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MHET 2/4, 539 (P509918)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 539 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509918 |
| Museum no. | BM 086417 |
| 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 | _2(iku)# GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2#_ | 2 iku field, furrow |
| 2 | [... _a]-gar3_ ha-gi-a-nu-um | ... the meadow of Hagianum |
| 3 | i# [...] dumu-u4-2(u)-kam _dumu_ _ki_ x x | ... a second son, a son ... |
| 4 | _a-sza3_ ARAD#-ul-ma-szi-tum | field of Warad-ulmašitum |
| 5 | _dumu_ dingir# x-e-li-i-na-ma-ti#-im | son of the god x-eli-inamātum |
| 6 | _ki_ ARAD#-{d#}ul-masz2-szi-tum | from Warad-Ulmaššitum |
| 7 | be#-el# _a-sza3_-im | the owner of the field |
| 8 | {disz}{d}suen-szesz-i#-din#-nam x bar zu ri | Sîn-aḫa-iddinam |
| 9 | a-na er-re-szu-tim | for extispicy |
| 10 | [a]-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for the oxen for 1 year |
| 11 | _ib2#-ta-e3_ | went out |
| 12 | _u4 buru14-sze3 a-sza_ pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-szu | at harvest time the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 13 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| 14 | _[1(bur3)] GAN2 a-sza3 6(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d#}utu# | 1 bur3 field, 6 gur of barley (according to) the ban2 of Šamaš |
| 15 | [i]-na# _kar_ zimbir#{ki}-am-na-nu | at the quay of Sippar-amnānu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[i3]-ag2-e#_ | he shall pay. |
| 2 | _igi_ li-x x x _dumu_ [...] x x x-isz | before ... son of ... ... |
| 3 | _igi_ be-el-szu#-nu _dumu_ [...]-a | before Bēlšunu, son of ... |
| 4 | _iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u)-kam_ | The month of Abu, the day 10 |
| 5 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda}du8 mah gal-gal-la# {uruda}ki-lugal-gub i3-mah?-a [...] x x tu? zi?_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, the great throne-bearer, (and) the Kugalgub he made great(?) |
Sources & licences
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