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MHET 2/4, 533 (P509912)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 533 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509912 |
| Museum no. | BM 016477 |
| 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 | _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a#-[sza3_ ...] x | 1 eshe3 3 iku field area ... |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ szu-na-ak#-bu# | the Šunakbu-field |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ ta-ri-bu _dumu_ sin-ri-me-ni | field Taribu son of Sîn-rimeni |
| 4 | _ki_ ta-ri-bu# _dumu#_ sin#-ri-me-ni | from Taribu son of Sîn-rimeni |
| 5 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 6 | {disz#}szu-hu-ut-ki _ugula mar-tu_ | Šuḫutki, foreman of Amurru |
| 7 | u3 zimbir{ki}-li-me-er _dumu_ i-na-pa-li#-e#-szu | and Sippar-limmer, son of Ina-palêšu |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 9 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 2(disz)#-kam_ | for the oxen for 2 years |
| 10 | _ib2-ta-e3-e-mesz_ | went out, |
| 11 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 12 | _a-sza3_ pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-szu | the field of the mouth of Šulpišu |
| 13 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| 14 | _1(bur3) GAN2-e 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2#_ {d}utu | 1 bur3 field area: 8 gur barley, Šamaš's seah |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _gu2-un a-sza3_ i-na _kar_ zimbir{ki} | the yield of the field at the port of Sippar |
| 2 | i-ma-ad-da-du | he shall measure out. |
| 3 | i-na _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu <<x>> | from the yield of his field |
| 4 | _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | 1 shekel of silver he received. |
| 5 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur _ugula gidri_ | before Ibni-Addu, foreman of the scepter |
| 6 | _igi#_ u-bar-rum [...] _ugula# gidri_ | Before Ubarrum, ..., foreman of the scepter |
| 7 | _igi_ x x dingir [...] x x x x | before ... god ... ... |
| 8 | _igi#_ dingir-szu-mu-sza-li-[im ...]-li-e-szu | Before Ilshu-mushallim, his ... |
| 9 | _iti sig4#-ga#? u4 1(u)?-kam_ | The month of Simanu, the day 10 |
| 10 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal# {uruda}ki-lugal-gub i3-mah#-a# x x x i7 x x x [...]_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, the copper king-of-Gula-gub erected, ... the canal ... |
Sources & licences
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