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MHET 2/4, 552 (P509931)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 552 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509931 |
| Museum no. | BM 079499 |
| 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 | _1(bur3) GAN2 ab-sin2_ | 1 bur3 of furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ na-gu-um | the meadow of Nagum |
| 3 | _bala-ri_ {i7}ir-ni-na | the intercalary Irnina canal |
| 4 | i-ta _a-sza3_ ki-is,-s,um-ma-gir | adjacent to the field Kiṣshum-magir |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ geme2-be-el-tim _lukur_ {d}utu | field Geme-beltim, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 6 | _dumu-munus_ nu-ur2-{d}utu | daughter of Nur-šamaš |
| 7 | _ki_ geme2-be-el-tim _lukur_ {d}utu | from Geme-beltim, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 8 | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 9 | {disz}il-ta-ni _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ szar-ri-im | Illanni, nadītu of Šamaš, daughter of the king |
| 10 | _a-sza_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 11 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for the oxen for 1 year |
| 12 | u2-sze-s,i2 | he brought in. |
| 13 | _u4# buru14-sze3_ | at the harvest time |
| 14 | [...] i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | ... he will go around, and |
| 15 | _[1(bur3)] GAN2-e 1(u) 2(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 1 bur3 field area: 12 gur barley, Šamaš's bow |
| 16 | _[gu2]-un a-sza3_ | the yield of the field |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) [...] | 1 ... |
| 2 | 1(disz) [...] | 1 ... |
| 3 | i-[...] | ... . |
| 4 | u2 [...] | ... plants |
| 5 | x [...]-ra-at | ...-rat |
| 6 | _igi_ be-[...] _dumu#_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | Before Be..., son of Ilshu-bani |
| 7 | _igi_ ta-ri-bu-[...] _dub-sar_ | before Taribu-..., scribe |
| 8 | _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 10 |
| 9 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda}ki-lugal-gub ib2-diri#-ga e2 mah-a e2-ni2-te-en-x-x_ | year: “Ammī-ṣaduqa, the king, erected a king’s copper statue and made it surpassing in the great temple Eniten... |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | geme2#-be-el#-[tim] | Geme-beltim |
| 2 | _lukur_ {d}utu | nadītu of Šamaš |
| 3 | _dumu-munus_ nu-ur2-{d#}[utu] | daughter of Nur-šamaš |
| 4 | geme2# {d}[...] | The slave woman of |
| 5 | u3 {d#}[...] | and the god |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}AG-[...] | Nabu- |
| 2 | [...] utu | ... nanny goat |
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