MHET 2/6, 854 (P510230)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | MHET 2/6, 854 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510230 |
| Museum no. | BM 097051 |
| 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(disz) 5/6(disz) sar 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2 ki-gal2_ | 3 5/6 sar 3 1/3 shekels, the storehouse; |
| 2 | _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ li-pi2-it-esz18-dar | adjacent to the house of Geme-Šamaš, daughter of Lipit-Išar |
| 3 | u3 _da e2_ {d}nanna-tum _lu2_ sza-ad-la-asz2{ki} | and next to the house of Nannatum, man of Šadlaš |
| 4 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma sila_ {d}bu-ne2-ne2 | Its first head is the street Bunene |
| 5 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma e2_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur_ {d}utu | Its second head is the house of Geme-Šamaš, nadītu of Šadâm. |
| 6 | _dumu-munus_ li-pi2-it-esz18-dar | daughter of Lipit-Ištar |
| 7 | _ki_ ru-ut-tum _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ ha-ia-ab-sza-tum | from Ruttu nadītu of Šamaš daughter of Ḫayabšati |
| 8 | {disz}sza-at-{d}a-a _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ ha-li-iu-um | Shat-Aya, nadītu of Šamaš, daughter of Halium |
| 9 | i-na sza-wi-ri-sza _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought from her. |
| 10 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 11 | _1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 9(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | 1 2/3 minas 9 shekels of silver he paid. |
| 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 |
| 14 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, |
| 15 | u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal-e_ | and Hammurapi, the king |
| 16 | _in-pa3-de3-esz_ | they have sworn |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi_ {d}nanna-tum _ugula lukur_ {d}utu | before Nanna-tum, foreman of the nadītu of Šamaš |
| 2 | _igi_ inim-{d}nanna#-i3-gin7 _dumu_ s,i2-li-lum | before Inim-Nanna-igin, son of Ṣillīlum |
| 3 | _igi_ i-din-er3-ra _dumu_ ta-pi2-ge-ri-{d}utu | before Iddin-Erra, son of Tapigēri-šamaš |
| 4 | _igi_ sig-an-tum _dumu_ isz-me-{d}suen | before Sîn-antum, son of Išme-Sin |
| 5 | _igi_ e-la-li _igi_ ARAD-sa3 | before Elali, before her servant |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}suen-szesz-i-din-nam _igi_ {d}nanna-tum _i3-du8_ sza ga-gi-im | before Sîn-aḫē-iddinam, before Nanna-tum, gatekeeper of the chariotry. |
| 8 | _igi_ a-wi-il-{d}iszkur _dumu_ {d}nin-gu-la-ba-la-su2 | before Awīl-Adad, son of Ningulabalasu |
| 9 | _igi_ ni-id-na-at-sin _dumu_ {d}utu-ga-mil | before Nidnat-sin, son of Šamaš-gamil |
| 10 | _igi_ ni-id-na-at-sin _dumu_ i3-li2-i-din-nam | before Nidnat-sin, son of Ilī-iddinam |
| 11 | _igi_ ar-ni-u2-ul-i-di _dumu_ {d}utu#-na#-s,ir | before Anu-ul-idi son of Šamaš-nāṣir |
| 12 | _igi_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ {d}suen-be-el-i3-li2 | before Belšunu, son of Sîn-bēl-ili |
| 13 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}en-lil2-a-bi | before Sîn-iddinam, son of Enlil-abi |
| 14 | _iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u)-kam_ | The month of Abu, the day 10 |
| 15 | _mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal-e i7_ nu-hu-usz-ni-szi _ba-ba-al_ | year: “Ḫammurapi, the king, the canal Nuhušniši drew, |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.