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MHET 2/6, 855 (P510231)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 855 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510231 |
| Museum no. | BM 097260 |
| 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 | _1/2(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ | a built house plot of 1/2 sar |
| 2 | _da e2_ {d}mar-tu | adjacent to the house of Amurru |
| 3 | u3 _e2_ ku!-ru-um _dumu_ {d}utu-dingir | and the house of Kurum, son of Šamaš-ilī |
| 4 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam sila dagal-la_ | Its width is 1 sila. |
| 5 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam dumu-munus_ na-ra-am-dingir-szu _lukur_ {d}utu | Its second head is the daughter of Naram-ilišu, nadītu of Utu. |
| 6 | mu-s,u-szu2 a-na _sila dagal-la_ us,-s,i2 | his sleep to the wide street he went out. |
| 7 | _ha-la_ {d}nanna-tum _dumu_ utu-a-bu-ni | share of Nannatum son of Utu-abuni |
| 8 | sza _ki_ {d}nanna-tum | which with Nanna-tum |
| 9 | {disz}ARAD-ku-bi i-sza-mu | Urad-Kūbe will listen. |
| 10 | _ki_ ARAD-ku-bi _dumu_ i3-li2-ma-a-bi | from Warad-Kūbi, son of Ili-ma-abi |
| 11 | {disz}i-na-li-ib-bi-er-sze-et _lukur_ {d}utu | Ina-libbi-eršet, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 12 | _dumu_ {d}szakkan2-na-s,ir | son of Šakkan-naṣir |
| 13 | i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza | from her silver ring |
| 14 | _in-szi-in-sa10_ | he bought. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 2 | _3(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | he paid 3 2/3 shekels of silver. |
| 3 | ($ erased line $) | (erased line) |
| 4 | _sza3-ga-ni al-du10_ | his heart is good |
| 5 | _inim-bi al-til_ | Its word is finished. |
| 6 | _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_ | In the future, a man against another |
| 7 | _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_ | shall not make a claim |
| 8 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 it-mu-u2 | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, and Hammurapi heard (this). |
| 9 | _igi_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dumu_ im-gur-akszak{ki} | before Rīš-Šamaše, son of Imgur-akszak |
| 10 | _igi_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu | before Bēlšunu, son of Nabi-ilīku |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}utu-ha-s,ir _dumu_ si2-ia-tum | before Šamaš-haṣir, son of Siyatum |
| 12 | _igi_ dingir-ra-bi u3 {d}utu-sza-tum _sanga_ {d}mar-tu | before Ilī-rabi and Šamaš-šati, sanga priest of Amurru |
| 14 | _igi_ {d}utu-nu-ur2-bar-ra _sanga_ {d}utu | before Šamaš-nūr-bara, sanga priest of Utu |
| 15 | _igi_ e-ri-ib-sin | before Erībsin |
| 16 | _igi_ {d}utu-s,il2-li2 _dumu_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu | before Šamaš-ṣillī, son of Warad-Amurrum |
| 17 | _igi_ szu-mi-er-s,e-tim _dub-sar_ | before Šumi-ershetim, scribe |
| 18 | _iti sig4-a_ | month: "Bricks." |
| 19 | _mu bu-ru-un-da_ | year: “Burunda. (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) |
Sources & licences
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