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MHET 2/6, 908 (P510282)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 908 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510282 |
| Museum no. | BM 097140 |
| 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 ab-sin2_ | 1 eše3 3 iku field, furrow |
| 2 | _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 kankal_ | 1 eše3 3 iku field, open field |
| 3 | _1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 sza3 2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 sze-gi6_ | 1 bur3 field area: field of 2 bur3, black meadow; |
| 4 | _a-sza3_ ARAD-{d}marduk _dumu_ sze-le-bu-um | field of Warad-Marduk, son of Šelebum |
| 5 | _ki_ ARAD-{d}marduk _dumu_ sze-le-bu-um | from Warad-Marduk son of Šelebum |
| 6 | be-el _a-sza3_ | the owner of the field |
| 7 | {disz}dingir-szu-ib-ni _dumu_ qa3-aq-qa2-di | Ilu-šū-ibni, son of Qaqqadi |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 9 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_ | for the oxen for 2 years |
| 10 | u2-sze-s,i | he brought in. |
| 11 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 12 | _a-sza3_ pi2-i! szu-ul-pi2-szu | field of the mouth of Šulpišu |
| 13 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| 14 | sza _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | of 1 eše3 3 iku field, furrow |
| 15 | _1(bur3) GAN2 1(disz)-e 8(asz) sze gur_ | 1 bur3 surface area, 1 gur 8 gur of barley |
| 16 | sza _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 kankal_ | of 1 eše3 3 iku of field Kankal, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(iku) GAN2 1(disz)-e 1(barig) sze_ | 1 iku surface area at 1 pānum each, 1 barig barley |
| 2 | _gu2-un a-sza3_-im _i3-ag2-e_ | the yield of the field he shall measure out. |
| 3 | a-di _kankal_ i-pe2-et-tu-u2 | as far as the border they crossed |
| 4 | _ab-sin2_ i-ik-ka-al | the furrow he shall weigh out. |
| 5 | i-na sza-lu-usz-tim sza-at-tim | in the middle of the year |
| 6 | _a-sza3_ a-na _gu2-un_ i-ir-ru-ub | the field for a talent he shall enter |
| 7 | i-na li-ib-bu _gu2-un a-sza3_-szu | from the interest of his field |
| 8 | _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | 1 shekel of silver he received. |
| 9 | _igi_ dumu-u4-2(u)-kam _ugula mar-tu_ | before the two-year-old, overseer of Amurru |
| 10 | _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni _ugula gidri dumu_ i-na-pa-le-szu | before Ilshu-ibni, overseer of the scepter, son of Ina-palêšu |
| 11 | _igi_ ARAD-{d}marduk _ugula gidri elam-ma e2-gal_ | before Warad-Marduk, foreman of the scepter of Elam, palace |
| 12 | _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 5(disz)-kam_ | The month of Nisannu, the day 5 |
| 13 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan-a-ni szu-silim-ma ab-di-di-a {d}za-ba4-ba4 {d}inanna bi-da-asz e2-me-te-ur-sag in-ne-en-ku4-ra#_ | the year in which Ammī-ṣaduqa the king his statue of himself he erected. Zababa and Ištar he brought into the Emeteursag. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [{d}]na-bi-[um] | Nabium |
| 2 | [_dub]-sar#_ e2-sag-[ila2] | scribe of Esagila. |
| 3 | [na] di? in | na di(?) in |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | dingir-szu-[ib-ni] | Ilum-šu-ibni |
| 2 | _dumu_ qa3-[aq-qa2-di] | son of Qaqqadi |
| 3 | ARAD am-mi#-[s,a-du-qa2] | servant of Ammi-ṣaduqa. |
| seal 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] lu2 dingir x [...] | ... the one of the god ... |
| 2 | [_dumu_] an-pi4-[...] | son of An-pi- |
| 3 | [ARAD] {d}[...] | servant of |
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