MHET 2/4, 554 (P509933)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 554 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509933 |
| Museum no. | BM 016935 |
| 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 | _5(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 5 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ si-la-ni-i{ki} | the meadow of Silanī |
| 3 | i-ta _a-sza3_ ib-ni-{d}utu? _dumu_ ma-aq-tu-li-iz-zi-iz | from the field of Ibni-šamaš son of Aqtu-lizziz |
| 4 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ i-din-{d}isz8-tar2 | and adjacent to the field of Iddin-Ištar |
| 5 | _dumu_ ku-ub-bu-tum | son of Kubbutum |
| 6 | _a-sza3_ ARAD-{d}na-bi-um _dumu_ ma-aq-tu-li-iz-zi-iz | field Warad-Nabium son of Aqtu-lizziz |
| 7 | _ki_ ARAD-{d}na-bi-um | from Warad-Nabium |
| 8 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 9 | {disz}i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _ugula mar-tu_ | Ilī-iqišam, foreman of Amurru |
| 10 | a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam#_ | for harvesting, for 1 year |
| 11 | _ib2-ta-e3_ | went out |
| 12 | _u4 buru14-sze3 a-sza3_ i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | at harvest time the field he shall cultivate, and |
| 13 | 1(bur3) GAN2 8(asz) sze gur_ | 1 bur3 surface area, 8 gur of barley |
| 14 | _i3-ag2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 15 | _sza3-bi gu2-un a-sza3_-szu | the capital of his field |
| reverse | ||
| 16 | _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | 1 shekel of silver he received. |
| 17 | _igi#_ ARAD-e2-sur-ri-tum _ugula mar-tu_ | before Warad-Esurrītum, overseer of Amurru |
| 21 | _[iti ... u4]-n-kam_ | Month ..., nth day, |
| 22 | _mu_ am#-mi#-s,a#-du-qa2 _lugal#-e {uruda}ki-lugal-gub ib2-diri-ga me-te ne-sag-ga2#-sze3# x x x ki a x x ki-a bi2-ib2#-us2#-sa_ | The year in which Ammī-ṣaduqa, the king, made a copper kingship greater than before. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...]-im | ...-im |
| 3 | [...]-dingir | ...-dingir |
| 4 | [...] e x | ... above ... |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-[am] | Ili-iqišam |
| 2 | [_dumu_ a]-wi-il-dingir | son of Awil-ilī |
| 3 | ARAD# am-mi-s,a-du#-[qa2] | servant of Ammi-ṣaduqa. |
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