MHET 2/6, 889 (P510264)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 889 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510264 |
| Museum no. | BM 097187 |
| 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(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2_ pi2-i pa-a-szi-im | 1 1/2 sar, the house of the opening of the pāšum gate |
| 2 | _da# e2 dumu-mesz_ dingir-szu-i-bi _ugula a-gar3_ | adjoining the house of the sons of Ilšu-ibi, foreman of the meadows |
| 3 | [u3] _da e2 dumu-mesz_ dingir-szu-i-bi-ma | and adjacent to the house of the sons of Ilšu-ibbi |
| 4 | _sag#-bi sila dagal_ {d}lugal-gu2-du8-a{ki} | its top on the broad street of Lugal-gudua |
| 5 | _egir#-bi e2_ si-bi-bu-um | after the house of Sibbībum |
| 6 | _1(disz) {na4}ur5 zi3-gu 1(disz) {na4}ur5 dabin_ | 1 bur5 of coarse flour, 1 bur4 of bran |
| 7 | _1(disz) {gesz}na2 2(disz) {gesz}gu-za_ | 1 bed, 2 chairs |
| 8 | mi-im-ma an-ni-i-im | all this |
| 9 | sza si-bi-bu-um a-bu-sza | of Sibbībum, her father |
| 10 | a-na el-me-esz-tum _lukur_ {d}marduk | to Elmeštum, nadītu of Marduk |
| 11 | ma-ar-ti-szu id-di-nu | he gave his inheritance. |
| 12 | ARAD-sa3 a-pil-sza | her servant Apilša |
| 13 | ah-hu-sza# | her brothers |
| 14 | u2-ul i-ra#-ag-mu-szi-im | shall not abandon her |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk | year: “Šamaš, Aya, Marduk, |
| 2 | u3 a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal_ it-mu-u2 | and Abī-ešuḫ the king heard |
| 3 | _igi_ an-pi4-sza _gudu4-abzu_ | before Apiša, gudu-priest |
| 4 | _dumu_ ma#-ru-szu-nu | son of Arušunu |
| 5 | _igi#_ [...]-tum# _dumu_ ARAD-e#-la-li | before ...tum, son of Warad-Elali |
| 6 | _igi_ [...]-ma? _dumu_ {d}suen-ga-mil | before ...-ma, son of Sîn-gamil |
| 7 | _igi_ pir-i-i3-li2-szu | before Pir-ilīšu |
| 8 | _dumu_ szu-up-szu-uq-a-li | son of Shu-upšuq-ali, |
| 9 | _igi_ sig-{d}a-a-kal-la-tim _dumu#_ qur#-ru-du | before Sîn-Aya-kallātum, son of Kurrudu |
| 10 | _igi#_ {d}utu-ba-ni _dumu_ dingir-ha-bil | before Šamaš-bani, son of Ilī-ḫabil |
| 11 | _igi#_ gi-mil-lum _dub-sar_ | before Gimillum, scribe |
| 12 | _iti apin-du8-a u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_ | The month of Arahsamna, the day 22 |
| 13 | _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e usu sza3-asz-gub {d}marduk-ka erin2 kalam esz3-nun-na{ki} ki-in-gub ta-szi-il{ki}-ka-ta me3-a nam-dugud-ba in-ne-szub-ba!_ | year: “Abī-ešuḫ, the king, the strength of the throne-bearer of Marduk, the troops of the country from Ešagnunna to Kingub of Tashil from battle a heavy burden fell upon them. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ma-ru-szu-nu | their ... |
| 2 | _gudu4 abzu_ | gudu priest of the Abzu |
| 3 | _dumu_ ARAD-{d}utu | son of Warad-Šamaš |
| 4 | ARAD {d}nin-pirig | servant of Ninpirig. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | ARAD-e-la-[li] | Warad-Elali |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}suen-ma?-[...] | son of Sin-ma- |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | x-dingir [...] | ...-dingir |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-[...] | son of A- |
| 3 | ARAD [...] | servant of . |
| seal 4 | ||
| 1 | si-bi-bu-um | Sibbībum, |
| seal 5 | ||
| 1 | sig-{d}a-a | Sîn-Aya, |
| seal 6 | ||
| 1 | {d}utu-ba-ni | for Utu-bani, |
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