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MHET 2/5, 670 (P510047)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 670 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510047 |
| Museum no. | BM 079064 |
| 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 | _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2#_ | 3 iku of furrow field |
| 2 | _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 kankal_ | a field of 3 ikû |
| 3 | ($ blank space $) _1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ | 1 eše3 field area |
| 4 | _a-gar3_ bu-ul-la{ki} | the meadow of Bulla |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ gi-mil-{d}marduk _dub-sar za3-ga#_ | field of Gimil-Marduk, scribe of the left |
| 6 | _dumu_ {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir | son of Marduk-naṣir |
| 7 | _ki_ gi-mil-{d}marduk _dub-sar za3-ga#_ | from Gimil-Marduk, the scribe of the shoulder. |
| 8 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 9 | {disz}{d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _di-ku5_ | Marduk-mušallim, judge |
| 10 | _dumu_ ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum | son of Ipqu-annunitu, |
| 11 | a-na er-re-szu-tim ki-ma te-ep-ti#-[tim] | for the errû-laments like a tēptu-lament |
| 12 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_ | for the oxen for 2 years |
| 13 | _ib2-ta-e3-a_ | went out |
| 14 | _u4-buru14-sze3 a-sza3_ i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | at harvest time the field he shall cultivate, and |
| 15 | sza _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | of 3 iku field, furrow |
| 16 | ki-ma i-mi-it-ti-szu | like his brother |
| 17 | u3# szu#-me-li-szu | and Šumēlīša |
| 18 | sza _3(iku) a-sza3 kankal_ | of 3 iku of the field Kankal |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(iku)-e 1(barig) sze i3-ag2-e_ | 1 ikû 1 barig of barley he shall measure out |
| 2 | [a-di] _a#-sza3# kankal#_ u2#-pa#-at#-tu-u2 | as far as the field of the canal they shall clear. |
| 3 | [_a-sza3 ab]-sin2#_ i-na# [qa2-ti-szu-nu] | a field of furrow in their hands |
| 4 | [i-na sza]-lu-usz-tim# [sza-at-tim] | in the middle of the year |
| 5 | [a-na] _gu2-un_ i-ir-ru#-[ub] | for a talent he shall enter |
| 6 | [_sza3-ba] gu2-un a-sza3_-[szu] | therefrom: the yield of his field. |
| 7 | [... ku3]-babbar#_ ma-hi-ir# | ... he received the silver. |
| 8 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| top | ||
| 1 | [...] zi x [...] | ... true |
Sources & licences
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