MHET 2/5, 609 (P509987)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 609 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509987 |
| Museum no. | BM 017378 |
| 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_ i-na _bala-ri#_ | 1 eše3 3 iku field in the bala |
| 2 | i-na me-ri-ga-at | with a pole |
| 3 | i-ta _a-sza3 dumu-munus_ {d}iszkur-i-din-nam | adjacent to the field of the daughter of Adad-iddinam |
| 4 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _szesz_ | and adjacent to the field of Sîn-iddinam, brother |
| 5 | sza e-ri-ba-i3-li2 | belonging to Erība-ili, |
| 6 | _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na _a-gar3 bala-ri_ | 3 iku of field in the irrigated meadow |
| 7 | i-na me-ri-ga-at{ki} | in Merigat |
| 8 | i-ta _a-sza3_ e-ri-ba-i3-li2 | from the field of Erība-ili |
| 9 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3 dumu-munus_ za-ki-ri-im | and adjacent to the field of the daughter of Zakirum |
| 10 | sza {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam _szesz_ | of Sîn-iddinam, the brother |
| 11 | _szu-nigin2 2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ | total: 2 eše3 field area |
| 12 | i-na me-ri-ga-at | with a pole |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma {i7}7(disz)-sila3_ | Its top is the 1st. The Euphrates |
| 2 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma kaskal_ | Its second head is the road. |
| 3 | _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ hu-up-tum | 3 iku of field Huptum, |
| 4 | i-na _ka2_ me-ri-ga-at{ki} | at the gate of Merigat |
| 5 | i-ta _a-sza3_ {d}utu-na-s,ir x | from the field Šamaš-nāṣir |
| 6 | _dumu_ i-zi-da-re-e | son of Izidarê |
| 7 | u3 i-ta i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen# | and from Ikūn-pî-Si’an |
| 8 | _dumu_ {d}suen-ta-ia-ar | son of Sîn-tayyar |
| 9 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}utu-illat nu ba? | Its first head was Sîn-iddinam, son of Šamaš-tillati |
| 10 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam_ {d}utu-na-s,ir | Its second head is Šamaš-nāṣir. |
| 11 | _dumu_ i-zi#-da-re-e | son of Izidarê |
| 12 | u3 _a-sza3_ dingir-szu-ib-bi | and the field Ilu-šu-ibbi |
| 13 | _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | son of Sîn-iddinam |
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