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MHET 2/5, 702 (P510079)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 702 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510079 |
| Museum no. | BM 080458 |
| 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) 1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 1 eše 1 iku field, furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2-e | a field of 1 eše3 3 iku, |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ i-na-sza3-er-sze-et _lukur {d}utu#_ | the field he shall cultivate, the nadītu of Šamaš |
| 4 | _dumu-munus_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu | daughter of Warad-ilišu |
| 5 | _ki_ i-na-sza3-er-sze#-et# _lukur {d}utu_ | from Ina-ša-eršēt the naditu of Shamash |
| 6 | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 7 | {disz}dingir-szu-ib-ni _sanga {d}utu_ | Ilu-šū-ibni, sanga priest of Šamaše |
| 8 | _a#-sza3#_-am a-na# er-re-szu-tim# | a field for cultivation |
| 9 | a#-na# _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam#_ | for the oxen for 1 year |
| 10 | a-na _mu-e bala?_ | to the year of the bala(?) |
| 11 | u2-sze-s,i | he brought in. |
| 12 | _u4-buru14-sze_ | at the harvest time |
| 13 | _1(bur3) GAN2 1(u) 2(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2# {d}utu#_ | 1 bur3 surface area, 12 gur of barley, (measured) by the ban2 of Šamaš |
| 14 | i-na _ka2 ga2-gi4-a_ | at the gate of the granary |
| 15 | _i3-ag2-e_ | he shall pay. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-sza | from the yield of her field |
| 2 | _2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-ah-ra-at | 2 shekels of silver are received. |
| 3 | _3(disz) ezem-hi-a 2(ban2) kasz-ta-am3_ | 3 festivals, 2 ban2 of beer each |
| 4 | _5(disz) sila3 ninda-ta u3 1(disz) uzu-ta_ | 5 sila3 bread and 1 meat each |
| 5 | i-pa-aq-qi2-is-si2 | he shall replace her. |
| 6 | _igi_ a-wi-il-{d}suen _ugula lukur-mesz {d}utu_ | before Awīl-Sîn, foreman of naditu-priests of Šamaš |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}iszkur-szar-i3-li2 | before Adad-šar-ilī |
| 8 | _igi_ i-na-pa-le-szu _i3-du8 ka2 ga2-gi4-a_ | before Ina-palêšu, doorkeeper of the gate of Gagia |
| 9 | _iti# x-x-a u4 2(u) 1(disz)?-kam_ | month ..., 21st? day |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | dingir-szu-ib-ni | Ilu-šu-ibni, |
| 2 | _sanga {d}[utu_] | sanga priest of Shamash |
| 3 | _dumu_ {d}suen#-[i-qi2-sza-am] | son of Sîn-iqišam |
| 4 | [_ARAD_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2] | servant of Ammī-shaduqa. |
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