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MHET 2/6, 899 (P510273)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 899 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510273 |
| Museum no. | BM 097409 |
| 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 | _a-sza3_ ma-la qa2-as-su2-nu | the field as much as their hands |
| 2 | i-ka-asz-sza-du | will achieve. |
| 3 | _a-gar3 gal_ | large meadow |
| 4 | i-ta _e_ a-ra-ma-tum | from the house of Aramatum |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ da-mi-iq-tum _lukur_ {d}utu | a good field, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 6 | _dumu-munus_ {d}na-bi-um-ma-lik | daughter of Nabium-mālik |
| 7 | szu-s,u2#-ut# lu2#-{d}iszkur#-ra _dumu_ i3-li2-[u2-sa]-ti | the šuṣūtu of Lu-Adad, son of Ili-usate |
| 8 | _ki_ lu2-{d}iszkur#-ra {disz}e-mu-qi2-dingir-szi-it-mar | from Lu-Adad, Emuqi-ilī-šitmar |
| 9 | {disz}lu2-{d}iszkur-ra | Lu-Adad, |
| 10 | u3 ARAD-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum | and Warad-Ulmaššitum |
| 11 | _dumu_ szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi | son of Sumum-libši, |
| 12 | _a-sza3_ a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _tab-ba_ | the field for oxen for trading |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _mu 3(disz)-kam_ | for 3 years |
| 2 | u2-sze-s,u-u2 | they shall bring out. |
| 3 | a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim ma-na-ah-tam | A man, as many as a man a sin |
| 4 | i-sza-ak-ka-nu-ma | shall place, and |
| 5 | _u4 buru14-sze_ | at the harvest time |
| 6 | _a-sza3_ a-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-i#-szu i-sza-ad-da-du#-[ma] | the field according to the wording of his sealed document he shall measure out and |
| 7 | _1(iku) GAN2-e 1(barig) sze {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu# | 1 iku field area, 1 barig barley, Šamaš's seah |
| 8 | i-na _ka2 ga2-gi4-a i3-ag2-e_ [...] | at the gate of the reed worker he shall measure out ... |
| 9 | i-na sza-lu-usz-tim sza-at-tim | in the middle of the year |
| 10 | _a-sza3_ a-na _gu2-un_ i-ir-ru#-ub | the field for a talent he shall enter |
| 11 | _igi_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am | before Sîn-erībam, descendant of Sin-iqišam |
| 12 | _igi_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _dumu_ a-x-x-numun | before Sîn-nādin-šumi, son of ...-zer |
| 13 | _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(disz)-kam_ | The month of Addarum, the day 1 |
| 14 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {d}lamma didli-a u6-di-da_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, the numerous protective deities, the marvels, |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-{d}iszkur-[ra] | Lu-Adad |
| 2 | _dumu_ i3-li2-u2-[sa-ti] | son of Ilī-usate |
| 3 | ARAD {d}iszkur | servant of Adad. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}lugal-ban3#?-[...] | Lugalban |
| 2 | ud? s,i ir na am | The storm(?) ... the wild bull |
| 3 | sza x li x [...] | of ... |
Sources & licences
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