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MHET 2/6, 916 (P510290)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/6, 916 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510290 |
| Museum no. | BM 097265 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) GAN2 a-sza3#_ | 1 eše3 field area |
| 2 | _a-gar3__ ba-x-[...] tum# | the meadow ... ... |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ i3-li2-im-gur-an-ni# | field Ilī-imguranni |
| 4 | _dumu_ dumu-u4-2(u)-kam | son of the two-year-old |
| 5 | _ki_ i3-li2-im-gur-an-ni [...] | from Ilī-imguranni ... |
| 6 | be-el _a-sza3#_ | the owner of the field |
| 7 | {disz}ARAD-{d}szu-nir _ugula gidri dumu_ ARAD-ku#-bi | Arad-Šunir, overseer of the scepter, son of Arad-Kubi |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 9 | [a]-na# gu2-un a-na mu 1(disz)-kam | for the talents for 1 year |
| 10 | [ib2]-ta#-e3-a | went out |
| 11 | [u4] buru14-sze3# | at harvest time |
| 12 | [a-sza3 a]-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi-szu# | the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 13 | [i]-sza-ad-da-du#-ma | he shall roam around, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_1(bur3)] GAN2-e 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2 {d#}[utu_] | 1 bur3 field area: 8 gur barley (measured by) the ban2 of Shamash |
| 2 | _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e_ | the yield of the field he shall measure out. |
| 3 | i-na _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu | from the yield of his field |
| 4 | _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir | 1 shekel of silver he received. |
| 5 | _igi_ qi2-isz-ti-i3-li2-ia! _ugula gidri_ | before Qišti-iliya, foreman of the scepter |
| 6 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am _ugula gidri_ x x [...] | before Sîn-iqīšam, overseer of the scepter |
| 7 | _igi_ ta-ri-bu _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni | before Taribu, son of Ilšu-ibni |
| 8 | _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 [n-kam_] | Month of Nisannu, day n. |
| 9 | [_mu_] am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-[...] [alan]-a-ni du10-bi i3-musz3-[a_ ...] | Year: Ammi-shaduqa, king of ..., his good statue Imush ... |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am | seal of Sin-iqišam, |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ ta-ri-bu | seal of Taribu |
Sources & licences
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