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MHET 2/4, 549 (P509928)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 549 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509928 |
| Museum no. | BM 092598 |
| 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 | _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 4 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ki-kal_ | 2 iku of field Kikal, |
| 3 | _1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ {iri}{d}gu#-[la] | 1 eše3 field, meadow of Gula |
| 4 | i-ta _a-sza3_ {d}utu | from the field of Šamaš |
| 5 | u3 i#-ta _a-sza3_ im-gur-{d}suen | and adjacent to the field Imgur-Sîn |
| 6 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ nam-kar _aga-usz-mesz_ | The first head is the namkar-offering of the dead. |
| 7 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam_ ka-ar-mu | Its second head is a karmu. |
| 8 | sza du-un-nim _gal_ | of great strength |
| 9 | _a-sza3_ ta-ri-ba-tum _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}suen# | field Tarībatum, naditu of Šamaš daughter of Urad-Sîn |
| 10 | _ki_ ta-ri-ba-tum _lukur_ {d}utu | from Tarībatum, the naditu of Utu |
| 11 | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 12 | {disz}la-bi-isz-tum _dumu_ {d}suen-ri-me#-ni | Labaštum, son of Sîn-rimeni |
| 13 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 14 | u3 te-ep-ti-tim | and extispicies |
| 15 | a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_ | for 2 years |
| 16 | _ib2-ta-e3_ | went out |
| 17 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _a-sza3_ a-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-szu | the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 2 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| 3 | sza _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | of 4 iku of furrow field |
| 4 | _1(bur3) GAN2 1(disz)-e 6(asz) sze gur#_ | 1 bur3 surface area, 1 gur 6 gur of barley |
| 5 | sza _2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ki-kal_ | of 2 ikû field, cultivated land |
| 6 | _1(iku) GAN2 1(barig) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 1 iku field, 1 barig barley, (measured) by the seah of Šamaš |
| 7 | _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e_ | the yield of the field he shall measure out. |
| 8 | a-di _a-sza3 ki-kal_ u2-pa-at-tu-u2# | as far as the field of Kikal they shall clear |
| 9 | _a-sza3 ab-sin2_ i-ik-kal | he will eat the furrow |
| 10 | i-na sza-lu-usz-tim sza-at-tim | in the middle of the year |
| 11 | _a-sza3_ a-na _gu2-un_ i-ir-ru-ub | the field for a talent he shall enter |
| 12 | _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu _2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | from the talents of his field 2/3 shekel of silver he received. |
| 13 | _igi_ ar-ra-bu _dumu_ dumu-u4-2(u)-kam | before Arrabu, son of the two-year-old |
| 14 | _igi_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu e2-dub-ba_ | before Sîn-erībam, son of the scribal school |
| 15 | _iti# NE-NE-gar [u4 n-kam]_ | Month of Abu, day n. |
| 16 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 [...] i7-da am-mi-s,a-du#-[qa2]-nu-hu-usz-ni-szi | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, ... of the river Ammī-shaduqanushniši, |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ARAD-{d}[suen?] | Warad-Sin |
| 2 | _dumu_ e-[t,e?-rum?] | son of Eṭerum |
| 3 | ARAD {d}nin#?-[...] | servant of Nin- |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | x sza [...] | ... of |
| 2 | _dumu#_ dingir BE bi? | The son of a god |
| 3 | ARAD {d}x | servant of |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ ar-ra-bu | seal of Arrabu |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ sin-e-<ri>-ba-am | seal of Sin-eribam |
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