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MHET 2/4, 562 (P509941)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 562 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509941 |
| Museum no. | BM 064391 |
| 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 | _[a]-sza3_ li#-ib#-bu# a-lim ma-la ma-su2#-u2# | a field in the district of Bison, as much as there is |
| 2 | i-ta _sila dagal-la lu2-mesz_ i-si#-[in ...] | from the broad street the men joined ... |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ sza! il#-ta-ni _lukur#_ {d}utu# | field of Iltani, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 4 | _dumu-munus lugal_ | daughter of the king |
| 5 | a#-na qa2-be2-e ib-ni-{d}a-ba4 | At the command of Ibni-ababa |
| 6 | _ugula e2_ sza _e2 ga2-gi4-a_ | foreman of the household of the storehouse |
| 7 | i-bi-{d}suen _dub-sar_ | Ibbi-Sîn, scribe |
| 8 | [... a]-na# er-re-szu-tim | ... for battle |
| 9 | [a-na _gu2]-un# a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for the talent for 1 year |
| 10 | [u2]-sze#-s,i2# | he brought out. |
| 11 | _u4 buru14-sze3#_ | at harvest time |
| 12 | _[a]-sza3#_ a-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi-i-szu# | the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 13 | [i]-sza#-ad-da-du-ma# | he will keep going, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(bur3)# GAN2-e 8(gur) sze gur#_ | 1 bur3 field area: 8 gur of barley |
| 2 | _gu2#-un a-sza3_-im | the yield of the field |
| 3 | _i3#-ag2#-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 4 | _giri3_ {d}utu-illat-su2 | via Šamaš-ilassu |
| 5 | u3 {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni | and Sin-išmeanni |
| 6 | _dumu-mesz e2-dub-ba#-a_ | the scribal apprentices |
| 7 | _[iti] bara2-za3-gar u4 1(u)?#-kam#_ | The month of Nisannu, the day 10 |
| 8 | [...] [...] _egir [...] [...] nun# gal-la_ | ... after ... ... the great prince |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ib-ni-{d}za-ba4#-[ba4] | Ibni-Zababa |
| 2 | _dub-sar_ | scribe |
| 3 | _dumu#_ du-ul-lu-qum# | son of Dulluqum |
| 4 | ARAD {d}na-bi-um _e2_ | servant of Nabium of the temple. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x bi | ... ... |
| 3 | [ARAD] {d}na-bi-[um] | servant of Nabium. |
Sources & licences
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