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BDHP 16 (P510397)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BDHP 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510397 |
| Museum no. | BM 080332 |
| 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) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_ | 1 eše3 field area: furrow |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ bu-sza | irrigated meadow |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ ib-ni-{d}sze-rum _aga-us2_ | field of Ibni-Šerum, soldier |
| 4 | _sza3 erin2_ isz-me-{d}iszkur | from the troops of Išme-Adad |
| 5 | _ki_ ib-ni-{d}sze-rum be-el _a-sza3_ | from Ibni-Šerum, owner of the field |
| 6 | {disz}dumu-u4-2(u)-kam _ugula mar-tu_ | Dumuzi, foreman of Amurru |
| 7 | u3 a-lu-u2 _dumu_ ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum! | and Alû, son of Ipqu-annunitu |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 9 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _tab-ba_ | for the oxen for the team |
| 10 | a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam ib2-ta-e3-mesz_ | for 1 year he shall have it returned. |
| 11 | a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim | A man as much as a man |
| 12 | ma-na-ah-tam a-na _a-sza3_ | a deficit to the field |
| 13 | i-sza-ak-ka-nu | they shall place |
| 14 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 15 | _a-sza3_ a-na pi2 szu-ul-pi2-szu | the field according to the wording of his sealed document |
| 16 | i-sza-ad-da-du-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(bur3) 1(disz)-e 6(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 1 bur3 1 gur 6 gur barley (measured by) the ban2 of Šamaš |
| 2 | _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e-mesz_ | the yield of the field he shall measure out |
| 3 | u3 ma-na-ah-ta-szu-nu i-pa-lu-ma | and their debts they shall clear, and |
| 4 | sze-am ba-szi-a-am | barley rations |
| 5 | mi-it-ha-ri-isz i-zu-zu | they divided equally. |
| 6 | _igi_ tam-la-tum _lu2 abul dumu_ be-el-szu-nu | before Tamlātum, the man of the gate, son of their owner |
| 7 | _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni | before Sin-iddinam, son of Sin-išmeanni |
| 8 | _iti_ NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_ | The month of Abu, the 14th day |
| 9 | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda}du8 mah x gal-gal-la_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, the great ... copper door |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ib#-ni-{d}[...] | Ibni- |
| 2 | dumu e-tel-pi4#-[...] | son of Etel-pi- |
| 3 | ARAD# {d}[...] | servant of |
| 1' | _kiszib3_ dumu-u4-2(u)-kam | Seal of a 20th year. |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ tam-la-tum | Seal of Tamlatum |
| 2 | _kiszib3_ sin-i-din-nam | Seal of Sin-iddinam |
Sources & licences
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