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MHET 2/6, 897 (P510271)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 897 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510271 |
| Museum no. | BM 097386 |
| 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 | _e2_ ma#-la ma-s,u2-[u2] | a house as much as there is |
| 2 | _e2_ {munus}il-ta-ni _lukur_ {d}utu# | the house of Iltani, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 3 | _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni | son of Ilšu-bani, |
| 4 | _ki_ {munus}il-ta-ni be-el-ti# [_e2_] | from Iltani, the lady of the house |
| 5 | {disz}be-el-ze-ri | Bel-zeri, |
| 6 | _dumu_ i-na-pa-le-e-szu | son of Ina-palêšu |
| 7 | _e2_ a-na _zu2-kesz2_ | a house for rent |
| 8 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for 1 year |
| 9 | u2-sze-s,i2 | he brought in. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _zu2-kesz2 mu 1(disz)-kam_-szu | the rent for 1 year |
| 2 | _1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1/2 shekel of silver |
| 3 | _i3#-la2#-e_ | he shall pay. |
| 4 | u2-ra-am i-se-er | he will return the money tenfold. |
| 5 | a-su2-ra-am u2-da-na-[an] | he shall renew. |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | before Šamaš and Aya |
| 7 | _iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 u4# [n-kam_] | extra month: 'Harvest,' nth day. |
| 8 | _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal#_ [...] bad3-da udinim{ki}-ke4# _<erin2>_ da-mi-iq-i3-[li2-szu ...] _<bi2>-in-du3-a i#-[in-gu-la_] | year: “Ammi-ditana, the king, ... the wall of Uruk, the cedar, Amiq-ilišu ... he built and he surpassed it. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ {munus}il-ta-ni | seal of Iltani |
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