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MHET 2/4, 550 (P509929)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 550 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509929 |
| Museum no. | BM 017528 |
| 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 | _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 3 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _a-gar2_ si-la-ni{ki} | the meadow of Silani |
| 3 | i#-ta _a-sza3_ ku-ub-bu-tum _dumu_ {d}suen-ba?/ma?-[...] | from the field Kubbutum, son of Sîn-ba |
| 4 | _a-sza3_ ku-ru-u2 _dumu_ a-hi-a-qar | field Kurû, son of Ahi-aqar |
| 5 | _ki_ ku-ru-u2 _dumu_ a-hi-a-qar | from Kurû, son of Ahi-aqar |
| 6 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 7 | {disz}{d}suen-im-gur-ra-an-ni _dumu_ i-na-pa-li-szu | Sîn-imgurrani, son of Ina-palēšu |
| 8 | u3 ku-ru-u2 _dumu_ a-hi-a-qar be-el _a-sza3_ | and Kurû, son of Ahi-aqar, owner of the field |
| 9 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_ | the field for cultivation, for tin |
| 10 | a-na _tab-ba_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ u2-sze-s,u2-u2 | for a partnership enterprise for 1 year they shall bring out |
| 11 | a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim | A man as much as a man |
| 12 | ma-na-ah-tam a-na _a-sza3_ | a deficit to the field |
| 13 | i-sza-ak-ka-nu | they shall place |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 2 | _a-sza3_ a-na pi2 szu-ul-pi2-szu | the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 3 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| 4 | _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 |
| 5 | _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e-mesz_ | the yield of the field he shall measure out |
| 6 | _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu | from the yield of his field |
| 7 | _1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | 1/2 shekel of silver he received. |
| 8 | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur# [...] _dub#-sar_ | before Ibni-Adad, scribe |
| 9 | _igi_ x [...] | before ... ... |
| 10 | _igi_ [...] x-sar | before ... ... |
| 11 | _iti# [...]_ | Month ... |
| 12 | _mu#_ am#-[mi-s,a-du-qa2 ...] {uruda}ki-lugal-gub ne-sag-ga2 hur-sag didli-a_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, ..., the king's copper vessel, the first-fruit offering, the mountain range of all |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ sin-im-gur-ra-an-ni | seal of Sin-imgurrani |
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