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MHET 2/6, 896 (P510270)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 896 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510270 |
| Museum no. | BM 097164 |
| 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(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2-e_ | 1 eše3 3 iku field, meadow of 1 (eshe3) 3 [iku] field |
| 2 | _a-sza3_ ni-id-na-tum _dumu_ {d}suen-na-s,i-ir# | field Nidnatum, son of Sîn-nāṣir |
| 3 | _ki_ ni-id-na-tum _dumu_ {d}suen-na-s,i#-ir# | from Nidnatum son of Sîn-nāṣir |
| 4 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 5 | {disz}ba-szi-dingir _dumu_ {d}utu-ba-ni | Baši-il, son of Šamaš-bani |
| 6 | u3 id-da-tum _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,i#-[ir] | and Iddatum, son of Šamaš-nāṣir |
| 7 | _a-sza3_ a-na _nam-tab-ba_ | the field for trading |
| 8 | a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_ | for harvesting, as a talent |
| 9 | u2-sze-s,u2-u2 | they shall bring out. |
| 10 | ma-na-ah-tam a-wi-lum ma-la _lu2_ [...] | a claim against a man as much as the man ... |
| 11 | i-sza-ak-ka-nu-ma _a-sza3#?_ x [...] | they shall place, and the field ... ... |
| 12 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 13 | _1(iku) GAN2-e 3(barig) sze {gesz}ban2_ {d#}[utu] | 1 iku field, 3 barig barley (measured by) the seah of Shamash |
| 14 | _gu2#-un a-sza3# i3-ag2-e-mesz#_ | the yield of the field they will measure out. |
| 15 | u3# ma-na-ah-tam i-pa-lu#-ma# | and the debts will be cleared, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ba-szi-a-am# sze#-am# [mi-it-ha-ri-isz] | the barley was equal to its original amount |
| 2 | i-zu-uz-[zu] | they shall divide. |
| 3 | _igi_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu#_ {d}suen-e#-x x | before Bēlšunu, son of Sîn-e... |
| 4 | _igi_ a-pil2-i3-li2-szu# [...] _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | before Apil-ilīšu, son of Ilu-shubani |
| 5 | _igi_ a-ta-mu _dumu_ zimbir#[{ki}-...] | before Atamu, son of Sippar- |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}suen-na-din-szu-mi [...] | before Sîn-nādin-šumi |
| 7 | _iti gu4-[si-sa2] u4 1(disz)?-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 1 |
| 8 | _mu_ [am-mi]-di-ta-na _lugal-e mu gibil egir bad3 am-mi-di-ta-na{ki} _gu2 [{i7}]me-{d}en-lil2-ta bi2-in-du3-a_ | year: “Ammi-ditana, the king, a new year after the wall of Ammi-dintana on the bank of the Me-Enlil canal erected, |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | dingir asz kalam | god of the land, |
| 2 | im-mu-ud | he built. |
| 3 | x x | |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | kiszib3# sin-na-di-in-[szu-mi] | under seal of Sin-nadin-šumi |
Sources & licences
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