MHET 2/5, 605 (P509983)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 605 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509983 |
| Museum no. | BM 017343 |
| 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 | [_5(disz)?] sar a-sza3_ x | 5? sar field |
| 2 | i-na _bala-ri_ {i7}ir-ni-na | in the bala of the Irnina canal |
| 3 | i-ta _a-sza3_ ar-wi-um | from the field Arwīm |
| 4 | u3 i-ta _u2-sal_ {i7}ir-ni-na | and from the meadow of the Irnina River |
| 5 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ du-nu-um sza puzur4-sin | Its top is the 1st tablet of Dunum of Puzur-sin. |
| 6 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam a-sza3_ nu-ur2-{d}utu | its second head: field Nur-Šamaš |
| 7 | _ki_ sin-a-sza-re-ed | from Sin-ašared |
| 8 | u3 ur-{d}szu-bu-la-nu-ur2?-{d}utu | and Ur-Šubula-nur-Utu |
| 9 | {disz}i-ku-un-pi2-sin | Ikūn-pisin |
| 10 | _dumu_ sin-ta-ia-ar | son of Sin-tayyar |
| 11 | _in#-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 12 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-la2_ | 1 shekel of silver he paid. |
| 2 | _sza3-ga-ni al-du10_ | his heart is good |
| 3 | _inim-bi al-til_ | Its word is finished. |
| 4 | _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra inim nu-ga2_ | In the future a man against another man will not raise a claim |
| 5 | _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | before Ilšu-bani |
| 6 | _igi_ sin-re-me-ni | before Sin-remeni |
| 7 | _igi_ sig-dingir-szu | before Sîn-ilīšu |
| 8 | _igi_ i-din-e2-a | before Iddin-Ea |
| 9 | _mu# {gesz}gu-za AL | year: “The throne was erected. |
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