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MHET 2/4, 558 (P509937)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 558 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509937 |
| Museum no. | BM 079008 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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(iku) 1(u) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-[sin2]_ | 10 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _a-gar3 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2-e_ x | a field of 1 eše3 3 iku field |
| 3 | i#-ta# _a-sza3#_ e#-t,i-rum _ugula_ [...] | from the field Etirum, foreman ... |
| 4 | u3# i-ta _a#-sza3#_ ARAD#-i3-li2-szu _sanga_ [...] | and adjacent to the field of Warad-ilīšu, priest ... |
| 5 | _sag#-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma a-gar3_ x _ki_ [...] | Its top is the first: the meadow ... ... |
| 6 | _a-sza3_ {munus}be-le-tum _lukur#_ {d#}[utu] | field Bēletum, nadītu of Shamash |
| 7 | _dumu!_ ip-qu2-sza | son of Ipquša, |
| 8 | _ki_ be-le-tum _lukur_ {d}utu | from Bēletum, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 9 | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 10 | {disz}i-din-{d}e2-a _di#-[ku5]_ | Iddin-Ea, judge |
| 11 | _dumu_ ib-[ni-{d}utu] | son of Ibni-šamaš |
| 12 | _a-sza3_ a-na [er-re-szu-tim] | the field for cultivation |
| 13 | a_-na _gu2-un_ [...] | for ... talents .... |
| 14 | ib2#-[ta-e3-a] | he has brought out |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4 [buru14-sze3]_ | at harvest time |
| 2 | _1(iku) GAN2-e 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur# [...] | 1 iku field area: 3 barig 2 ban2 barley, |
| 3 | i-na _ka2 ga2#-gi-a i3-ag2-e#_ | at the gate of the granary he shall weigh out. |
| 4 | 3(disz) ezem {d}utu i-pa-aq-qi2#-is | 3 festivals of Utu will be held |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}bu-ne-ne-a-sza-ri-id | before Bunene-ašarēd |
| 6 | e-ri-ib _e2_ | entered the house |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}utu-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ ip-qu2-sza | before Šamaš-mušallim, son of Ipqušara |
| 8 | _igi_ [...]-ni-{d}utu _dumu_ dingir-x x-na-s,i-ir# | before ...-ni-šamaš, son of Ilī-x-naṣir |
| 9 | _iti gu4-si-sa u4# 1(u)#-kam#_ | The month of Addarum, the day 10 |
| 10 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2# _lugal_ [...] x x x x [...] [...] x be x [...] | The year in which Ammi-shaduqa the king ... |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ib-ni-{d}utu | Ibni-šamaš |
Sources & licences
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