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BDHP 28 (P510408)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BDHP 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510408 |
| Museum no. | BM 080240 |
| 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 | _5(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ | 5 bur3 field |
| 2 | _a-gar3_ ku-pa-at | the meadow of Kupat |
| 3 | _sza3_ er-s,e-et iri sza3-gu4*{ki} | in the middle of the city of Šagu |
| 4 | _us2-sa-du a-sza3 u2*-sal-hi-a_ i7 buranun* | next to the field of the saline plant, the Euphrates River; |
| 5 | u3 _us2-sa-du_ te-ri-iq-tim | and the adjacent to the tēreqtum canal |
| 6 | _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ be2-di-lum | Its first head is Bel-dilum. |
| 7 | _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma i7 gibil_ | Its second head is the New Canal. |
| 8 | pu-uh2 _5(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 {gisz}kiri6_ | a field of 5 bur3 field, 1 eše3 3 iku field, orchard |
| 9 | szi-ma-ti-sza | her fate |
| 10 | sza i-na A RA UH2 i-sza!-mu-ma id-du-u2 | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, |
| 11 | _ki_ szar-ri-im | from the king |
| 12 | {disz}be-le-su2-nu _lukur {d}utu dumu_ {d}suen-ta-ia-ar | Bēlessunu, nadītu of Šamaš, son of Sîn-tayyar |
| 13 | i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-in-sa10_ | with her silver ring bought. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_ | as its full price |
| 2 | _1(u) ma-na ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_ | 10 minas of silver he paid. |
| 3 | _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim sza-pir _aga-us2_ | before Marduk-mušallim, writer of the tablet. |
| 4 | _igi_ su-mu-ha-am-mu _dumu_ su-mu-di-ta-na | before Sumuhammu, son of Sumu-ditana |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}na-bi-um-ma-lik _sza13-dub-ba_ | before Nabium-malik, the scribe |
| 6 | _igi_ nam-ti-la-ni-i3-du10 | before: Namtilani-idu |
| 7 | _igi_ sag-il2-ma-an-szum2 _ugula szu-i_ | before Saggil-manšum, foreman of the barbers |
| 8 | _igi_ e2-a-re-s,u-szu _ugula szu-i_ | before Eareṣušu, foreman of the barbers |
| 9 | _igi_ da-mi-iq-{d}marduk _sza13-dub-ba sza3 ugula szu-i_ | before Amiq-Marduk, šaduba-official, from the foreman of the barbers. |
| 10 | _igi_ {d}iszkur-dingir _sukkal_ | before Adad-ilī, the messenger |
| 11 | _igi_ ha-da-an-szu-li-ik-szu-ud _sukkal_ | before Ḫadān-šulik-shud, the vizier |
| 12 | _igi_ ri-im-{d}iszkur _gal-ukkin-na_ | before Rīm-Adad, the chief steward |
| 13 | _igi_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _ugula szu-<i?>_ | before Nanna-manšum, foreman of ... |
| 14 | _igi_ nu-ra-tum _di-ku5_ dumu sig-an-nu-ni-tum | before Nuratum, judge, son of Sîn-annunitum |
| 15 | _igi_ sig-i3-li2-szu _ugula dam-gar3_ | before Sîn-ilišu, foreman of merchants |
| 16 | _igi#_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | before Ilu-šubāni, son of Ibbi-Ninshubur |
| 17 | [_igi_] sig#-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ qi2-isz-nu-nu | before Sîn-ilišu, son of Qishnunu |
| 18 | [_igi_ {d}]marduk-na-s,i2-ir _dub-sar_ | before Marduk-nāṣir, scribe |
| 19 | [_iti du6]-ku3*# u4 8(disz)-kam_ | The month of Tašritum, the day 8 |
| 20 | [_mu x] nam? ki bala UD DU ba_ | year: “... ... the rebel land ...’ |
Sources & licences
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