MHET 2/2, 130 (P469504)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016471

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption contract)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _ibila_ e-ri-isz-tum#
2. _dumu-munus_ ia-ar-bi-dingir
3. {disz}a-ha-ta#-ni
4. _dumu-munus_ ku-ru-um
5. re-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza
6. 1(u) _gin2 e2 du3_ sza ga-gi-im <<sza# {d}EN>>
  erasure
7. _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ szu-dingir-s,i#?-ad#?
8. 4(asz) _iku a-sza3_ i-na ta-wi-ir-<tum>
9. i-ta _a-sza3_ hu-szu-tum
10. u3 i-ta _i7_
11. 1(asz) _iku_ 3(u) _sar a-sza3_ i#-na asz-la-tim#
12. i-ta {d}utu-sze-me
13. [...] _iku a-sza3_ i-na ta-wi-[ir]-tum#
14. [i-ta _a]-sza3_ {d}suen-e-ri-[ba-am]
15. [u3] i#?-ta e-ri-isz-tum#
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. bu-szu#-[sza ...] x x
2'. i-szu-[...] x
3'. isz-tu [pi2]-e# a-di _[ku3-sig17]_
4'. {disz}e-ri-isz-tum
5'. a-na a-ha-ta-ni
6'. i-di-in
7'. _mu {d}utu_ {d}a-a {d}amar-utu
8'. u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
9'. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
10'. _igi_ dingir-pi4-{d}a-a _sanga {d}utu_
11'. _igi_ e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-um _sanga {d}utu_
12'. _igi_ s,il2-li2-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak ugula-e2?
13'. _igi_ {d}suen-ba-ni _ugula lukur {d}utu_
14'. _igi_ li-bu-ra-am
15'. _igi_ a-bu-um-x [...]
16'. _igi_ [...] _dumu_ ni#-isz#-i3-li2-x
17'. x x x [...]
left
column 1
1. _igi_ SIG?-e-ri-ba-am
2. _dumu_ ha#-x-nu-um
column 2
1. _igi_ i3-li2-x [...]
2. _igi_ pa-al-hi-ia [...]
3. _igi_ x x IGI geme2-{d}[...]
4. _igi_ hu-szu-tum
5. _igi_ be-te-tum _dumu_ {d}utu-we-di#-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption contract)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P469504

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 016471
Accession Number 1892-05-16, 0007

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.16471
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1892-0516-7

References

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 130

    [Dekiere1994MHET2/2] Dekiere, Luc. 1994. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 2: Documents from the Reign of Hammurabi. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 358-359

    [Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

  • history: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 352

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-07-26 at 12:40:24 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2014-09-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 130 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P469504.
MHET 2/2, 130 artifact entry (No. P469504). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469504 (Original work published 2014)
MHET 2/2, 130 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469504 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469504},
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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 130 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P469504.
MHET 2/2, 130 artifact entry (No. P469504). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469504 (Original work published 2014)
MHET 2/2, 130 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469504 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 130 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469504},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469504},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 130 artifact entry
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