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MHET 2/6, 871 (P510247)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 871 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510247 |
| Museum no. | BM 097052 |
| 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 | _2(disz) 2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2 kislah_ | 2 2/3 sar 5 shekels: the house of the kislah; |
| 2 | _da e2_ {d}marduk-dingir _dumu_ nu-ri-ia# | adjacent to the house of Marduk-ilum, son of Nuriya |
| 3 | u3 _da e3-ki-u4_ sza {d}utu-mu-sza-lim | and beside the Ekiu of Šamaš-mušallim |
| 4 | sza {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am i-sza-mu | of Sîn-erībam he heard |
| 5 | _sag-bi sila egir-bi e2_ {d}marduk | its top in the street behind the temple of Marduk |
| 6 | u3 nu-ri-ia nu-ri-ia | “And my light, my light! |
| 7 | _e2 iri{ki}_ u3 ra-bi-a-nu-um | the temples of the city and of the chieftains |
| 8 | _ki_ a-wi-il-dingir ra-bi-a-nu u3 szi-bu-ut a-lim | from Awil-ilī the chief and witnesses of the city |
| 9 | {disz}{d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam | Sin-erībam, son of Sin-iddinam |
| 10 | _in-szi-in-sa10 sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | he bought, as its full price |
| 11 | _7(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na ri-ib-ba-at _{gi}dusu_ | 7 shekels of silver for the reed bundles |
| 12 | _e gibil_ sza ia-mu-<ut>-ba-lum{ki} | the new house of Yamu-cutbalum |
| 13 | _in-na-an-la2_ | he shall pay. |
| 14 | _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2-lu2-ra inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_ | In the future, no one will raise a claim against another. |
| 15 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk {d}be-el-s,ar-bi | year: “Šamaš, Marduk, Bēl-ṣarbi, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 sa-am-su2-i-lu-na _in-pa3-de3-mesz_ | and Samsu-iluna they swore |
| 2 | _igi_ i3-li2-u3-{d}utu _dumu_ e-ri-bu-um# | before Ilī-u-šamaš, son of Eribum |
| 3 | _igi_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib?-ni? | before Sîn-nādin-šumi, son of Ilu-shu-ibni(?) |
| 4 | _igi_ i3-li2-im-gur-ra-an-ni _dumu_ in-bu-sza | before Ilī-imguranni, son of Inbuša |
| 5 | _igi#_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dumu_ ab-di-ra#-ah# | before Rīš-Šamaše, son of Abdi-raḫ |
| 6 | _igi#_ a-pil-{d}iszkur ra-bi-a-nu | before Apil-Addu, the chief |
| 7 | _igi#_ i-din-ia-tum _igi_ dingir-ha-bil2 | before Iddin-yatum, before Ilī-habil |
| 8 | _igi_ sa-qu3-um _igi_ i-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ x-x-[...] | before Saqûm, before Ibbi-šamaš, son of ... |
| 9 | _igi#_ a-pil-ku-bi _igi_ {d}suen-re-me-ni | before Apil-kubi, before Sîn-rēmēli |
| 10 | _igi_ ha-bil2-i-nu-um _igi_ {d}utu-ni-szu x x | before Ḫabil-inum, before Šamaš-nišēzu |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}utu-ra-bi _igi_ i-s,i2-<na?>-bu-u2 _dumu_ x x x x ni-a? | before Šamaš-rabi, before Iṣi-nabû, son of ... |
| 12 | _igi_ u-bar-ri-ia _igi_ sza-al-li-lu-mur | before Ubarriya, before Šallilumur |
| 13 | _igi_ e-ri-ba-am _igi_ ni-id-na-at-sin | before Erībam, before Nidnatsin |
| 14 | _igi_ [...]-ma#-gir _igi_ ma-na-tum _dumu_ {d}bil-gi-[...] | before ...-magir, before Manatum, son of Bilgi- |
| 15 | [igi ...] x x [...] | before ... ... |
| 16 | _igi_ [...] x x ma [...] | Before ... ... |
| 17 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dub-sar_ | before Sîn-iddinam, scribe |
| 18 | _iti szu-numun-a u4 1(u)-kam_ | The month of Dumuzi, the day 10 |
| 19 | _mu u6-nir ki-tusz mah {d}za-ba4-ba4 {d}inanna-bi-da-ke4_ | the year (in which) the great residence of Zababa and Ištar |
| left | ||
| 1 | x 3(u) 5(disz) | 35, |
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