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MHET 2/4, 553 (P509932)

Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	MHET 2/4, 553
ID	P509932
Museum no.	BM 017515
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	_2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ki-kal_	2 iku of field Kikal,
3	_5(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 si-la-ni-i	5 iku field, meadow of Silanî;
4	i-ta _a-sza3_ {disz}a-hu-wa-qar u3 i-ta {d}suen-a-ha-am-i#-din#-nam#	from the field of Ahu-waqar and from Sîn-aham-iddinam
5	_a-sza3_ i-din-{d}marduk _dumu_ ku-ub-bu-tum	field of Iddin-Marduk, son of Kubbutum
6	_ki_ i-din-{d}marduk _dumu_ ku-ub-bu-tum be-el _a-sza3_	from Iddin-Marduk son of Kubbutum owner of the field
7	{disz}ri-sza-tum _dumu_ {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir	Rašatum, son of Marduk-nāṣir
8	_a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na te-ep-ti-tim	a field for cultivation, for harvesting
9	a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_	for the oxen for 2 years
10	u2-sze-s,i	he brought in.
11	_u4 buru14-sze3 a-sza3_ i-sza-ad-da-du-ma	at harvest time the field he shall cultivate, and
12	sza _a-sza3 ab-sin2 1(bur3) GAN2 1(disz)-e 8(asz) sze gur_	of the furrow field: 1 bur3 surface area, 1 gur 8 gur of barley
13	sza _a-sza3 ki-kal 1(iku) GAN2-e 1(barig) sze {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu	of the field Kikal, 1 iku surface area, 1 barig barley, Šamaš's bow
14	i-na _kar_ zimbir{ki}	at the port of Sippar
15	_i3-ag2-e_	he shall pay.
16	a-di _a-sza3 ki-kal_ u2-pa-at-tu-u2	as far as the field of Kikal they shall clear
17	_a-sza3 ab-sin2_ i-ik-ka-al	the field furrow he shall measure out
reverse
1	_mu 2(disz)-kam_ u2-pa-at-tu3?-ma	the 2nd year he will die, and
2	i-na sza-lu-usz-ti sza-at-tim	in the middle of the year
3	a-na _gu2-un_ i-ir-ru-ub	to a talent he shall enter
4	i-na _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu	from the yield of his field
5	_1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir	1 shekel of silver he received.
6	_igi_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur _dumu_ ma-aq-tum-li-iz-zi-iz	before Ibni-Adad, son of Aqtum-lizziz
7	_igi_ ta-ri-bu _dumu_ i3-li2-a-wi-lim	before Taribu, son of Ili-awīlim
8	_igi_ ib-na-tum _dumu_ ARAD-ku-bi	before Ibnatum, son of Warad-Kūbe
9	_igi_ ARAD-{d}na-bi-um _dumu_ ma-aq-tum-li-iz-zi-iz	before Warad-Nabium, son of Aqtum-lizziz
10	_iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam_	The month of Addarum, the day 12
11	_mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda}ki-lugal-gub ib2-diri-ga kur hur-sag he-nu-na_	year: “Ammī-ṣaduqa, the king, erected a king’s copper statue; the mountains and mountain ranges were filled with abundance.‭
seal 1
1	ta-ri-bu#	Taribu
2	_dumu_ i3-li2-a-[wi-lim]	son of Ili-awīlim
3	ARAD {d}[...]	servant of
seal 2
1	x x
2	_dumu_ x [...]	son of ...
3	ARAD {d}[...]	servant of
seal 3
1	ib#-ni#-[...]	Ibni-
2	x x [...]
3	ARAD [...]	servant of .

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