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MHET 2/5, 579 (P509957)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 579 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509957 |
| Museum no. | BM 016783 |
| 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 field, furrow |
| 2 | _sza3 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ | from 1 eše3 3 iku field |
| 3 | i-na ta-wi-ir-tim | in battle |
| 4 | i-ta {i7}ir-ni-na | from the Irnina canal |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ ri-isz-{d}marduk _dumu dumu-u4-2(u)-kam_ | field of Rīš-Marduk, son of the two-year-old |
| 6 | _ki_ ri-isz-{d}marduk _dumu_ dumu-u4-2(u)-kam_ | from Rīš-Marduk, son of the two-year-old |
| 7 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 8 | {disz}ab-du-isz-ta-ra su-ga-gu | Abdu-ištara, the sagagu |
| 9 | u3 gi-mil-{d}marduk _dumu_ s,il2-li2-{d}utu | and Gimil-Marduk, son of Ṣillī-šamaš |
| 10 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 11 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _tab-ba_ | for the oxen for the team |
| 12 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam ib2-ta-e3-mesz_ | for 1 year he shall have it returned. |
| 13 | a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim | A man as much as a man |
| 14 | ma-na-ah-tam i#-sza#-ak#-ka#-nu# | they will place a tribute. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4-buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 2 | _a-sza3_ a-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-szu | the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 3 | i-sza-ad-<da>-du#-ma# | he shall measure out, and |
| 4 | _1(bur3) GAN2 1(disz)-e 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2 {d}utu_ | 1 bur3 surface area, 1 gur 8 gur barley, (measured) by the ban2 of Šamaš |
| 5 | _gu2-un a-sza3_-im i3-ag2-e-mesz_ | the yield of the field he shall measure out. |
| 6 | u3 ma-na-ah-ta-su-nu i-ip-pa-lu-ma# | and their debts they shall clear, and |
| 7 | sze-am ba-szi-a-am | barley rations |
| 8 | mi-it-ha-ri-isz i-zu-uz-zu# | they divided equally. |
| 9 | _sza gu2-un a-sza3_-szu _1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | of the talent of his field 1/2 shekel of silver he received. |
| 10 | _igi_ a-ta-na-ah-i3-li2 _dumu_ s,il2-li2-{d}utu | before Atanaḫ-ilī, son of Ṣilli-šamaš |
| 11 | _igi_ qi2-sza-tum _dumu_ i3-li2-e-ri-ba-am | before Qišatum, son of Ilī-eribam |
| 12 | _igi_ dingir-pi4-sza _dumu_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, | before Ilī-piša, son of Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 13 | _igi_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_ | before Sîn-erībam, son of the scribal school |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [a]-ta#-na-ah-dingir# | Atanah-ilum |
| 2 | [_dumu_] s,il2-li2-{d}[utu] | son of Ṣilli-Šamaš |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | gi?-mil?-{d}[...] | Gimil- |
| 2 | _dumu_ i3-li2-e-ri-[ba-am] | son of Ilī-eribam |
| 3 | ARAD {d}[...] | servant of |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib_ ab-du-isz-ta-ra | Seal of Abdu-ištara |
Sources & licences
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