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MHET 2/5, 598 (P509976)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 598 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509976 |
| Museum no. | BM 017152 |
| 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 | _1/2(disz) sar e2 da_ nu-ur2-{d}utu_ | 1/2 sar, the house next to Nur-Šamaš |
| 2 | _ki_ zu-ur-zu-ru-um | from Zurzurum |
| 3 | u3 a-za-tum _ama-ni_ | and the wife of his mother |
| 4 | nu-ur2-{d}utu | Nur-Šamaš |
| 5 | _in-szi-sa10_ | bought. |
| 6 | _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_ | as his purchase price |
| 7 | [_ku3]-babbar in-na-la2_ | he paid the silver. |
| 8 | [...] x ga? ba-an-du10#?_ | ... sweetened |
| 9 | [_{gesz}]gan-na ib2-ta-bala#_ | a threshing floor has changed |
| 10 | _inim-bi al-til_ | Its word is finished. |
| 11 | _u4-kur2 lu2-lu2_ | the day of a man |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_inim] mu-un-gi4-gi4-dam#_ | he will return the word. |
| 2 | _mu_ {d}utu u3 {d}marduk# | the year (in which) Šamaš and Marduk |
| 3 | _in-pa3-de#-[esz_] | they have chosen. |
| 4 | _igi_ bu-di-ia [...] | before Budiya ... |
| 5 | _igi_ li-lum _dumu_ x [...] | before Lilum, son of ... |
| 6 | _igi_ ar-wi-um# _dumu_ x x x | before Awīm, son of ... |
| 7 | _igi_ zi-kur-i | before Zikur̂ |
| 8 | _igi_ t,a3-ab-gi6?-{d}utu | before Tabgi-šamaš |
| 9 | _dumu_ t,a3#-ab-{d}iszkur#? | son of Ṭab-Adad |
| 10 | _igi_ a-ba-{d}nanna-gin7 | before Aba-Nanna, |
| 11 | _dub-sar_ | scribe |
Sources & licences
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