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MHET 2/4, 546 (P509925)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 546 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509925 |
| Museum no. | BM 080264 |
| 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 | _[...] GAN2# a-sza3 ab-sin2#_ | ... field, furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ su-ha-a | irrigated meadows |
| 3 | i#-ta _a-sza3_ ha-an-ba-tum _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ ib#-ni-[...] | from the field Ḫanbatum nadītu of Šamaš daughter of Ibni- |
| 4 | _dumu-munus_ ib-ni-{d}sag-ku5 | daughter of Ibni-Sagku |
| 5 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ la-da-bi-il | and from the field Ladabil |
| 6 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ {i7}gu-na-nu | Its first head is the Gunanu canal. |
| 7 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam a-sza3_ {d}lamma-illat-su2 | its second head: field Lamma-Illatsu; |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi | the field Šumum-libši |
| 9 | _dumu_ pir-hi-i3-li2-szu | son of Pirhi-ilišu, |
| 10 | _ki_ szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi | from Šumum-libši |
| 11 | be-el _a-sza3_-im# | the owner of the field |
| 12 | {disz}ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum _di-ku5_ | Ipqu-annunītum, judge |
| 13 | _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu | son of Ibni-šamaš |
| 14 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-<tim> a-na _gu2-un_ | a field for cultivation, as a yield |
| 15 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ u2-sze-s,i2 | for 1 year he shall redeem |
| 16 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 17 | _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 |
| 18 | i-na _ka2 ga2-gi4-a_ | at the gate of the granary |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _i3-ag2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 2 | _sza3-ba gu2-un a-sza3_-szu | within the yield of his field |
| 3 | _1(asz)? sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 1(?) gur of barley (according to) the ban2 of Šamaš |
| 4 | ma-hi-<<ru>>-ir | has received. |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _di-ku5_ | before Nanna-manšum, judge |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _di-ku5_ | before Sîn-iddinam, judge |
| 7 | _igi_ i-bi-{d}suen _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_ | before Ibbi-Sîn, son of the scribal school |
| 8 | _[iti] bara2#-za3-gar u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Nisannu, the day 14 |
| 9 | [_mu_ am]-mi#-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e [... du11]-ga-mah-a {d}utu lugal-a-ni-ta_ [{i7}am]-mi-s,a-du-qa2-[nu]-hu#-usz-ni-szi | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, ... Duga-maḫa, Šamaš, his master, the Ammī-Ṣiduqanuhiši canal |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna-[...] | Nanna- |
| 2 | _dumu_ i-bi-{d}suen# | son of Ibbi-Sin |
| 3 | ARAD# am-mi#-[s,a-du-qa2] | servant of Ammi-ṣaduqa. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] an-nu-[...] | ... this |
| 2 | _dumu_ x [...] | son of ... |
| 3 | {d}utu-ki x [...] | Utuki |
| 4 | i-bi-{d}EN-[...] | Ibbi-Bēl- |
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