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MHET 2/5, 708 (P510085)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/5, 708 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510085 |
| Museum no. | BM 080564 |
| 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' | [...] _kankal# a-gar3#_ [...] | ... the canal of the meadow ... |
| 2' | [i-ta] _a#-sza3# dumu-munus_ {d}utu-a-x x [...] | from the field of the daughter of Šamaš-a... |
| 3' | u3# i-ta _a-sza3_ lu2 x x | and from the field of ... |
| 4' | _sag#-bi 1(disz)-kam a-sza3_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | its first head: field Ilu-shubani; |
| 5' | _dumu_ asz-ku-du-um | son of Aškudum |
| 6' | [_a]-sza3#_ i-na-sza3-er-sze-et _lukur {d}utu_ | the field he shall cultivate, the nadītu of Šamaš |
| 7' | _dumu-munus_ {d}ak-an-da-di | daughter of Nanna-dādi |
| 8' | [_ki_] i-na-sza3-er-sze-et _lukur {d}utu_ | with Ina-ša-eršēt the naditu of Shamash |
| 9' | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 10' | {disz}szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi | Shumum-libši, |
| 11' | _dumu_ li-ip-ti-{d}iszkur | son of Lipti-Adad |
| 12' | _a-sza3_ a-na te-ep-ti-tim | a field for cultivation |
| 13' | a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_ | for 2 years |
| 14' | [u2]-sze-s,i2? | he brought out. |
| 15' | _u4#-buru14-sze3#_ | at harvest time |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] _sze# gur# {gesz}[ban2 {d}utu_] | ... barley, ban2 of Šamaš |
| 2 | [i-na ...] _ga2-gi4-a{ki}_ [i-ma-ad-da]-du-ma | in ... of Gagia they shall measure out, and |
| 3 | [...] x sza3 x x [i-ma-ad-da]-du-ma | ... they will measure out ... and |
| 4 | [i-na] sza-lu-us-tim sza-[at-tim] | in the middle of the year |
| 5 | a-na [_gu2]-un#_ i-ru-ub-bi | for the talents he shall enter |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}utu#-szu-mu-<un>-dib _di-ku5 dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni | before Utu-šumu-undib, judge, son of Ilu-shu-ibni |
| 7 | _igi_ e-t,i-rum _dumu_ a-wi-li-ia | before Etirum, son of Awīliya |
| 8 | _igi_ e-t,i-rum _dumu_ e2-sag-il2-ma-an-szum2 | before Eṭirum, son of Esagil-manšum |
| 9 | _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni _dumu_ be-li2-ia-tum | before Ilšu-ibni, son of Bēlīyatum |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [{d}utu-szu-mu]-un-[dib] | Utu-šumu-dib |
| 2 | _dumu#_ dingir-szu#-ib#-ni | son of Ilšu-ibni |
| 3 | [...] | |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | dingir-szu-[...] | Ilu-šu- |
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