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MHET 2/4, 556 (P509935)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 556 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509935 |
| Museum no. | BM 016784 |
| 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 | _2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 2 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ pa-u2-s,um | irrigated meadow |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ ri-isz-{d}marduk _ugula e2_ | field of Rīš-Marduk, foreman of the house |
| 4 | _dumu_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _dub-ga2-ba_ | son of Marduk-mušallim, the scribe |
| 5 | _ki_ ri-isz-{d}marduk _ugula e2_ | from Rīš-Marduk, foreman of the temple |
| 6 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 7 | a#-[qa2-be]-e i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen | I said to Ikūn-pî-Si’an |
| 8 | [...]-ni-{d}suen | ...-ni-Sîn |
| 9 | [...] x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _gu2-un# [a-sza3_ ...] | the yield of the field ... |
| 2' | _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu | from the yield of his field |
| 3' | _1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | 1/2 shekel of silver he received. |
| 4' | _igi_ {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim | before Sîn-bēl-aplim |
| 5' | _dumu_ ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum | son of Ipqu-annunitu, |
| 6' | _igi_ ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}suen | before Ibni-Marduk, son of Ib(ni)-Sîn |
| 7' | _iti szu-numun-a u4 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Dumuzi, the day 4 |
| 8' | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan#-a-ni du10-ga#_ [...] | The year in which Ammi-shaduqa, the king, erected his good statue. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ib-ni-{d}marduk | Ibni-Marduk, |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | sin-be-[el]-ap#-[lim] | Bēl-aplim |
Sources & licences
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