium |
| 8 | _dumu_ ma-aq-tum-li-iz-zi-iz | son of Aqtum-lizziz |
| 9 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un#_ | the field for cultivation, for tin |
| 10 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ u2-sze-s,i | for 1 year he shall redeem |
| 11 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 12 | _gu2-un a-sza3_-im | the yield of the field |
| 13 | _1(bur3) GAN2-e_ | 1 bur3 field area |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 8 gur of barley, the ban2 of Šamaš |
| 2 | _i3-ag2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 3 | _sza3-ba gu2-un a-sza3_-im | therefrom: the yield of the field |
| 4 | _1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | 1/3 shekel of silver he received. |
| 5 | _igi_ a-hu-um-wa-qar _dumu#_ {d}suen-da-ia-an | before Aḫum-waqar, son of Sîn-dayyan |
| 6 | _igi_ ib-na-tum _dumu_ ma-aq#-tum#-li-iz-zi-iz | before Ibnatum, son of Aqtum-lizziz |
| 7 | _igi_ ib-na-tum _dumu_ ARAD-ku-bi | before Ibnatum, son of Warad-Kūbe |
| 8 | _iti# gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(u)-kam_ | The month of Ayyaru, the day 20, |
| 9 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan-a-ni# masz2 gaba tab-ba u3 alan-a-ni szu silim ab-be2-a_ | year: “Ammi-shaduqa, the king, his statue with an inscription on the breast and his statue of well-being was erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ib-ni-{d}mar-[tu] | Ibni-Amurrum |
| 2 | _dumu_ ARAD-ku-bi# | son of Urad-Kūbe |
| 3 | ARAD {d}utu | servant of Šamaš |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | [...]-el-szu | ... his |
| 2 | [...] e? ka [...] | ... the mouth(?) |
| 3 | ARAD {d}la-[...] | servant of La- |
| 4 | [u3] {d}mar-tu# | and Martu |
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