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MHET 2/4, 542 (P509921)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 542 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509921 |
| Museum no. | BM 079885 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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 | _a-sza3_ ma-la ma-s,u2-u2 | as much field as there is |
| 2 | _a-gar_ li-mi-tum | the līmtum-water |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ {munus}e-ri-isz-ti-{d}utu _lukur_ {d}utu | field of Erišti-šamaše, nadītu of Šadâm |
| 4 | _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni | son of Ilšu-ibni, |
| 5 | _ki_ {munus}e-ri-isz-ti-{d}utu _lukur_ {d}utu | from Erishti-šamaš, nadītu of Utu |
| 6 | _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni | son of Ilšu-ibni, |
| 7 | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 8 | {disz}ARAD-e2-babbar?-ri x x x | Warad-Ebabbar |
| 9 | u2-sze-s,i | he brought in. |
| 10 | _u4 buru14-sze3#_ | at harvest time |
| 11 | _a#-sza3#_ a-na pi2-i szu#-ul#-pi#-szu# | the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 12 | i#-sza#-ad-da-[du-ma] | he will keep going, and |
| 13 | _1(bur3)# GAN2-e 6(asz)? [sze gur]_ | 1 bur3 field area: 6? gur of barley |
| 14 | _{gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | the bow of Šamaš |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _gu2-un a-sza3_ i-na _ka2_ ga-gi-im | the yield of the field at the gate of the granary |
| 2 | _i3-ag2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 3 | i-na _sza3-bi a-sza3_-szu | from within his field |
| 4 | _1(disz) dabin_ ma#-hi-ir | 1 bānu-vessel received. |
| 5 | _igi#_ {d}suen#-na-di-in-szu-mi _dumu_ x x-ib-ni | before Sîn-nādin-šumi, son of ...-ibni |
| 6 | _igi#_ [...]-x-tum _dumu_ sa-li-mu | before ...tum, son of Salimu |
| 7 | _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 2 |
| 8 | _mu#_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan#-a-ni szu-silim ab-di-di-a_ | the year in which Ammi-shaduqa, the king, his statue of well-being erected. |
Sources & licences
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