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MHET 2/5, 626 (P510004)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 626 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510004 |
| Museum no. | BM 017493 |
| 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) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ bu-sza | 1 eše3 field, meadow of Buša; |
| 2 | i-ta _a-sza3_ na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ im-gur#-{d}suen | from the field Naram-ilišu son of Imgur-Sîn |
| 3 | u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | and adjacent to the field of Sîn-eribam son of Ilšu-bani |
| 4 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma_ _i7_ qa2-ab-li-tum | Its first head is the Qablītum canal. |
| 5 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma_ nu-ur2-ku-bi | Its second head is Nūr-Kubi. |
| 6 | _ki_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | from Sîn-eribam son of Ilšu-bani |
| 7 | {disz}a-ha-ta-ni _lukur {d}utu_ | Ahatani, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 8 | _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | daughter of Sîn-iqišam, |
| 9 | _in-szi-in-sa10 sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | he bought, as its full price |
| 10 | me-he-er t,up-pi2 szu-ur-de-e la-bi-ru | A copy of the old šurdē tablet. |
| 11 | sza# a-na {d}inanna-ma-an-szum2 _gala-mah_ | which to Ištar-manṣum the chief lamentation-priest |
| 12 | [...]-na#-ad-nu | ...-nadnu |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | {disz}i#-bi#-{d}szakkan2 {disz}{d}utu-en-lil2-i3-li2 | Ibbi-Šakkan, Utu-Enlil-ili |
| 2' | _dumu-mesz_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | sons of Ilšu-bani |
| 3' | u3 a-bu-um-wa-qar _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | and Abum-waqar, son of Sîn-iddinam |
| 4' | {disz}{d}inanna-ma-an-szum2 _gala-mah_ | Inanna-manšum, chief lamentation priest |
| 5' | _in-szi-in-sa10 sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | he bought, as its full price |
| 6' | _2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 2/3 mina 5 shekels of silver |
| 7' | _in-na-an-la2_ | he shall pay. |
Sources & licences
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