MHET 2/5, 604 (P509982)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 604 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509982 |
| Museum no. | BM 017336 |
| 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 | _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 a-sza3_ bi-nu-um | 1 eše3 3 iku field, meadow of Binum |
| 2 | i-ta _a-sza3_ s,i-ri-ha-tum | from the field Ṣirihatum |
| 3 | _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-ra-bi | daughter of Sîn-rabi |
| 4 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam a-sza3 dumu-me_ ip-qu2-sza | its first head: field, sons of Ipquša |
| 5 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam_ nam-ka-ar a#-ba-tum | Its second head is the namkar of Abatum. |
| 6 | sza a-wi-il-i3-li2 | belonging to Awil-ilī, |
| 7 | a-na geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus-a-ni_ | to Geme-Šamaš his daughter |
| 8 | i-di-nu-u2 | they gave. |
| 9 | a-di ba-al-t,a3-at _a-sza3_-sza i-ka-al# | as long as she lives her field he shall live. |
| 10 | ma-am-ma-an mi-im-ma x s,i [...] | Nobody ... anything |
| 11 | u2-ul i-ra-[ga-am] | shall not raise a claim |
| 12 | ah-hu-sza-ma ap-lu#-sza | her brothers and her brothers |
| 13 | _igi_ {d}suen-ba-ni _ugula lukur {d}utu_ | before Sîn-bani, foreman of the nadītu of Šamaš |
| 14 | _igi_ {d}utu-ta-ia-ar | before Šamaš-tayyar |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ li-bu#-ra sza# _ka2 ga2-gi-im_ | before Libūru of the gate of Gagim |
| 2 | _igi_ dingir [...] sza#? | before the god ... of? |
| 3 | _igi_ [...] sin-ba-ni | before ... Sin-bani |
| 4 | _igi_ x [...] | before ... ... |
| 5 | _igi_ a-[...] | before A-... |
| 6 | _dumu_ [...] | son of |
| 7 | _igi_ ma#? [...] | before ... ... |
| 8 | _dumu-munus_ [...] | daughter of ... |
| 9 | _igi_ i-din-{d}suen _dumu_ sa-mi-a ra AN? sin | before Iddin-Sîn son of Samiya |
| 10 | _igi_ {d}utu-sze-me _dumu_ na-bi-{d}utu | before Šamaš-šeme, son of Nabi-Utu |
| 11 | _igi_ sze-le-bu-um _dumu_ sin-re-me-ni | before Šelebum, son of Sin-remeni |
| 12 | _igi_ sin-ma-gir _dumu_ i-din-{d}mar-tu | before Sin-magir, son of Iddin-Amurru |
| 13 | _igi_ ($ blank space $) | before |
Sources & licences
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