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MHET 2/4, 532 (P509911)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 532 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509911 |
| Museum no. | BM 080302 |
| 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#_ [...] bu-sza | 1 eše3 3 iku field, ... busza |
| 2 | _1(iku) GAN2 a-[sza3_ ...]-la#? | 1 iku of field ... |
| 3 | _1(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i#-na# [...] {i7#}ir-ni-na | 1 eše 4 iku field in the Irnina canal |
| 4 | _a-sza3_ ma-ri-ia-a-nu _dumu_ dingir-szu#-[...] | field of Mariyanu son of Ilu-šu- |
| 5 | _ki_ ma-ri-ia-a-nu _dumu_ dingir-[...] | from Ariyanu, son of Ili- |
| 6 | be-el _a-sza3#_ | the owner of the field |
| 7 | {disz}ARAD-{d}marduk _ugula gidri_ a? x | Urad-Marduk, foreman of the scepter |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na# [...] | the field for cultivation, for ... |
| 9 | a-na _mu-an-na_ u2-sze-[s,i] | for a year he shall redeem |
| 10 | _u4 buru14-sze3#_ | at harvest time |
| 11 | a-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-i#-[szu] | according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 12 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[1(bur3) GAN2] 1(disz)#-e# 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 1 bur3 surface area, 1 gur 8 gur barley, (measured) by the seah of Šamaš |
| 2 | [...] _[gu2]-un a-sza3_-im _i3-ag2-e_ | ... he will measure out the yield of the field. |
| 3 | i-na _sza3#-ba# gu2-un a-sza3_-szu | from among the talents of his field |
| 4 | [...] _gin2# ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | ... shekels of silver he received. |
| 5 | [igi] e-tel-an-na-{d}utu _dumu_ ip-qa2-tum | before Etel-ana-šamaš, son of Ipqatum |
| 6 | _igi_ szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi _dumu_ i-na-pa-le-e-szu# [...] | before Šumum-libši, son of Ina-palêshu ... |
| 7 | _igi_ sig-la#?-tum _dumu_ sig-{d}ir-ni-na | before Šulatum, son of Ṣilli-Irnina |
| 8 | _igi_ x-ru-sza _dumu_ sig-{d}ir-ni-na | before ...-ruša, son of Sîn-irnina |
| 9 | _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 1 |
| 10 | _mu_ am-mi-sza-du-qa2 _lugal-e [alan-a-ni] masz gaba tab-ba [szu-a an]-da-a_ | The year in which Ammi-shaduqa the king erected his statue, a goat with a breast ... |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | x la [...] | ... not |
| 2 | _dumu#_ ib-ba-lu-[...] | son of Ibbalu- |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | dingir x x | god , |
| 2 | _dumu_ [...] | son of |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | ARAD {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | x dingir [...] | ... god |
| 2 | ARAD {d}[...] | servant of |
| 3 | ARAD x x [...] | servant of |
Sources & licences
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