MHET 2/5, 697 (P510074)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 697 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510074 |
| Museum no. | BM 080362 |
| 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 | [...] _sar e2 du3-a {gesz}sag-[kul_] | ... a built-up house plot of sar, a threshing floor |
| 2 | [_{gesz}]ig#-mesz_ ku-un-nu-u2# | doors firmly secured |
| 3 | [_da] e2_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ {d}suen#-[...] | adjacent to the house of Ilšu-bani, son of Sîn- |
| 4 | u3 _da e2_ {d}suen-nu-ri _dumu-munus_ sin-e-ri-ba-am | and adjacent to the house of Sîn-nūrī daughter of Sin-eribam |
| 5 | _ki_ ma-ni-um _dumu_ a-da-ia | from Manium, son of Adaya |
| 6 | {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}utu | Sîn-iddinam, son of Nur-Šamaš |
| 7 | _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| 8 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | he paid back the silver. |
| 10 | _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_ | a threshing floor he crossed |
| 11 | _inim-bi al-til#_ | Its word is finished. |
| 12 | _u4-kur2-sze3_ lu2 lu2-ra_ | In the future, a man against another |
| 13 | _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_ | shall not make a claim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _mu#_ [... a]-pil#-{d}suen# [...] | year: “... Apil-Sîn, ... |
| 2 | u3 {iri}zimbir{ki} it#-mu#-u2# | and Sippar they heard |
| 3 | _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta _dumu_ sin-da-x | before Nur-kabta, son of Sin- |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-an-[ni] | before Sîn-išmeanni |
| 5 | _dumu_ {d}suen-re-[me-ni] | son of Sîn-remeni |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}en-lil2-ma-an-szum2 _dumu_ lu2#-[{d}nin]-szubur#-ka | in the presence of Enlil-manšum, son of Lu-Ninshubur. |
| 7 | _igi_ ma-ni-um _dumu_ u-bar-{d}nin-[...] x [...] | before Manium, son of Ubar-Nin- |
| 8 | _igi_ szu-{d}sza-x HU | before Šu-Ša... |
| 9 | _dumu_ bu-ri-ia | son of Buriya, |
| 10 | _igi_ sa3-ba-ia _dumu_ nu-ur2-isz8-tar2 | before Sabaya, son of Nur-Ištar |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | before Sîn-iddinam |
| 12 | _dumu_ [...]-ba-ni | son of ...-bani, |
| 13 | [...] x x [...] x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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