MHET 2/6, 881 (P510256)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 881 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510256 |
| Museum no. | BM 097303 |
| 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 | _[...] GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na _a-gar3_ na-hi-isz-tum# | ... a field in the Nahishtum district |
| 2 | i#-ta# _a#-sza3#_ sin-i-din-nam _dumu_ ni-id-nu-[sza] | from the field of Sin-iddinam, son of Nidnusha |
| 3 | u3 i#-ta _a-sza3_ ah-hi-sza | and from the field of her brothers |
| 4 | _1(disz) sar# e2 ki-gal2_ i-na ki#-di-im | 1 sar, a storehouse in the courtyard |
| 5 | _da e2_ ni-id-nu-sza _nu-bar_ | adjacent to the house of Nidnuša, the bronzesmith |
| 6 | 2(disz) sar e2 i-na szu-ut-sipa | 2 sar, the house in Šutsipa |
| 7 | _da e2_ {d}utu-til-la-ti | adjacent to the house of Šamaš-tillati |
| 8 | u3 _da e2_ be-el-ta-ni _dumu-munus_ a#-hi#?-[...] | and next to the house of Bēltani, daughter of Ahi- |
| 9 | _1(disz) sag#-ARAD_ a-mur-gi-mil-{d}esz18-dar | 1 slave: Amur-gimilli-Ištar |
| 10 | _1(disz) sag-ARAD_ hu-ru-rum | 1 slave of Hururrum |
| 11 | a-di ba-al-t,a3-at i-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for life, for 1 year |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar-ta3-am3_ u3 _6(disz)# sila3# i3-gesz-ta-am3#_ | 1 shekel of silver and 6 sila3 of oil |
| 2 | i-na-ad-di-nu-szi-im-ma | they will give to her, and |
| 3 | ul-li-isz el-lu sza ra-ma-ni-szu-nu-ti | “It is pure for all of them. |
| 4 | _1(disz) sag-geme2_ esz18-dar-um-mi | 1 female slave, Ešdarummi |
| 5 | _1(disz) ab2 1(disz) {uruda}szen_ sza 3(ban2) | 1 cow, 1 copper kettle of 3 ban2 capacity |
| 6 | _1(disz) {na4}ur5# zi3#-gu# 1(disz) {na4}ur5 dabin_ | 1 bur5 of coarse flour, 1 bur4 of bran |
| 7 | [mi]-im-ma an-ni-im sza nu-rum | all this belonging to Nurum |
| 8 | a#-bu-sza u3 sza-da-tum um-ma-sza | her father and sister, her mother |
| 9 | a-na su2?-x?-gu#?-um _lukur_ {d}utu | to Su-x-gu’um, nadītu of Utu |
| 10 | ma-ar-ti-szu-nu id#-di#-nu-szi-im | their inheritance he gave to her |
| 11 | {disz}{d}utu-ba-ni# [u3] {disz}s,il2-li2-{d}esz18-dar | Šamaš-bani and Ṣillī-Ishtar |
| 12 | [ah]-hu-sza ap-lu-sza | her brothers and nephews |
| 13 | [_igi_] dingir-pi4-{d}a-a _igi_ sin-ba-ni | before Ilī-pî-Aya, before Sin-bani |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ dingir-x x ka _igi_ e-la-li _igi_ sin-a-hi-i-din-nam# | before Ili-..., before Elali, before Sin-ahi-iddinam |
| 2 | _igi_ [...] _igi_ x-e2-a _igi_ {d}utu-mu-ba-li2-it,# | Before ..., before ...ea, before Šamaš-muballiṭ |
| 3 | [...] a#-wi-il-{d}utu _mu bad3 ma2-ri2#{ki#}_ | ... Awīl-šamaš, year: “The wall of Mari |
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